The evils of "elasticity": reflections on the rhetoric of professionalism and the part-time paradox in large firm practice.
INTRODUCTION "Don't do it." This was the wise advice of the senior associate I had adopted as my older brother and protector to guide me through the labyrinth of large firm life and politics. I had moseyed into his office, shut the door, and asked...

The holiday brief: a Jewish lawyer's survival guide.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Many esteemed Jewish attorneys suffer, as befits their heritage, while working non-stop in the eternal pursuit of law firm partnerships. It is a life in which missing a wedding anniversary or birth of a child, even Jewish holidays, is a given. This brief, pieced together...

The billable hours derby: empirical data on the problems and pressure points.
If you ask law firm attorneys to identify their biggest complaint related to private law practice, most will probably respond with one word: billing. (1) At the same time, clients are likely to identify billing as their most serious concern associated with obtaining legal services. (2) The irony in...

Re-defining superwoman: an essay on overcoming the "maternal wall" in the legal workplace.
I. INTRODUCTION You know her when you see her. She has a successful career as an attorney in a major law firm. She has a reputation at work for always being available to help out in a pinch, and her colleagues see her as a very hard...

The challenges of dam removal: the history and lessons of the Condit Dam and potential threats from the 2005 Federal Power Act amendments.
I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND A. Condit Dam and the Resources of the White Salmon River B. The Federal Power Act and Dam Relicensing C. Condit Dam Relicensing and the 1999 Agreement to Remove the Dam III. OBSTACLES TO DAM REMOVAL A. Opposition to the Settlement Agreement and FERC Inaction...

In videodisc veritas: interactive video at Harvard Law School.
In Videodisc Veritas: Interactive Video at Harvard Law School Two law students are watching a drug bust on a TV monitor. A police officer holds a gun on a woman who's screaming. "You can't hold me! I don't even live here!" Suddenly, the TV screen freezes when one...

WHY SHARE?
A strategy for living that cuts materials waste and pollution turns out to offer some important social benefits as well. In 1998, the Kellogg Company introduced a clever new product. "Breakfast Mates" brought together a single serving of cereal, a disposable bowl, a small carton of milk,...

Profits and professionalism.
"Ethics pays" is a recurring refrain among commentators on professional and business ethics. This should come as no surprise. In a culture preoccupied with profit, appeals to self-interest may be the most persuasive strategy. Yet if virtue were always its own reward, we would surely see more of it....

Passion is no ordinary word.
(Revitalizing the Lawyer-Poet: What Lawyers Can Learn From Rock and Roll. A Film Essay by Russell G. Pearce, Brian Danitz, and Romelia S. Leach (Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics 2006)). We've got new idols for the screen today. Although they make a lot of noises...

The sixties shift to formal equality and the courts: an argument for pragmatism and politics.
Conventional wisdom tells a simple story of feminism during the first seventy years of this century. As the century opened, the women's movement was single-mindedly focused on suffrage, arguing that women should have the vote both because they are men's equals and because they are different from men in...