- Saturday, the 29th of August 2015
- Posted in Balancing Life & Law
French Employees Required to Shut Off E-Mail after 6pm
Thoughts on Balancing Life & the Law
Long gone are the days when it was thrilling to turn on your computer and suddenly hear that disembodied voice proclaim "You've got mail !" A recent market survey revealed that the average corporate or professional employee sends and receives 105 e-mails a day. Yikes! And that's not counting text messages, instant messaging, and posts on social media.
- Sunday, the 19th of July 2015
- Posted in Announcements
Barristers CLE Lineup for 2015 Features M*A*S*H and "The Litigator's Toolkit"
As we enter our 21st year, Barristers continues to advance its mission of providing CLE that is both practical and, quite frankly, much more interesting than the average CLE seminar!
To that end, our Recent Developments seminars this year (In-Person and Live Webcasts) will feature an ethics hour in which memorable scenes from the classic TV show M*A*S*H are used to stimulate a fresh look at important points in ethics and professionalism. It's the latest installment in our 10-year tradition of using movies, TV shows, historical figures, and other pop culture icons to create powerful and memorable metaphors for our lessons in ethics.
- Thursday, the 28th of August 2014
- Posted in Balancing Life & Law
Study Shows Lawyers are Sleep-Deprived
Thoughts on Balancing Life & the Law
At many Barristers seminars, we frequently talk about the landmark study at Johns Hopkins University that showed that, of all the occupations studied, lawyers were the most vulnerable to depression, suicide, and addiction. Now another study for the National Health Interview Survey says that lawyers are the second most sleep-deprived occupation in the United States. (Does this come as a surprise to any of the lawyers reading this post?) Home health aides were first on the list, with police officers placing third.
- Friday, the 11th of July 2014
- Posted in New Law Briefing
Exploding Corpse Not Covered by Homeowner's Insurance
New Law Briefing
In 2008, a woman died in her upstairs condo in Palm Beach County, Florida. Sadly, no one discovered the body until two weeks later. By that time, the body had decomposed so badly that the corpse had ruptured, and bodily fluids had begun to seep through the concrete floor into the apartment below.
- Tuesday, the 24th of June 2014
- Posted in Odds & Ends - Mostly Odd
Some Wal-Mart Stores Offering Legal Services
Odds & Ends in the Legal World (Mostly Odd)
While shoppers have grown accustomed to seeing eye doctors, shoe repairmen, bank branches, and hair salons in their local Wal-Mart stores, the chain now appears poised to add a new service to its discount lineup -- an in-store law firm.