Intro
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Climbing Mount Ampersand
Chapter 1: In Law School and Before
Someone to Watch Over Me
First Semester
Letter to a First-Year Law Student
School Rankings
Types of Law Schools
The Two-Year Push
The Well-Read Law Student
How to Talk Like a Lawyer
Demonic Devices
Law School Bingo
Theory and Practice
Chapter 2: In Search of a Job
Resume the Résumé
What's in a Name?
Don't Think, Do
Hard Deadlines and Job Criteria
"Small World" Stories
Dressing for Success
The Job Interview
Beyond Email
The Luncheon Meeting from Hades
The Rejection Notice
What and Who You Know
While Waiting for the Bar Results
Now That You're Admitted to Practice
To Solo or Not
Chapter 3: In Practice
Be on Time
Advice to the New Attorney
It Can Be a Hardscrabble Life
Handling Criticism
Procrastination
Purge Day
Yes, Lawyers Do Laugh
No Water Bottles, Please
Two Cheers for Continuing Legal Education
Becoming the Go-To Person
Gossamer Wings
Be Positive
Turn Off Your Goddamned Cell Phone
Small Law Office Hiring
Minders Finders Binders Grinders
Practicing Law on the Cheap
The CYA Letter
Reinventing the Wheel
Along with the Internet, Interact
Dealing with Jerks
Grace Under Pressure
Chapter 4: Areas of Practice
Appellate Practice
Family Law
Assigned Counsel
Being a Defense Attorney
The Soloist
Thoughts of a Public Offender
Chapter 5: In Court
Being a Trial Lawyer
"The Big Bang Theory" of Courtroom Oratory
Respect the Judge
After the Trial
Better Angels on the High Road
What's a Meta For?
Chapter 6: Writing and Speaking
It All Started with William the Conqueror
I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar.

Public Speaking
One Size Fits All?
Proofreading and Editing
The Fontz
Legal Writing and the Ugly Tie Contest
A Good Writer
The Lawyer as Writer
More About Writing
The One-Pager
Chapter 7: Relationships
Initiations
Sandbox
Snake Pit
Tact
Bridges, Not Barriers
The Stories We Tell
Smirch or Be Smirched?
Networking
Sharp-Elbowed Practitioners
Living by the Sword
When to Fire a Client
Responding to Grievances
Shot Across the Bow
Client Control
The GFY Retainer
Chapter 8: Improving as a Lawyer
Keeping Up on the Law
The Burns Book
Save Saturday for Education
Perseverance and Inspiration
Make a List, Check It Twice
Learn from the Master, Learn from the Apprentice
Mind Your Manners
Changing Jobs
Flateau
Chapter 9: In Life
Fit to Be Tried
Outside Interests
More Things to Read
Something About My Father
Pass It On
References
Copyright.