by Heidi Webb | Nov 21, 2022 | 2022
As we approach the fresh start of a New Year, and at this precarious and fragile time in our world, we give thanks to our clients, our colleagues and our newly trained Consilium practitioners, and honor them by making donations to: Mothers Out Front...
by Heidi Webb | Nov 1, 2022 | 2022
In a recent conversation with an architect friend of mine, she said that in addition to bringing the outdoors into buildings and enhancing views, the very qualities of light and air need to be beautiful and beneficial to make buildings all that they can be. Her...
by Heidi Webb | Oct 21, 2022 | 2022
In the Halloween spirit, this blogpost is going to focus on Stephen Vincent Benét’s classic 1936 tale “The Devil and Daniel Webster”- a little story that tells of how an American legal legend beat the Devil himself in a trial for a man’s soul. For context,...
by Heidi Webb | Oct 3, 2022 | 2022
This blog and blog series is being written by Adam Singer, who handles social media and forward-facing content for the Consilium Institute. He has read the She-Hulk comics, and will be analyzing the TV series in terms of how it portrays legal issues and court...
by Heidi Webb | Sep 20, 2022 | 2022
This blog and blog series is being written by Adam Singer, who handles social media and forward-facing content for the Consilium Institute. He has read the She-Hulk comics, and will be analyzing the TV series in terms of how it portrays legal issues and court...
by Heidi Webb | May 17, 2022 | 2022
During this long slog of a spring, I’ve found myself feeling somewhat complacent and blue. Reflecting on why got me thinking about the power of our attitude, and the impact of how we frame our lives and the events within them. For the lifetimes of the majority of US...
by Heidi Webb | Apr 13, 2022 | 2022
By: The Hon. Julie Kunce Field (ret.) Thirty years ago, My Cousin Vinny appeared in theaters. A true “fish out of water” story, both for Vinny Gambini (the brand-new New York attorney who travels to Alabama to help his cousin) and for his young cousin Bill and Bill’s...
by Heidi Webb | Mar 3, 2022 | 2022
Recently I’ve read two impactful books, Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks, and Atul Gawande’sBeing Mortal. I’m not sure if their profundity has struck me more deeply in the light of the pandemic and its impact on my perspective of time, my age and my...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 13, 2022 | 2022
January is a complicated month for me, but it wasn’t always so. As a child it was a month of celebrating, since one of my brothers and I both have January birthdays. Growing up on the Charles River meant that many years included birthday celebrations of skating and...
by Heidi Webb | Dec 27, 2021 | 2021
I woke up this morning thinking about gratitude. I suppose it’s “that time of year” when we all hope to pause and appreciate the bounty of our efforts… but amidst the isolation and emotionally taxing challenges of the past couple of years, maintaining an...
