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The Blog, Illustrated

Every Comic So Far

Each week's blog post comes with an original line-drawing comic. Here they are, all in one place.

Line-drawing comic of Jane at a CLE seminar, leaning forward and taking notes, genuinely engaged, while a bored attorney beside her checks a phone. Caption: The certificate is the easy part. The learning is the point.

Lessons Beyond the Credit Hours · June 15, 2026

Learning on Purpose
Line-drawing comic of an attorney sitting across from a client at a conference table, a case file open between them. The attorney gestures calmly while the client listens with a serious expression. Caption: Sometimes the most valuable advice is the hardest to give.

Lessons from the Courtroom · June 8, 2026

Knowing When to Walk Away
Line-drawing comic of Jane at a community legal clinic table, helping a grateful family with paperwork. A banner behind them reads Ask A Lawyer. Caption: Sometimes an hour of your time can make an enormous difference.

Lessons Beyond the Courtroom · June 1, 2026

A Profession of Service:
Line-drawing comic of a split-screen phone call between two lawyers. On the left, a stressed attorney sits at a cluttered desk with a circled calendar deadline behind them. On the right, Jane listens calmly with a slight smile, coffee mug in hand and notepad ready. Caption: The ten-minute call that saved everyone three angry emails.

Lessons from the Courtroom · May 25, 2026

Professionalism Beyond the Deadline
Line-drawing comic of Jane sitting in stadium seats between her two young children at a baseball game. Her son leans over a scorecard on his lap with a pencil, taking the job very seriously. Her daughter is mid-cheer with both arms in the air. Jane sits between them with a soft, present smile, fully in the moment. Caption: They didn't mean to pull me out of my own head. They just did.

Lessons Beyond the Courtroom · May 11, 2026

Finding Perspective Through My Kids
Line-drawing comic of Jane sitting at the head of a conference table leading a meeting, smiling and gesturing as colleagues lean in engaged. A framed child's crayon drawing of a stick-figure family, sun, and house hangs on the wall behind her. Caption reads: You get to love more than one thing at a time.

Lessons from the Courtroom and Beyond · May 4, 2026

Stop Apologizing for Loving Your Work
Line-drawing comic of a young female attorney standing confidently next to a tall stack of labeled binders, deposition transcripts, exhibits, expert reports, motions in limine, witness statements, legal research, demonstratives, and trial notebook, with two older male attorneys at the opposing table looking surprised. Caption reads: She told me to be the most prepared person in the room so I made sure I was.

Lessons from the Courtroom · April 27, 2026

Learning to Find My Place in Litigation
Two young children sprawled across a sofa with legs overlapping, each convinced the other is taking more space, while their mother stands in the kitchen doorway holding a wooden spoon with dinner half-made behind her. Caption: Some nights just don't get resolved.

Lessons Beyond the Courtroom · April 20, 2026

The Real (and Not Always Redeemable) Moments
Jane sits alone at a desk buried in stacked files and a takeout container, pen in hand, clock on the wall at midnight. Caption: The takeout place knew her order. Everyone was fed.

Lessons from the Courtroom · April 13, 2026

Putting in the Time
Jennifer and her husband stand together in a doorway, arms loosely around each other, watching their children at a holiday table, Haggadahs open, a candle lit, an Easter basket nearby, kids mid-motion. Caption: It wasn't perfect. But it was good.

Lessons Beyond the Courtroom · April 6, 2026

Tradition, Disruption, and a Fresh Start
An attorney sits at her desk as a judge holds up two fingers and says "I want to focus on these two issues." Below, the same attorney holds a sleeping child in her arms, a to-do list on the table beside her. Caption: The plan was ready. Listening was what mattered.

Lessons from the Courtroom and Beyond · March 30, 2026

Listening and Changing Course
A bracket sheet covered in Xs and question marks sits on a kitchen table. Caption: We were so confident.

Lessons Beyond the Courtroom · March 23, 2026

Busted Brackets
A younger woman sits across a table from an older woman whose back is to us, a warm lamp glowing between them. Speech bubble: Then why aren't you studying law? Caption: The ones who ask why are often the ones who change everything.

Lessons Beyond the Courtroom · March 16, 2026

A Tribute to Strong Women
A woman sits in a waiting room as legal jargon floats around her, Voir Dire, Deposition, Motion in Limine, Hearsay, and responds with a single huh? Caption: There has to be a better way to explain this.

From the Desk of Jennifer Rebholz · March 9, 2026

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