Like many lawyers, I was inspired to join the profession by the fictional Atticus Finch. In light of the news about Paul Weiss, I’m left thinking about this line of his: (1/3)

Me to my PhD students: The over-use of passive voice makes your writing obscure and unclear.

Me to my editors: History is a process without a subject and without an end. The passive voice is an integral part of my theory of history.

I shall not be taking any further questions.

The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.

Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’

People who say they care about women’s and girls’ sports are noticeably quiet about how eliminating the Department of Education would end federal oversight of Title IX enforcement of the equal existence of women’s and girls’ sports

as horrible as it is theres something darkly comic about the Department of Efficiency having 2 chairmen

Until the last, dying breath of X, I will still call it Twitter.

Got it hanging on my office wall in case I forget.

bad art is always beautiful because it means someone is learning how to be creative in this day and age. despite it all

So, I read smart people.

There is a playbook for this next chapter.

I believe we can do this. It won’t be easy, but the map is there.

Featuring resources & wisdom from Dr. Erica Cheoweth, @prisonculture.bsky.social @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @jaclynf.bsky.social & more.