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633 ABA Journal Question of the Week articles.

What’s the Most Unexpected Office Party Liability Problem You’ve Seen?

The holiday season and the parties that follow are in full swing. With these bashes, some of which we learned can be très expensive, comes Dec 13, 2007 3:08 PM CST

What’s The Best Lawyer-Themed Gift You Ever Received?

In this month’s ABA Journal, we noted examples of Law’some Gifts this holiday season. Shark ties, iPod Nanos preloaded with niche practice programming make the list.

And…

What Was Your Worst Work-Related Travel Experience?

Thanks to Foreign Policy magazine’s online edition, we learned about the worst airports in the world. We’ll be sure to try to avoid the “squalor” of Léopold…

How Does Your Firm Organize Gift Exchanges?

The SoloSezzers were abuzz recently with chatter about experiences with office gift exchanges.

One solo noted that when her staff was all female, everyone got pj’s from Victoria’s…

How Did Music Education Influence Your Life, Career?

E Street Band guitarist and Sopranos actor Steven Van Zandt began beating the drum this week to protest cuts in arts…

How Would You Feel About Switching Sides of the Advocacy Aisle?

This week ABAJournal.com noted that Sandra Day O’Connor—among other things—recommends that prosecutors and public defenders be dumped in the same office and advocate for the government or…

What Images Are Too Cliché for Law Firm Ads?

On his Business Development blog not long ago, lawyer and marketing expert Peter Darling made note of the images one should never use…

What Have You Done in Your Work or Home Life to Go Decidedly Untech?

Intel’s high-tech engineers have decided to take a business casual to a new level, shunning e-mail to wind up the work week.

We think Intel’s e-mail-free Fridays…

If You Had a Magic Skeleton Key, What Private Places Would You Like to Have Access To?

On a recent visit to the U.S. Supreme Court, I was a little surprised to learn that veteran high court reporter Tony Mauro of Legal Times had never stepped foot…

If You Could Rename Your Law School, What Name Would You Choose?

With news this week that the powers in Berkeley are suffering an identity crisis and may bolt from their law school’s name Boalt Hall, we had…

What Would Be The Movie Title for Your Life Story?

There certainly is no shortage of memoirs these days. Everyone wants to tell their story and defend or explain their exploits. Cupcake Brown, an ex-prostitute-turned-lawyer, announced she…

If You Could Be A Bionic Lawyer, What Would Be Your Strength?

With this week’s premiere/return of the “Bionic Woman” TV series, up pops a question:

If you could get a bionic superpower to help you in your practice, what would it…

How Have You Been Censored in Court?

There’s some good discussion on ABAJournal.com about a Nebraska judge who barred a woman from using the word “rape” when she testified during a sexual assault trial against…

Would You Trade Your Office for an RV to Jump-Start Your Practice?

This week we heard about a team of former big-firm lawyers who ditched their corner office aspirations to spend their days roaming the streets in of all things a recreational…

Would You Pick a Lawyer to Serve on a Jury?

Time and again lawyers, especially high-profile lawyers, are excluded from sitting on juries. Why would or wouldn’t you seat a lawyer on your next jury?

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