"In a real sense all life is interrelated. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects…
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Rhonda V. Magee. Photograph Courtesy of University of San Francisco School of Law.
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A new study released just prior to the 2016 ABA Midyear Meeting in San Diego rejects the prevailing wisdom about substance abuse and mental health problems in the U.S. legal…
In this month's Asked and Answered, the ABA Journal's Stephanie Francis Ward discusses what reasonable steps you can take in 2016 to improve your life and your career. Her guest Karen Kaplowitz gives listeners tips on making and keeping achievable goals.
As a child, Airina Rodrigues was an early reader and, by choice, spent a lot of time alone. "I had friends," she recalls, "but I needed time alone to unwind…
The newest greeter at a Jacksonville, Florida, law firm routinely has a smile on her face and even bounces in her chair as she welcomes visitors. Plus, although only 13…
In August 2014, the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation announced that they were collaborating on a major research project to survey current rates…
Lawyers who work more than 60 hours a week appear generally more satisfied with their workplace and their decision to become a lawyer than those who put in less time,…
Does your law practice make you fearful? You are not alone, according to John Lande, an emeritus professor of law at the University of Missouri. Some of lawyers' most common…
When attorney Marshall Yoder was facing his first jury trial in 1992, he felt a deep, underlying sense of fear. "I remember being very anxious and very nervous," he says.…
Male lawyers seeking to play a more active role in the lives of their very young children have been helping to blaze a trail toward expanded parental leave policies.
BigLaw lawyers enjoy lucrative careers. They express more satisfaction with the substance of their work than the median for the legal profession. But still, they are unhappy.
More than 20 years after retiring from the Florida bench, Judge Robert Beach still spends up to 10 days a month in court as a senior jurist and swims a…
Entrepreneurial legal ventures known as “New Law” offer novel business models and better work-life balance than BigLaw, according to a new report that lists more than 50 of them.