Jack Rose In A Sidecar? Making Law School More Practical

We all know the ongoing debate in law schools: theory versus practice.  But perhaps even our view of practice is a little skewed.  Maybe clinics don't teach students all the necessary useful arts.  Many successful lawyers share a common practical trait utterly missed in the clinical pedgagogy: they are stellar schmoozers.  The curriculum committee might be clueless on this count but some of our students get it.  Gentleman Lawyer offers one student's thoughts on the matter of cocktails.  This gentleman favors the Manhattan, but I'm particularly intrigued by the Jack Rose.  I didn't even know what applejack was - other than the cereal my mother wouldn't let me eat. 

It's not just what you imbibe, however.  It helps to be a natty dresser.  Another student blogger suggests that that dapper gents might want to avoid one popular haberdasher lest they find themselves swimming in ill-fitting suits.

I know I'll never be a proper mentor on these matters.  I typically stick to the familiar uniform of button downs and khakis.  And I rarely drill deeply into the bartender's manual.  Still, I do respect the impulse.  Why else would I cotton to the radio station, The Martini Lounge. 

Comments

[Belle Lettre]

Funny, but also a little gender skewed in its advice, no? I'm reminded of Lani Guinier and Ann Bartow's "Becoming Gentlemen." Not that I'm not sure there are threads of "skirt suit v. pant suit" or "pony tail or no?" or "how to drink with the boys," but the schmoozy boy's club aspect of law school has always really annoyed me.

[Leo Mulvihill]

I'm the law student who writes the blog. The only reason that I wasn't approaching the feminine perspective was because the blog is intended primarily to be fashion and image advice for male law students. As a man, I am very much in the dark about women's fashion and proper etiquette. That being said, if I ever get a female contributor, I will gladly welcome the advice.