Author: Garry Wise

We will be taking a short hiatus from 140 Law, in furtherance of that elusive work-life balance thing we keep hearing so much about (not to mention the domestic bliss that will undoubtedly emerge as I spend a bit less time with my nose buried in my iPad while on vacation).

Today at SlawTips, I look at research that tells us lawyers’ predictive abilities could use a bit of work: The take-away from this research is that legal professionals appear to tend toward optimistic, but unrealistic bias in favour of our own clients’ positions. We should thus exercise caution in assessing

In my post today at SlawTips, I answer a reader’s question about blogging for lawyers: Hello Mr. Wise,  …I am considering blogging this year. I was wondering if you have some insight on whether it has advanced your practice, and if so, in what way? Thank you for your input.

A Merry Christmas to readers, colleagues and clients from all of us at Wise Law Office. We will be taking our usual seasonal hiatus.   Our office will be closed until January 2nd and our daily 140 Law postings on Wise Law Blog will also resume in the new year.

Is it just an oddity of human nature that we can get so much done when we have absolutely no time, while having so little relative productivity when we have spare time on our hands? – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:

Journalist/lawyer Glenn Greenwald, with observations on the leadership of America’s corporate law firms, from his early days as a BigLaw associate: There’s a huge dichotomy between people who grow up with alienation, which, for me, was invaluable, and people who grow up so completely privileged that it breeds this complacency