Legal Coffee http://www.legalcoffee.org Reinventing Lawyers Fri, 11 May 2012 19:28:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Price Of An Exit http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/05/11/3221/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/05/11/3221/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:20:37 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=3221  

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]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/05/11/3221/feed/ 0 What Your Narrative Does To Reality http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/05/09/what-your-narrative-does-to-your-reality/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/05/09/what-your-narrative-does-to-your-reality/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 15:43:31 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=3110  

How you think of the world can be mutually exclusive from reality.  Your mental glasses create individual meaning in “what” you see in your life.  Your mental lens will color what you see, and at times distorts facts.

Let’s…

]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/05/09/what-your-narrative-does-to-your-reality/feed/ 0 Jurors Always Remember More Than The Evidence http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/03/07/jurors-always-remember-more-than-the-evidence/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/03/07/jurors-always-remember-more-than-the-evidence/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:02:05 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=3191 I have previously written that stories create other stories. When you tell a story to a juror, a client, or a complete stranger, you trigger an involuntary response.  The person listening to…

]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/03/07/jurors-always-remember-more-than-the-evidence/feed/ 0 A Touch of Bias http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/28/2143/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/28/2143/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:45:27 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=2143 Ever feel like you’re playing a rigged game?

]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/28/2143/feed/ 0 What To Look At When You Focus http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/28/what-to-look-at-when-you-focus/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/28/what-to-look-at-when-you-focus/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:29:53 +0000 Diane Wyzga http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=3169 Here are three thoughts on Focus Groups:

 Once you take your case to a focus group, what do you do?  

Listen to them.  Hear what they have to say about whether this is “reality law”…

]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/28/what-to-look-at-when-you-focus/feed/ 0 Steinbeck Was Talking EQ Before There Was An EQ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/15/steinbeck-was-talking-eq-before-there-was-an-eq/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/15/steinbeck-was-talking-eq-before-there-was-an-eq/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:47:49 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=3099 Empathy is key part of emotional intelligence.  What do you think Steinbeck means when he writes:

In every bit of honest writing in the world … there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand…

]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/15/steinbeck-was-talking-eq-before-there-was-an-eq/feed/ 0 Why The SOPA Debate Engaged So Many http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/07/why-the-sopa-debate-engaged-so-many/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/07/why-the-sopa-debate-engaged-so-many/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:18:27 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=3125 Now that that dust is clearing from the first round of the SOPA debate, let’s look back and address why so many people told Congress “No.” I believe Clay Shirky gets is right:

SOPA Debate

]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/07/why-the-sopa-debate-engaged-so-many/feed/ 0 Jurors Make Their Own Closing Arguments http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/27/jurors-make-their-own-closing-arguments/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/27/jurors-make-their-own-closing-arguments/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:34:35 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=2854 Narratives create narratives. When you hear a story, it pulls up frames from other narratives you have previously adopted. A personalized story telling process occurs in your mind. You take the new story and mold it with your preexisting deep…

]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/27/jurors-make-their-own-closing-arguments/feed/ 1 The Difference Between a Narrative and a Story http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/23/2815/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/23/2815/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:53:00 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=2815 The difference between a narrative and a story is a debatable. Many people use the terms synonymously. Here is my view of the difference. A simple story retells events (real or fictional). A narrative is more complex and narcissistic. A…

]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/23/2815/feed/ 1 Whose Job is It? http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/20/whose-job-is-it/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/20/whose-job-is-it/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:18:02 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=3060 Who’s Job is it to make yourself happy? Here are few hints.

It’s not your significant others.

It is not your children.

It’s not your boss.

It’s not your clients.