Beyond the Underground


This blawg contains comic essays, personal war stories and op-eds about tort reform, but "most of the fun is in the comments."

Author: Evan Schaeffer is a plaintiffs attorney practicing consumer law and personal injury law with his wife and law partner, Andrea Lamere, in downstate Madison County, Ill. He is admitted to practice in both Illinois and Missouri. He also writes The Illinois Trial Practice Weblog.

Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Law Schools • Tort Law • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Beyond the Underground


  • THE ANTI-GRISHAM . . . I liked this from lawyer/writer David Erlewine in his interview with the Pank blog-- In 2002, when I took off a year from law to write fiction, I had business…

  • THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . The Weekly Law School Roundup alternates between The Legal Underground and Thanks, But No Thanks, where you can find this week's Weekly Law School Roundup #199. The…

  • YOU BETCHA! . . . In Slate's Culture Blog, Browbeat, Daniel Engber calls attention to a new scholarly article that analyzes Sarah Palin's manner of speaking-- [A] team of linguists from University of Wisconsin-Madison found…

  • MICROFICTION ... You have time to read this: my 50-word story at 50 to 1, "The Dying Wife."

  • PRODUCTIVITY PORN . . . That's what Marc Andreessen calls "techniques, tactics, and tricks for maximizing personal productivity." In a long post, he explains some of his favorite tips (some of which I'm paraphrasing)-- Don't…

  • NEW STORY . . . I've been writing some fiction again. A new story has been accepted by Fiction at Work and will appear in January. Meanwhile, I'm putting together a new list of my…

  • MY TRIP TO BUENOS AIRES LAST MONTH . . . I was back in Buenos Aires in October, doing some preliminary planning for another month-long trip in January when Andrea, Sam and I plan to…

  • The Weekly Law School Roundup #198

    Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated-- Dollars Why does law school cost so much? [The Shark] Burnout Recognize it, conquer…

  • CHANGES TO THIS WEBLOG . . . Occasionally I change the name of this weblog--and I've done it again. It's now "Beyond the Underground."* My thinking is this will allow me to take the weblog…

  • AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Getting the Complete Story from Your Client."