I’ve been ordering legal books like crazy for the past six months. Books are a wonderful thing so I don’t mind. But like any good librarian I feel compelled to read the books the law firm buys. So there’s been a lot of weekend reading outside my usual genre.

Here’s a partial list of the books we’ve purchased: “The Culture Code” by Clotaire Rapaille  “Rules of the Road” by Rick Friedman.  “Damages” by David Ball and the biggest and best “Reptile” by Don Keenan & David Ball.  If you’ve read them, let me know so can get even more ideas going.

Now all of this reading has led me to some study of the brain. I’ve been researching the “Triune Brain” and the “R-complex” that is mentioned in these books. If you want to learn about that you need to study Dr. Paul MacLean. His landmark research work on the brain in the 1950’s still has researchers going today. (No, I’m not reading his book per say it’s for doctors and more pages than “War and Peace”!)

With all these professional books for the lawyers here we thought a book club might be a good idea. Only, we can’t call it a book club. No, we’ve come up with a fancy name “Professional Educational Development” or “PED” for short. (Yea, it’s pretentious but NedandMitch didn’t like book club.)

There will be assigned chapters for reading and then brain storming discussions with smart people about what we’ve all read. It should prove to be a huge resource to all of us here at Siegfried & Jensen.

Later this year, I hope to present my own work on the “Triune Brain”. I’ll call it something unusual like:  “Why the Crocodile is Bored in Court and What to do About It.”

Thanks for the read!