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On Asking for Help; and Power Structures

[This post is jumbled.  Please help me improve it by posting your own thoughts in the comments here; or at your own blog. -- Mike.] Gerry Spence offers some helpful advice on how to deal with the "tyrant judge."  One piece of advice is to ask for help.  As an example, he presents a colloquy between a "tyrant" judge and a lawyer who needs a continuance, because he has trials double-booked:?I hereby move the court for a continuance,? [the lawyer who was double-booked said].  ?This is not my problem, counsel,? [the judge] replied.  ?You can take this up with Judge Jones.?  [A consultant] changed the entire environment when he suggested that the student ask the judge for help.... ?Use the word, ?help...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 08, 2008 (boomark / email).