July 2007 Issue

Cover Story

Law Hacks

(law haks) noun: Ways to successfully manage your workday by getting more done in less time

E-MAIL

1 Empty your e-mail inbox daily.

2 Change your e-mail settings so the system doesn’t alert you every time a message comes in, as many systems do. Out­look can be set to alert you only for urgent messages. Interruptions only spoil your attention to your work; check your messages when you’re ready for them.

3 Move e-mail to the appropriate folder as soon as you have read it.

4 Organize your folders by urgency and then by subject.

5 Program your e-mail software to automatically file messages. Use your e-mail system’s rules: Sort by sender, subject or keyword.

Feature Section

Re-engineering the J.D.

When Drexel Univer­sity decided to open a law school, the administrators had lots of choices to make—including how to best approach legal education.

Stories You Won’t Read in Books

Among Washington, D.C.’s grand buildings, the Law Library of Congress might seem an afterthought.