In the Spirit of Halloween — Lawyers’ Top Fears — but some can apply to anyone…. http://ow.ly/i/e7sKl

To make a mistake
is only an error in judgment,
but to adhere to it when it is
discovered shows infirmity
of character.

~ Dale E. Turner

More words of wisdom from John Sturrock — “There is so much in what we do which is about leading people to new openings, which seem obscure and unattainable to them. About helping them to accept that the old doors have closed, perhaps forever. That no amount of shouting or force will produce a satisfactory outcome. Also, recognising the effect of panic, anxiety, discomfort, unwillingness to ask for help – and perhaps guarding against the tendency to jump at something offered when all else seems lost. And remembering that we all, parties, lawyers and mediators, can miss the obvious – and see things which don’t exist.’ http://ow.ly/TZX5e

“The consequences of this free flow of federal loans have been entirely predictable: Law schools jacked up tuition and accepted more students, even after the legal job market stalled and shrank in the wake of the recession. For years, law schools were able to obscure the poor market by refusing to publish meaningful employment information about their graduates. But in response to pressure from skeptical lawmakers and unhappy graduates, the schools began sharing the data — and it wasn’t a pretty picture. Forty-three percent of all 2013 law school graduates did not have long-term full-time legal jobs nine months after graduation, and the numbers are only getting worse. In 2012, the average law graduate’s debt was $140,000, 59 percent higher than eight years earlier.” http://ow.ly/TZFgq

Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions for Digital Age http://ow.ly/TZESi