Michael Reed

Employment & Benefits law. Ex-FRU. Co-author - ETClaims: Tactics & Precedents. Writer - &

[Michael Reed @reedmj]

@MattJEJackson @magpiemixture @michaelpforan I think what we learnt at FRU was I have a great store of semi-useful / semi-interesting info that I'm often happy to pontificate upon. ;->

And that you know far more than me about cricket and share Tim's disconcerting ability to remember the actual names of obscure cases.

[Michael Reed @reedmj]

@MattJEJackson @magpiemixture @michaelpforan Pshaw. As I'd expect from counsel of your ability, that it an impossible point to answer. ;->

I decline either to agree that you're poorly read (which I don't believe) or agree with the implication that I'm a man of great erudition (which I also don't believe).

[Michael Reed @reedmj]

@magpiemixture @michaelpforan Which is not a knock on computer games or the Persona series. Just that genres have different facets / characteristics.

[Michael Reed @reedmj]

@magpiemixture @michaelpforan Persona series a good example of what I mean. There’s a load of Jungian thought and Gnostic tradition in the series. It draws a lot of weight / strength from that; highly evocative.

But it’s not engaging with the concepts at the same level that a Robertson Davies novel is.

[Michael Reed @reedmj]

@jimrobottom Congratulations! And good luck (although sure you won't need it).

[Charlie Moloney @CharlieMoloney]

For anyone disappointed having missed out on an offer of pupillage this year, take a moment to read wise words from @reedmj @HudsonKerry and @JackMeek on how to keep going while having an open mind to other routes into law and the bar
https://t.co/9k3dK6gA1W

[Michael Reed @reedmj]

@BitOfALegalGeek Thank you!

I've told plenty of people the same thing. I also suspect taking a number of years is the norm now, which also affects the calculation.

As you say, it's really about not pushing things too far as a general message.

[Michael Reed @reedmj]

Which means, for a lot of people, if they can keep rolling the dice there's a good chance that it will all come right. And therefore, for a lot of people, 'Head down, push on!' is good advice.

[Michael Reed @reedmj]

@RobnPickard Thank you!

I totally agree re: tailoring. But also it's something where any advice should almost always be about helping people reach their own view. It's not something that's likely to have a clear right answer.

[Michael Reed @reedmj]

Not saying people shouldn't push on. Not saying people should. Just that it can be complicated.

And also that defining the experience as a test of the stoic will to endure, while useful for lots of people some of the time, is also quite a narrow view and not always helpful.

[Michael Reed @reedmj]

For others it will be a much more complicated, fuzzy decision with lots of hard to read factors on each side. Life is often like that.

[Michael Reed @reedmj]

On the one hand, there is a lot of truth in that. As per my previous thread, there is a lot of luck involved. Most people who are getting interviews just need the right factors to align at the right time to get them over the line.

[Michael Reed @reedmj]

On Grit: a 2nd thread on pupillage.

There's a type of post-pupillage commentary which goes: 'If you didn't make it this year, but you were getting interviews, you just need to bite down, keep going, success is on the other side of another big push!'

I have mixed views.