The silent treatment is a form of emotional abuse. It's used to control a situation and to avoid healthy communication. Here's why:

I visited a class of second graders to teach them about poetry, and this is a poem one student wrote. What is Life? My name is Marisa. Today I feel like a wealthy lioness prancing in the fields. Sometimes I am a fox. Sometimes I am a wolf. But always I am loyal. I ask the

Finally read my teaching evaluations from fall 2022. Overall positive and good constructive feedback. Biggest complaint was that I injected politics into the 1L classroom (contracts) more than any other Professor. And while I’ll reflect on it, I also love that for them.

It's totally ok to cite The Princess Bride in legal scholarship, right? If not, please lie to me.

Did you guys know that 3000 minors got breast implants last year? Compared with 200 surgeries on minors for gender transition? Why’s there so much eagerness to stop the latter but the former is fine? Do you see what I mean about being really selective

One of my first trials as a baby lawyer was in small claims court. I represented a travel agency. The defendant purchased a trip, and while on the trip, cancelled his check. We had a process server waiting on the tarmac when he landed. At trial he pleaded inability to pay ... 1/

In-house counsel wants concise, practical and actionable written advice from outside lawyers. But many lawyers struggle to keep it simple and straightforward. Here are 4 writing tips & resources (from Bezos to Buffett to the U.S. Air Force) to enhance your writing style: 🧵👇

🎊🎉EID MUBARAK!🎉🎊 Here’s your quick guide on appropriate Eid greetings to your Muslim friends today. Acceptable Greeting: •Eid Mubarak! •Eid Kareem! •Happy Eid! Acceptable Response: •Khair Mubarak! •Happy Eid! •Let me buy you tacos!* *Also acceptable year round.😉

Hot take: backend is easier to pickup than frontend

An Ohio GOP Senate candidate calls for reparations for white people: “You know, when they talk about reparations, where are the reparations for the people in the North who died to save the lives of Black people?” heartlandsignal.com/2023/04/21/ohi…

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I was Swatted yesterday. I wanted to publicly thank my local police department, the Dedham Police Dept. This is always an extremely dangerous situation for all involved. But, they handled the situation professionally. I’m very proud to be part of our community.

These votes were 10 days apart. North Dakota GOP (ND House Republicans) •Voted NO on free school lunches for hungry kids😳 •Then Voted YES on free breakfast, lunch, & dinner for themselves🤔 I’m beyond enraged at these cruel backward MAGA extremist politicians. A special place in hell

Introduced myself to a new friend at my exercise class. Me: Just a heads up, I have a disability that gives me memory loss so I might not remember your name, it’s nothing personal. My new friend: It’s my name! I know it best, I’ll remember it for you! 😂 I ❤️ that reaction 🥺

If I was in law school right now, I’d try to position myself to get into a privacy or employment related role. Both are areas of law that are seeing —and will continue to see — growth and need for good lawyers over the next decade.

Advice to law students and students thinking about law school: start keeping a list of every place you've lived and worked since you were 18. It will save you years down the line when applying for the bar

Sometimes things move fast, sometimes things move slow, It’s all #myprettypony time As I’m left without a rhyme Thanks Stephen King