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The Unwritten Rules of Law Firms: Let's Write Them Here

By Bruce Carton

Over at Slaw.ca, blogger Dan Michaluk has embarked upon a very important project: memorializing the unwritten rules of law firms. Perhaps inspired by the carefully documented Rules of Wedding Crashing, (e.g., "Rule #2 - Never use your real name;" "Rule #76 - No excuses. Play like a champion"), Michaluk offers up a handful of his "Firm Rules (Dos, Don?ts and Truths of Law Firm Life)" in this post: Rule #408 -- Don?t lay claim to your personal coffee mug by mass e-mail. Rule #78 -- It is impossible to send an e-mail longer than two paragraphs without a typo. Rule #765 -- A managing partner should never walk the halls in stocking feet. Rule #189 -- Docketing ?twittering? to client development is sure to invite ridicule. Rule #685 -- Don?t hang a picture of yourself wearing a bathing suit in your office. Rule #441 -- If you?re under 50 and using a fountain pen you?re trying too hard. Rule #210 -- Make funny faces and adoring comments when a new baby visits no matter what you?re thinking. Rule #923 -- Telling colleagues their voice message is out of date is not an act to win friends. Michaluk's numbering system suggests...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on January 13, 2010 (boomark / email).