How Has Your Law Career Evolved This Decade?

We’re approaching the start of a new decade and have a natural impulse to look back. The National Law Journal focused on what it believed were the Dec 22, 2009 5:15 PM CST

Do You Get a Holiday Party, Time Off or Nothing?

We’re in the height of holiday party season right now and the celebration range is wide: Mark Lanier had about 7,000 guests over for a Bon Jovi concert on Sunday,…

Dec 16, 2009 7:44 PM CST

Could an Employer Detect Your Political Leanings from Your Resumé?

This week, a New York Times ethicist weighed in on a hiring lawyer’s query about whether it was ethical to favor job applicants…

Dec 9, 2009 5:45 PM CST

Is Your Office Supporting Any Charities This Holiday Season?

Many law firms and corporations like to give back to causes close to the members of their staffs. And at this time of year, as billings are collected, checks to…

Dec 2, 2009 8:32 PM CST

What Have You Had to Become an Expert in to Win a Case?

We read in last week’s issue of Legal BisNow about a new hire at Arnold and Porter who is tasked with, among other things, helping lawyers at…

Nov 23, 2009 4:25 PM CST

Has Being a Lawyer Presented Any Dating Challenges?

“To find a partner through online dating is not so easy: to date a lawyer can be much more difficult.” That’s part of the press release pitch…

Nov 18, 2009 8:27 PM CST

How Sick Do You Let Yourself Get Before Taking Time Off?

This season more than any in recent memory, coming to work while sick is nothing to sneeze at.

With the spread of the H1N1 virus, we’re seeing doctor’s offices with…

Nov 11, 2009 9:01 PM CST

What’s the Weirdest Evidence You’ve Seen Presented in Court?

During a dinner conversation recently with a newly elected judge, we learned that defendants often, and unexpectedly, whip out their cell phones with photographic proof of whatever point they’re trying…

Nov 4, 2009 6:24 PM CST

What Inappropriate Halloween Costumes Have You Seen at the Office?

We received a press release last week with a warning to employers to be careful about costume parties at which workers dress up in ways that could wind up as…

Oct 28, 2009 7:02 PM CDT

In Law School, How Many Hours Per Day Did You Study?

This week, we noted the Princeton Review’s data on how many hours per day on average students at each of its 172 ranked schools spend studying.

Oct 21, 2009 5:37 PM CDT

How Does the Practice of Law Need to Change in the Next Five Years?

This week, we’re asking some of the most creative minds in the legal profession—who’ve been posting and chatting live during 24 Hours of Legal Rebels—this question: How…

Oct 14, 2009 6:46 PM CDT

What Was Your Most Memorable Law School Class Session?

This week, we noted Tom Cruise’s surprise visit to an entertainment law class at Harvard Law School.

Cruise slipped in about 30 minutes after his…

Oct 7, 2009 8:26 PM CDT

Do U Think Acronyms R an Epidemic?

This week, a California appeals judge took issue in an opinion with lawyers’ descent “into an alphabet soup of jargon-based acronyms”…

Sep 30, 2009 7:05 PM CDT

When Confronted with Incivility, How Do You Handle It?

This week, we wrote about a federal judge in Philadelphia who ordered an attorney who cursed and called his opponent names during a…

Sep 23, 2009 6:29 PM CDT

What’s on Your Professional ‘Bucket List’?

This week, ABAJournal.com noted how retired lawyer Jerry Loughran was able to scratch an item off of what the New York Times characterized as his “bucket list”: Sep 16, 2009 5:06 PM CDT