I am, or was, a scrivener. Yes, like Bartleby in a sense, but with a law license (which I placed inactive for medical reasons) and a skill for precise writing. In my 40 years of law practice, I have ghostwritten statutes, regulations, and briefs argued in civil, criminal, and appellate cases, edited and ghostwritten jury practice texts, a how-to-be-a-new judge, and hundreds of drafts for decisions in administrative-level disputes. If you are an introvert lawyer and weary of the clash and argument on a daily basis, and love the language. Instead, you too could have a small, usually quiet office in a governmental or legal information entity that, if your dreams of yachts and Ferraris are cut loose.
Bartleby, from Herman Melville's story about him, definitely wanted to stay out of the spotlight. He even refused to explain himself when asked! Thanks for bringing him up, Richard. I'll mention him in a future post I'm thinking about now...
I am, or was, a scrivener. Yes, like Bartleby in a sense, but with a law license (which I placed inactive for medical reasons) and a skill for precise writing. In my 40 years of law practice, I have ghostwritten statutes, regulations, and briefs argued in civil, criminal, and appellate cases, edited and ghostwritten jury practice texts, a how-to-be-a-new judge, and hundreds of drafts for decisions in administrative-level disputes. If you are an introvert lawyer and weary of the clash and argument on a daily basis, and love the language. Instead, you too could have a small, usually quiet office in a governmental or legal information entity that, if your dreams of yachts and Ferraris are cut loose.
Bartleby, from Herman Melville's story about him, definitely wanted to stay out of the spotlight. He even refused to explain himself when asked! Thanks for bringing him up, Richard. I'll mention him in a future post I'm thinking about now...