http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-19T15:35:27-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/door_to_door_how_long_is_your_commute/ The League of American Bicyclists has declared that this week is National Bike to Work Week—and Friday, May 17, is National Bike to Work Day. It's feasible for some of us to bike to work, and for some of us, bicycling may even be the… ABA Journal, Question of the Week, Careers, Work/Life Balance Wed, 15 May 2013 12:45:34 -0500 44172.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/from_the_time_you_get_into_your_office_how_long_does_it_take_before_you_get/ It's a situation familiar to many: Once you've sampled the baked goods brought in by a co-worker, jumped into a conversation with some other co-workers, sorted through dozens of worthless emails and perhaps (bless your heart) taken your first look of the day through ABAJournal.com, you look at the clock… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 08 May 2013 11:42:13 -0500 44081.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/how_much_caffeine_do_you_need_to_get_through_a_workday/ Regular NPR listeners probably know that last week was Coffee Week, and that a number of coffee-related stories were featured on Morning Edition and NPR blog The Salt. One blog post from last week explored whether caffeine makes us better workers.… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 01 May 2013 13:48:06 -0500 43991.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/is_the_socratic_method_and_lecture-based_classes_the_best_way_to_teach/ Should law school classes be more visual? This week, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog (sub. req.) took note of an upcoming essay for the Maine Law Review by Suffolk University Law School professor Shailini Jandial George that asserts that the law… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:40:50 -0500 43896.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/are_you_living_and_working_in_your_dream_city_if_not_where_do_you_want_to/ This week, in a profile of DLA Piper co-CEO J. Terence O’Malley, the powerful partner shared why he wanted to end up in San Diego. “At Notre Dame, I kept track on the wall by my bunk of the consecutive days I had… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:15:29 -0500 43781.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/what_personal_safety_measures_do_you_take_at_work_at_home_and_in_between/ The recent slayings of two prosecutors in Kaufman County, Texas, and other fatal courthouse shootings in 2013 have put courthouse security in the spotlight. But aside from what the courts you practice in are doing to protect… ABA Journal, Question of the Week, Judiciary, Court Security Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:30:27 -0500 43679.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/have_you_ever_accepted_something_other_than_cash_for_legal_services/ In February, a lawyer on Solosez was asking for recipes as he had recently been paid for his services with 100 pounds of beef: "a couple dozen steaks, a lot of roasts, and the rest is ground beef." He also noted that he'd previously been paid with an entire lamb.… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:06:02 -0500 43368.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/what_are_your_favorite_lawyerly_spaces/ Last month, we noted a couple who visited all 254 Texas courthouses and eventually married at one. “In a lot of ways, the courthouse is the keeper of local history, the center of local history, and all of them together make up… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:05:10 -0500 43372.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/do_you_think_that_curtailing_telecommuting_is_best_for_the_bottom_line/ It made headlines last month when Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced that those who had been working from home needed to start working from the Yahoo office. At the time, San Francisco State University management professor John Sullivan said Mayer’s conclusion about the benefits… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:23:18 -0500 43366.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/what_words_are_you_always_seeing_misspelled_what_words_do_you_look_up/ The Bryan Garner on Words column from our March issue, "Why lawyers can't write," has been burning up the charts at ABAJournal.com. Garner mentions in this particular column that he personally has a practice of "asking secretarial candidates, who invariably describe themselves as good spellers,… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:46:39 -0500 43248.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/how_many_times_exercised_in_last_7_days_what_did_you_have_for_lunch/ This week, we featured an ABA Journal podcast in which we talk to two exercise physiologists who work with Olympic-caliber athletes as well as executives and companies trying to integrate exercise and healthy diets into their work lives. "I have worked with litigators during trials," says… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:43:08 -0600 43125.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/do_you_have_any_unusual_hobbies/ If Ardsley, N.Y., solo Lisa Solomon isn’t working, chances are you’ll find her looking for wild greens or mushrooms around her Westchester County home, we note in our March issue. Solomon, who has been a forager for more than eight years, has found—and eaten—everything… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:10:51 -0600 43030.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/take_a_legal_movie_and_change_the_title_to_make_it_less_interesting/ In honor of the 85th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, we're presenting a bit of a movie challenge: Take any lawyer movie and change the title to make it less interesting. For example: Single Indemnity, My Neighbor Vinny, To Catch a… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:26:32 -0600 42914.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/do_you_judge_coworkers_by_how_clean_or_messy_their_workspaces_are_how_tidy/ This week, the ABA asked followers of its Facebook page what we'd like to ask you: Do you judge co-workers by how clean or messy their workspaces are? Also, let us know how tidy you keep your own desk. Do you think that how clean your workspace… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:30:27 -0600 42851.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/do_you_have_a_five-day_business-hours_workweek_or_is_it_far_more_flexible/ This week, Lady Gaga testified in a deposition that her employees work no more than eight hours daily, though the time is spaced out throughout the day. “You don’t get a schedule that is like you punch in and you can play f---ing… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:30:37 -0600 42719.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/is_try_the_most_dangerous_word_to_use_at_work/ Try is the most dangerous word to use at work, Brad Hoover, CEO of the Internet company Grammarly, writes at Fortune magazine. "When I hear employees say they will 'try to meet a deadline,' 'try to close a deal,' or 'try to handle a customer issue,'… ABA Journal, Question of the Week, Careers Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:40:23 -0600 42601.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/how_much_do_you_spend_on_clothes_for_work/ Last week at Corporette, blogger Kat Griffin asked her readers what their annual clothes budget is—if they have one. And also last week, blog The Jane Dough noted a 2012 United Kingdom survey suggesting that women there spend 18 percent of their salaries on… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:16:56 -0600 42508.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/what_annoying_or_distasteful_habits_of_co-workers_are_driving_you_crazy/ Last week, we noted a complaint (later withdrawn) accusing a Social Security Administration employee of creating a hostile work environment by continuously passing gas. The complaint said the worker broke wind more than 60 times in a 12-week period after four meetings with superiors to… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:28:10 -0600 42380.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/whats_the_most_ridiculous_case_a_client_has_ever_asked_you_to_take/ We saw last month that Reddit asked its lawyer readers to post the details of the "stupidest" cases that their clients have ever put before them. One of the favorite anecdotes on the site concerned a reader's story about a would-be client whose next-door neighbor had displaced some… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:58:10 -0600 42279.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/have_you_ever_taken_action_--_legal_or_via_review_websites/ Many who manage to avoid shopping for most of the year still find themselves visiting dozens of stores or doing lots of online shopping during the holiday season—whether it's to buy gifts for family members or take advantage of Black Friday deals. But sometimes promised merchandise isn't delivered or other… ABA Journal, Question of the Week Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:55:18 -0600 42167.abajournal.com