(1). A magical place where lawyers dwell in which all situations have logical explanations and the real world is not permitted to distract from their pure, academic, legal analysis.
Ivory Tower
RANDOM LINGO
Active Listening
(1). The art of pinpointing the important points your client is trying to get across (unlike most of us, who just wait for them to stop talking so we can say whatever we think they want to hear).
“You’re doing a good job, Rick, but I think you need to do a little more active listening during client meetings. We really can’t be saying ‘sounds good’ after a client tells us his wife just died…”
Keep The Lights On
(1). A way for members of a steady, but weak business unit to justify their continued existence to the rest of the firm.
“C’mon, Larry, cheer up. Here at Best Buy, there’s no shame in being assigned to the wire department. Sure, it’s not like it’s TVs, but it keeps the lights on!”