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Oct 1, 2018 1:25 AM CDT

Tales of addiction: What every attorney should know about alcohol and substance abuse

Lawyers often are warned about the dangers of excessive alcohol use, even as they celebrate wins and mourn losses. Legal practitioners must understand the issues of control, compulsion and consequences in managing their consumption. If you have a gut feeling about troubles facing another lawyer, you don’t have to diagnose the problem, says lawyer and consultant Jeena Cho. But you may need to prepare for a difficult conversation.

Oct 1, 2018 1:20 AM CDT

Cat-and-mouse game: Customers demand cybersecurity, law enforcement wants easier access to evidence

Modern technology has created a honeypot of data for cyberthieves and law enforcement. Police and prosecutors are adopting novel technology and raising new constitutional arguments in court, which brings up privacy concerns.

Oct 1, 2018 1:15 AM CDT

Judicial independence needs to be protected from both internal and external threats

Attacks on judicial independence are almost as old as the American republic itself. They date back at least to 1805, when President Thomas Jefferson tried but failed to use the impeachment procedure to remove U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase, in part because of the content of his decisions.

Sep 27, 2018 6:05 AM CDT

How do you deal with procrastination?

There’s a big project listed on your calendar with a due date that was circled months ago. Now time’s running out. You’ve barely started and would rather be undergoing a root canal without anesthesia.

Sep 26, 2018 12:00 PM CDT

Election Protection: How lawyers can help uphold voters’ rights this November

Want to protect democracy and ensure voters’ rights? If you are looking to ways to volunteer during the 2018 midterm elections, there are opportunities available, especially for attorneys.

Sep 24, 2018 6:20 AM CDT

IBM, GE, Facebook, Google and the law—lessons learned, or lessons forgotten?

How can newly powerful, global tech companies fulfill their legal responsibilities to customers, employees, shareholders and the different societies in which they operate? And how can lawyers help? Three developments this summer—as well as generations-old choices at IBM—highlight these questions: • On June 19, General Electric was removed from the…

Sep 20, 2018 8:00 AM CDT

What storytelling lessons have you learned during your legal career?

In the September 2018 issue of the ABA Journal, Philip N. Meyer writes about how the show Springsteen on Broadway gives lawyers three storytelling ideas. A 50-time Grammy Award nominee—and 20-time winner—the rock icon clearly left an impression on Meyer. “I was struck by Springsteen’s physicality and by his strength…

Sep 19, 2018 9:30 AM CDT

How to be—sort of—happy in law school (podcast)

Law school can be a lonely, stressful time, and it’s easy to feel like you're failing to fit the model of the perfect law student. But there’s no one right way to go to law school, says sociology professor Kathryne M. Young, author of How to Be Sort of Happy in Law School; you can craft your own experience.

Sep 19, 2018 6:00 AM CDT

What principle links great baseball and great lawyering? Stoicism

A lawyer once told me he’d been practicing law for 40 years, but he never lost a case. He did, however, “come in second many times.” Like a batter, a lawyer must make decisions. The challenge for a lawyer is to make the right decision more often than not.

Sep 18, 2018 6:00 AM CDT

Cartoon Poll: Pick the ski caption that takes you to new heights

We jumped at the chance to glide through more than 170 entries for this month’s wintry cartoon caption contest. But we need help picking the winner. The caption that gets the most votes will appear in an upcoming issue of the magazine. Vote in the cartoon poll for one of…

Sep 17, 2018 3:37 PM CDT

How do you say it? Try this quiz to evaluate your pronunciation skills

Tales of addiction: What every attorney should know about alcohol and substance abuse

Cat-and-mouse game: Customers demand cybersecurity, law enforcement wants easier access to evidence

Judicial independence needs to be protected from both internal and external threats

How do you deal with procrastination?

Election Protection: How lawyers can help uphold voters’ rights this November

IBM, GE, Facebook, Google and the law—lessons learned, or lessons forgotten?

What storytelling lessons have you learned during your legal career?

How to be—sort of—happy in law school (podcast)

What principle links great baseball and great lawyering? Stoicism

Cartoon Poll: Pick the ski caption that takes you to new heights

The fix is in: How right-to-repair laws can improve tech and the environment

Can our independent judiciary survive the politicized criticism leveled against it?

ABA president asks House committee to reauthorize Second Chance Act

How do you deal with people who interrupt conversations?

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