{"id":9640,"date":"2008-07-19T11:37:57","date_gmt":"2008-07-19T16:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/07\/19\/more-hot-air-relief\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:24","slug":"more-hot-air-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/07\/19\/more-hot-air-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"more hot air relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong> I<\/strong><\/em>t&#8217;s Saturday, it&#8217;s sultry, it&#8217;s superb hammock season, so don&#8217;t expect lengthy punditry today from the <em>f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang &#8212; and don&#8217;t expect us to come over to cut your lawn.  Here are a few quickies for those attached to their computers this weekend and needing some breathless diversion.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>at the bus stop<br \/>\nour backs to the wind<br \/>\nthe sunrise changes color<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/gary-hotham-archive\/\">gary hotham<\/a> &#8211; <em>breathmarks: haiku to read in the dark<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[go <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/haiku-on-the-wind\">here<\/a> for more of our <em>wind haiku<\/em>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"right\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/donkeyflip.jpg\" alt=\"donkey flip\" align=\"left\" \/> . . <font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><strong><em>brand this!<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font>   Over at Ed&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/blawgreview.blogspot.com\/\">Blawg Review<\/a><\/em>, I see that Blawg Review #169 will be hosted on Monday, July 21, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whisperbrand.com\/blog\/\"><em>Whisper<\/em><\/a>, a weblog about brand strategy (which, honest, they call B.S.) &#8212; and which is &#8220;founded on one big idea: &#8216;The key to any effective marketing, branding or advertising effort is to change and take ownership of the conversation&#8217;.&#8221;   For a contrarian perspective on branding and lawyers (that continues to believe clients are king and should own the conversation, while lawyers are mere shield-bearing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etymonline.com\/index.php?term=esquire\">esquires<\/a>), you might want to check out a few posts from the early days of <em>ethicalEsq<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/03\/04\/brand-lex\/\">Brand LEX<\/a>&#8221; (April 3, 2004) &#8220;<font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">None of this is reassuring or inspiring \u2014 earning your client\u2019s trust so that you can charge him and her more. Rather non-fiducial, don\u2019t you think?<\/font><\/font>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/11\/another-lap-around-law-firm-branding\/\">Another Lap Around Law Firm Branding<\/a>&#8221; (April 11, 2004) &#8220;How does the law client benefit from this expensive branding campaign? Is getting \u201ca friend\u201d who shares your love of motor-racing advantageous to the \u201cupset\u201d personal injury client? The DUI defendant?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/05\/09\/lawyers-and-cashews-and-premium-pricing\/\">lawyers and cashews (and premium pricing)<\/a>&#8221; (June 9, 2006) &#8220;Fiduciaries don\u2019t manipulate clients to reduce their price sensitivity.  Period.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>update <\/em><\/strong>(July 21, 2008):  For a good list of last week&#8217;s best blawg posts, see the thoughtful <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whisperbrand.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/blawg-review-169\/\">Blawg Review #169<\/a><\/em> at <em>Whisper<\/em>, where <em>f\/k\/a<\/em> got two pointers and a nice compliment, despite our curmudgeonly stance on law firm branding.  To their query of how this baby boomer &#8220;gets all the energy for his creative poetry and erudite punditry,&#8221; I can only offer these tips: Borrow lots of haiku from your friends; take lot of naps; don&#8217;t have much of a life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>she comes back\u2013<br \/>\nthe ocean drips off<br \/>\nevery part of her<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/gary-hotham-archive\/\">gary hotham<\/a>&#8211; <em>breathmarks<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.harvard.edu\/news\/bulletin\/2008\/summer\/feature_3.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/07\/f3-1.jpg\" height=\"80\" width=\"120\" \/><\/a>  <strong><em>Environmental Inspiration<\/em><\/strong>:  Read &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.harvard.edu\/news\/bulletin\/2008\/summer\/feature_3.php\">Visionary of the Visayan Sea<\/a>&#8221; (<em>Harvard Law Bulletin<\/em>, Summer 2008), to learn about the decades of work (often despite physical danger) by Philippine lawyer Antonio Oposa, fighting to protect marine habitat.  In 1993, he helped win the right to sue on behalf of future generations, in the case <em>Minors Oposa v. Factoran<\/em>, where the high court said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Needless to say, every generation has a responsibility to the next to preserve that rhythm and harmony for the full enjoyment of a balanced and healthful ecology. Put a little differently, the minors\u2019 assertion of their right to a sound environment constitutes, at the same time, the performance of their obligations to ensure the protection of that right for the generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p> huge trees in the park\u2013<br \/>\na different dog<br \/>\nchasing the stick<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230; by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/gary-hotham-archive\/\">gary hotham<\/a> &#8211; <em>the heron\u2019s nest<\/em> (April 2001)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/07\/20narc-190.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/07\/20narc-190.jpg\" height=\"97\" width=\"71\" \/><\/a>  <em><strong>Who&#8217;s A Narcissist?<\/strong><\/em>   With the label being thrown around a lot lately, today&#8217;s <em>New York Times <\/em>looks at what it takes to be a true narcissist, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/20\/fashion\/20narcissist.html?pagewanted=all\">Here&#8217;s Looking at Me, Kid<\/a>&#8221; (July 20, 2008)  In case you didn&#8217;t already know:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Many people are condescending and self-involved, but they may not necessarily be narcissistic. Therapists say that to affix the label, the trait or the diagnosis, one must spend considerable time with the person. Determining that someone is a narcissist, Professor Ames added, &#8216;is not something you can gauge from television&#8217;.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>the mirror<br \/>\nwiped clean<br \/>\nfor a guest<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by  John Stevenson from Quiet Enough (Red Moon Press, 2004)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>open window<br \/>\nI polish a mirror<br \/>\nfrom my childhood home<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026.. by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3708\">peggy willis lyles<\/a> &#8211; <em>FreeXpressSion<\/em>, February 2007<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>white lie<br \/>\nthe mirror doubles<br \/>\nthe white chrysanthemum<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Roberta Beary &#8211; from <em>Fish in Love<\/em> (2006)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2006\/08\/dont%20forget%20tack.gif\" alt=\"don't forget\" height=\"56\" width=\"40\" \/>  <strong><em>What did we learn in Law School?<\/em><\/strong>    Prof. Daryl Levinson won the Sacks-Freund Teaching Award this year at Harvard Law School.  See &#8220;On accepting Sacks Freund Award, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.harvard.edu\/news\/levinson.php\">Levinson reminds students what they learned in law school<\/a>&#8221; (June 12, 2008). Prof. Levinson says he appreciates &#8220;brilliant, demanding, opinionated, contrarian, and relentless&#8221; law students.  In case they forgot what they had learned, Levinson offered a \u201creview session\u201d of the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.harvard.edu\/media\/2008\/06\/04\/dos.rm\">ten ideas that explain virtually all of law<\/a>.\u201d  Click that link to watch a webcast of Levinson&#8217;s Class Day remarks.   The article tells us:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em>Levinson proceeded to help the graduates \u201crecollect [the] three years of knowledge\u201d they learned in law school. Joking that \u201cclass participation is how [we] stretch these few minutes of material out to three years,\u201d he touched upon some of the major themes of the law, including rules vs. standards, collective action problems, and agency. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>dead silence<br \/>\nthe senior partner<br \/>\nhas another senior moment<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;. <em>dagosan <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday, it&#8217;s sultry, it&#8217;s superb hammock season, so don&#8217;t expect lengthy punditry today from the f\/k\/a Gang &#8212; and don&#8217;t expect us to come over to cut your lawn. 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