Table of Contents
Foreword to the First Edition Prof. Donald A. Dripps vii
Foreword to the Second Edition David Lat xiii
Chapter 1 How to Write: A Memorandum from a Curmudgeon 3
Chapter 2 How to Fail as an Associate 13
Chapter 3 What They Didn't Tell You in Law School 33
Chapter 4 The Curmudgeonly Assistant 45
Chapter 5 The Curmudgeon's Law Dictionary 57
Chapter 6 Seven Hours Locked in a Room 65
Chapter 7 The Curmudgeon Argues 87
Chapter 8 Dress for Success 99
Chapter 9 How to Enter Time So That Clients Will Pay for It 101
Chapter 10 The Curmudgeon on Couth 107
Chapter 11 The Curmudgeon on Clients 123
Chapter 12 The Curmudgeon's Guide to Building a Practice 131
Afterword to the Second Edition by Mark Herrmann 143
About the Author 163
