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The road less traveled
Interview with Jeff Padwa, Melissa Smith, and Ken Spiegelman
So you've graduated from law school and passed the bar. Congratulations!
Now the tough questions begin. Are you a corporate type or a
go-it-alone lawyer? You know you'll be working hard; can you
learn to balance work with other interests? Fortunately, you're
not the first to ask these questions. Before you pack your diploma
for its new wall, read how three young lawyers faced the personal
trials of their early careers.
Easy chair rider
Rebecca Porter
Human beings are said to use only 10 percent of our brains.
This might explain why law offices are run by computers, and
why so few people know how to use them. Instead of waiting for
someone else to input or organize your information, learn how
to make electronic resources work for you-in the office, at
home, or on the road.
Breaking up is hard to do
Eunice Trevor and Joseph Z. Traub
Leaving a firm is difficult, but it needn't be hostile. Careful
planning and attention to ethics take the pain out of breakups
while protecting everyone's best interests.
How to net new clients
Susan L. Sipe
Learning how to market your services on the Internet puts you
in touch with thousands of new clients. Let their fingers do
the surfing.
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Features
To appeal or not to appeal?
Scott Zarin
Trial lawyers racing to the steps of the appellate courthouse,
beware. The path is paved with obstacles. Don't let a client's
zeal or your own belief in the merits of the case lead you astray.
The appellate courts play by tougher rules.
Digging for e-data
Kristin M. Nimsger
In 2001, businesses in North America sent an estimated 2.5
trillion e-mail messages, and 70 percent of all written data
is now stored in electronic form. The days of all-paper discovery
are over. To find the defendant's "smoking gun," you need to
know how to locate and analyze electronic evidence.
Seated in harm's way
Bradley Dean Kuhlman
Rear-center-seat lap belts expose passengers, especially children,
to needlessly high risk of serious injury or death. So why is
this archaic restraint system installed in so many vehicles?
Installing lap/shoulder belts would cost automakers about $24
a vehicle. But consumers pay a much higher price.
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News & Trends
Government, health advocates, lawyers
challenge safety of weight-loss supplement
High Court hears arguments in crash data
case
Court says taxes on awards in discrimination
cases are recoverable as damages
Title VII protects gay workers from sexual
harassment, Ninth Circuit finds
Attorney fee agreement falters without
client signature
Defense-of-fetus theory allowed in manslaughter
case; mother's conviction overturned
Settlement concludes first MTBE products
trial
Departments
President’s page
A season of renewal
Washington focus
Special interests overtake homeland security
Reflections
The fiction of technical peer review
Supreme Court review
Limiting suits to enforce federal laws
Law Office Technology
Averting e-mail disaster
Quotes
Books
Women and Workplace Discrimination
by Raymond F. Gregory
Courting Trouble
by Lisa Scottoline
Classifieds
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