Daily Archives: November 9, 2012

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Photo Phriday: Oodles of Doodles

Somebody else's doodle Are you a doodler? An absent-minded scribbler? Do you draw the same thing all the time, or do you like to challenge yourself and scribble something new every time you’re stuck in an endless meeting or waiting through a conference call? Do you find yourself filling the page with dots, or do you stick to a corner? Do you draw animals or people, or dots and lines?

Actually, if you’re a dull-meeting-doodler, you’re in luck, says science. A study from a few years ago suggests doodlers may remember more information than those well-behaved, goody two shoes non-doodlers.

So, let’s see ’em. Grab the nearest piece of paper and doodle away. Or draw us a picture. Or paint a masterpiece. Scan it in or take a crummy picture with your phone, like I usually do. Continue reading

My First Trial

Gavel

In my last year of law school, I was the first student at the legal-aid clinic to take a client to trial.

You wouldn’t call this a “lucky” development, exactly — but it was pretty unusual. Most law students at this clinic went entire semesters without taking a client to a trial. Years, even. It was that rare to be assigned a client whose case was at the proper stage, and who wanted to go to trial. Continue reading