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Green Acres
Remember Green Acres, that fish-out-of-water comedy wherein Eddie Albert drags Eva Gabor out to live on some tumbledown farm in the middle of nowhere? She’s a Park Avenue socialite, but he… more →
The People's Therapist
Green Acres
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wrote 5 days ago: Remember Green Acres, that fish-out-of-water comedy wherein Eddie Albert drags Eva Gabor out to live … more →
Evil Middle Management
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wrote 2 weeks ago: When I launched The People’s Therapist, my intent was to get stuff off my chest – proces … more →
Oversold
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wrote 1 month ago: My client is finishing her 1L year. She’s bored. “I study. Then I study some more. Then I go t … more →
Goodie Two-Shoes
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wrote 1 month ago: You’re different. You disdain the crass blandishments of biglaw. You have a soul. Let the gian … more →
The “It Gets Worse” Project
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wrote 2 months ago: A visit to my office has evolved into something akin to the road to Lourdes. Pilgrims arrive red-eye … more →
An Aspirational Purchase
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wrote 2 months ago: At Barnes & Noble, where I once worked as a marketing exec, we bandied about the phrase “aspirat … more →
Fall into the Gap
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wrote 2 months ago: A law student client – already an MBA – said she needed convincing to drop out of her third-tier sch … more →
Checklist
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wrote 3 months ago: Atul Gawande is a medical superstar – a surgeon at Harvard who’s also a New Yorker magazine wr … more →
The Clerkship Archipelago
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wrote 3 months ago: It’s hard to conjure up bad stuff to say about clerking. It’s an honor, and an all-expen … more →
Frying pan
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wrote 4 months ago: At some point you have to get out of here. The question is when – and whither. A vacation might help … more →
Take my advice
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wrote 4 months ago: I’ve been talking to people – well, my people have been talking to people – about speaki … more →
Will's Kids
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wrote 5 months ago: It’s hard to generate sympathy for lawyers – especially when the group of people you’re … more →
Jungle Drums
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wrote 6 months ago: I received an offer recently that I couldn’t refuse – an invitation from “legal search c … more →
The Haves and The Have-nots
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wrote 6 months ago: It’s mid-September. I’m talking with a client , a 3L at a top-tier school. “Here’s … more →
A Little White Lie
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wrote 6 months ago: I tell the truth in these columns – at least, to the degree I find convenient or advisable. There is … more →
The Dæmon Lover
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wrote 7 months ago: If it’s happened to you, keep reading. If it hasn’t, keep reading anyway. It happens a l … more →
The Other Half
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wrote 7 months ago: As The People’s Therapist, my door is always open. I don’t turn away poor clients. “Pay … more →
Should You Tell Them?
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wrote 7 months ago: I was hiking in Iceland this past summer. We were pretty high up – around 1,000 meters – and it was … more →
I'm back.
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wrote 7 months ago: The new book is available as an ebook or paperback via Amazon and BN.com and as an ebook in the Appl … more →
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