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A Short Sensible Guide for New Law Students Preview text: Built on the 80/20 principle — plus how to use AI to sharpen your thinking, not…
I put together a short guide for anyone heading into law school this fall.
8 hrs ago
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Ernie the Attorney
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Why "good enough" is the whole point of 80/20
Perfectionism is where the 80/20 rule goes to die. And for lawyers, it's usually fear in disguise.
Jul 3
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Ernie the Attorney
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June 2026
The fastest way to learn AI is the slowest
Forget the nine-prompt playbooks. Here's the only approach that sticks.
Jun 26
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Ernie the Attorney
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You can't learn AI from a list of prompts
The best teacher I ever had barely said a word. Here's what that taught me about helping lawyers use AI.
Jun 19
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Ernie the Attorney
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The $8.40 Minute
The math lawyers do for clients, but forget to do for themselves.
Jun 16
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Ernie the Attorney
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Lawyers have their own roadmap defense
The same shift that's killing enterprise SaaS pricing power is coming for the way you bill.
Jun 12
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Ernie the Attorney
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The mattress tag school of AI ethics
Pull a tag off a mattress and you’ll see a warning in stern legal language.
Jun 9
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Ernie the Attorney
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What my dad the psychoanalyst taught me about AI
The gap between processing words and understanding them.
Jun 5
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Ernie the Attorney
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The real skill behind good AI prompts is older than computers
Context is the AI gospel right now. But the skill behind it can't be easily taught.
Jun 2
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Ernie the Attorney
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May 2026
You don't need all those meetings
Three years and three Zoom calls — that's all I've had with my full-time VA.
May 29
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Ernie the Attorney
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Stop writing 600-word client updates
The hardest part isn't the technology. It's getting over yourself.
May 26
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Ernie the Attorney
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The two tech writers I trust most in the Al age
I just learned Anthropic is paying Google for compute. Here's where I heard it — and why I trust the source.
May 25
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Ernie the Attorney
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