Word: hartson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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White, who for three years was a junior associate in the mines of Hogan & Hartson, a major Washington, D.C., firm, lampoons and lambastes everyone connected with the legal profession, from starters to partners. For students worried about the bar exam, he has a chapter subtitled "Thousands of Morons Have Passed It-So Can You." There is a section exploring the compulsion for obscurity and obfuscation. The rule is: "If a layman can read a document from beginning to end without falling asleep, it needs work." Simple, direct statements should be avoided at all costs. For example, "The sky is blue...