From "Judges back more pro bono work from attorneys" (subscription required):
It's an open secret in the law world -- most attorneys don't do pro bono work.
Colorado Supreme Court justices are out to change that by asking lawyers at Denver firms to commit to doing 50 hours of volunteer legal work per year with poor people or with groups that help poor people.
From "The Science of Lasting Happiness":
[C]onventional wisdom suggests keeping a daily gratitude journal. But one study revealed that those who had been assigned to do that ended up less happy than those who had to count their blessings only once a week.
From "Law advisory group comes to the rescue of small firms" (subscription required):
Four local [Philadelphia] law firm consultants have banded together to create the Managing Partner Development Institute, which will provide strategic and tactical guidance to local law firms with 50 or fewer attorneys.
The group was formed by Ellen Freedman, law practice management coordinator for the Pennsylvania Bar Association; longtime law firm marketing professional Mary Beth Pratt; attorney and law firm technology consultant Daniel Siegel; and attorney and leadership development consultant David Sorin.
From "Miami Law Women matches UM students with local mentors" (subscription required):
Mentoring is also a good way to guide young lawyers in ethical decisions, said D. Culver Smith, chair of the Florida Bar's Professional Ethics Committee.
"What's really lacking in the profession these days is true mentoring," he said. "If a young lawyer is lucky enough to be assigned to work with a truly ethical paradigm of what a lawyer should be, he or she is quite lucky."
Although Miami Law Women participants are called mentors, they act more as career coaches who can help students determine an area of expertise or choose a job.
From "Pearls Before Breakfast":
"It was the most astonishing thing I've ever seen in Washington," [Stacy] Furukawa says. "Joshua Bell was standing there playing at rush hour, and people were not stopping, and not even looking, and some were flipping quarters at him! Quarters!
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