⏳ 7 minsLawyers need to think more broadly about ethics than what our professional conduct rules say. Remember, be a gun—but not a gun for hire.
The Life-Changing Magic of Reading
⏳ 6 minsThis week, I’d like to borrow a turn of phrase from Marie Kondo, the renown tidying expert. Arguably, reading has far more life-changing magic about it than tidying. Here are some lessons I learned along the way when I got back into books.
S-L-E-E-P: It’s not optional
⏳ 8 minsIn an era where sleep is rubbished as a “waste of time” or “inefficient”—it’s time to look at the evidence from an authority on the topic.
Chat with Sarah-Mae Thomas
⏳ 10 minsSarah-Mae is a rare species of lawyer. She has experience working in two different jurisdictions—Australia and Singapore.
LB Book Pick 2019
⏳ 3 minsLooking for a thrilling page-turner this year? Check out this book by Kimberley Motley on her time as a lawyer in Afghanistan.
Disrupting law + lessons for now
⏳ 3 minsThis week, a little dose on the future of law and some important takeaways about what lawyers need to be doing right now.
LB Travels: Japan | Public policy meets law
⏳ 7 minsThis week, we travel to Japan—the land of the rising sun. It’s a place where people revere the old traditions, alongside the new. We’ll delve into the Japanese school lunch, a public policy initiative translated into law.
The Ritual of Time | Drinking coffee in Mostar
⏳ 3 minsLet’s drop by a little place where time stops. Where drinking coffee is a meditative ritual. Welcome to the land of Bosnian coffee. And there is much we can learn from the experience.
LB Travels: Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina | International Law
⏳ 8 minsWe travel to Mostar in Bosnia & Herzegovina or BiH in short. It’s a magical place with a dark history, where the atrocities of war are still etched into the streetscape.