If you took the pronunciation quiz in last month's issue, you may well have had any of several reactions, some negative. (1) Denial: That can't be right! I've never…
ABA Journal staffers have sifted through more than 150 caption entries addressing this month’s scene, an apparent mediation between a cow and a farmer. Now it’s your turn.
In this month’s ABA Journal, retired trial lawyer Janet Kole cautions against using humor in the courtroom, citing an example from the trial of Aaron Hernandez, the New England…
The notion of a “capsule wardrobe”—a smallish wardrobe entirely made up of pieces that can be worn together—has gained popularity in the last year or two. But some men and…
In the November issue of the ABA Journal, Black’s Law Dictionary editor Bryan Garner has assembled a quiz on the pronunciations of 30 different words, keyed to Charles Harrington…
Mayer Brown associate Michael Kimberly says he isn’t that nervous about making his debut oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court next week. After all, he’s been preparing for…
Are lawyers prone to anxiety, or is the pace of the profession the culprit? The ABA Journal's Stephanie Francis Ward speaks with Will Meyerhofer, a psychotherapist who has also been a practicing attorney, to learn more about anxiety and get tips on how lawyers can manage and overcome it.
Natalie Prosin doesn't favor guerrilla tactics in the courtroom—more like gorilla tactics. As executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Nonhuman Rights Project, she manages the day-to-day operations of a mostly…
Every so often a news item appears about how a particular legal term is most properly pronounced. Certiorari, for example, surfaces from time to time. Last year an article on…
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