The Evolution Of The Law And Politics Of Water Book

Yet another heavy handed biglaw misery loves company book. I don't know who enjoys these other than current and former biglaw sufferers, but enjoy it I did. This was like reading about my life.

"Caring about anything else just makes you an unhappy lawyer. A self-hating lawyer, which lots of us are. There's an incredible amount of denial. 'Oh, I'm a lawyer, but my real passion is the opera.' It's like the waiters who tell you they're actors or writers. But with them, it's temporary. Some of them make it; the rest grow up and go on to something else. Not lawyers. For lawyers, it's just 'Oh, look, I collect model sailing ships.' It's 'Check out these autographed baseballs.' People cultivate eccentricities to remind themselves that once upon a time they wanted to be something else, to persuade themselves that they still are. It doesn't work."

"And they're too fucking smart, never spend enough time on anything. Associates like that make the client unhappy with everyone else - he wants to know why this brief is costing him three times what the bright boy did the last one for. Smart, efficient people aren't meant for law firms; they just make the rest of us look bad."