To many people, the idea of thinking like a lawyer conjures up sinister thoughts of finding loopholes and work arounds, assisting in miscarriages of justice, and stretching the truth. Many of our more shocking current events have some lawyer's action that seems outrageous at their core.
We may be somewhat cynical about lawyers on a global scale, and in the United States in particular, because so much of our cultural capital seems to be expended on litigation and on the high costs associated with legal advice. Yet, it is difficult to refute the critical role that the law, and by extension, lawyers play in the smooth running of commerce, the facilitation of invention, and our ability to ex...