Michael P Maslanka

May 01, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

When will courts take these lawsuits on a clean slate?

By Michael P. Maslanka

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April 01, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

Professional Responsibility is in my teaching portfolio. I teach the Model Rules but also professional values. Without the second, we are left with…

By Michael P. Maslanka

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March 01, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

In teaching professional responsibility, I stress that your word is inviolate, that we are officers of the court and that we put the needs of others (our clients) ahead of our needs. Virtues, each and every one. Here's yet another: learning how to take a punch. Knowing how to do so is integral to being an effective lawyer, and, incidentally, to living a fulfilled life, day to day.

By Michael P. Maslanka

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February 01, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

Here's my resume: 36 years a practicing lawyer; 2.5 years as a full-time law professor. I learned to think like a lawyer; now I teach others how.…

By Michael P. Maslanka

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January 01, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

As I write this column, Russell Simmons is the latest executive to resign amid sexual harassment allegations. Congressman John Conyers is on the bubble…

By Michael P. Maslanka

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December 01, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Five things Shakespeare helps us to remember this holiday season

By Michael P. Maslanka

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November 01, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

OP-ED: In observance of Veterans Day, the author discusses five military techniques or philosophies that can also be useful for lawyers.

By Michael P. Maslanka

5 minute read

November 01, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Last June, the Work Matters column (in observance of Memorial Day) discussed five ideas that lawyers can learn from the military. This month, (in observance of Veterans Day), we pick up another five.

By Michael P. Maslanka

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October 01, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

My law professor gig is now going on two years plus. I've learned a lot about teaching. (As the Zen expression goes: "a good teacher always remains a good student.") Here's one lesson: yes teach doctrine, yet also teach mindsets; that is a way of thinking.

By Michael P. Maslanka

5 minute read

September 01, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

This month we look at an intractable issue: dealing with mental illness/cognitive impairment in the workplace.

By Michael P. Maslanka

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