Tips Tuesday

Here are excerpts from the most recent tips on SlawTips, the site that each week offers up useful advice, short and to the point, on research and writing, practice, and technology.

Research & Writing

Words That Don’t Mean What You Think They Do
Neil Guthrie

Word: A priori
What it doesn’t mean: In advance
What it does mean: Based on theory rather than experiment …

Practice

Sweep the Sheds
Michael McCubbin

I am adopting a very expansive view of “practice tips” this week given some things that have been on my mind as I recently took on two new staff. As far as starting businesses go, starting a law practice or professional services firm is remarkably easy and safe relative to many other kinds of businesses. Doing it well is a much different matter. …