August 2007 Issue

Cover Story

The Billable Hour Must Die

SIDEBAR: New Routes into the Corporate Door

Three summers ago, my wife and I were driving my two older kids to the airport. The academic year was about to resume. The younger child, my son, was returning to college; the older, my daughter, to law school.

“Say,” I heard my son ask his sister in the backseat, “what do you think you’ll do when you get done with law school?” My daughter expressed some uncertainty but ended up answering, “I think I’ll become a litigator.”

I nearly hit the brakes.

“Oh,” I heard myself moan, “don’t be a litigator.”

Feature Section

New Routes Into the Corporate Door

Sidebar To: The Billable Hour Must Die
Web Extra: Who's Using Legal OnRamp

You’re NOT the Boss of Me

At first glance, the quo warranto matter of Halverson v. Hardcastle before the Nevada Supreme Court looks like a civics lesson on how much authority a state court’s chief judge has over colleagues.

Rebuilding Project

Change is coming slowly to New Orleans’ infamous lower ninth ward since the waters receded after Hurricane Katrina touched land two years ago this month.