So far this year, more than 3,000 lawyers and staff find themselves with some unexpected time on their hands, and that doesn’t count all the new grads and 3L’s whose summer gig has vanished in these troubled times. So how do you go from fired to fired-up? It’s easy. Do some good in the world. [...]
What are the greatest lawyer movies of all time? In online discussions recently, the legal community achieved consensus on 20 that we list here in alphabetic order (and one of our personal favorites, #21). Curiously, the 1950s and 60s produced nearly half of the “greatest lawyer movies”, including two cinematic giants in 1957 — Witness [...]
It’s been a good year for legal thrillers. And before the sun sets on 2008, we want to take a moment to look back and honor the eight current and former lawyers whose suspense novels were published this year, each them brimming with insider elements only a lawyer could love:
David Baldacci, JD (www.DavidBaldacci.com) – The [...]
Airline passengers are willing to pay extra to check a bag or reserve a seat with extra legroom. Now, United Airlines (www.united.com) is betting some of us will pay more to join fast-track security lines to qualify for PRIORITY BOARDING. At a dozen or so major airports, including Boston, Chicago, Denver, Washington DC, New York’s [...]
This year, more than 100,000 unpublished and published writers – lawyers among them – were expected to accept the National Novel Writing Month challenge ending at midnight tonight. And the challenge? Oh, nothing much: just complete a 50,000-word novel between Nov. 1st and Nov. 30th. That’s right, write a book-length piece of fiction in 30 [...]