"What do you like best about being a lawyer?" was a short post on the The (Legal) Underground blog. But the dozens of thoughtful, insightful and totally pointless comments posted by lawyers and law students have made it an entertaining, if almost booklet-length, read. Go add your own comment. (Makes me wish I had
Lawyer's Quality of Life
The Tyranny of the Billable Hour
By Jim Calloway on
The cover story of the Washington Lawyer this month is The Tyranny of the Billable Hour by Robert Pack. It is not really about methods of alternative billing, but rather the impact of minimum billing quotas on the lives of larger law firm associates and, now, even partners. There was mention of how a firm…
Technology, Stress and the Lawyer’s Quality of Life
By Jim Calloway on
Even though it was published over a year ago, I’m still very proud of my article "Technology, Stress and the Lawyer’s Quality of Life." The link is to the online version of the Oklahoma Bar Journal. It was republished in the Amercian Bar Association e-zine Law Practice Today. One of my friends, blogger Dennis…