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Labor Day: Celebrating American Workers and the Lawyers Who Helped Secure Their Rights
For many Americans, Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer. It is a weekend filled with cookouts, football, and one last trip to the beach before fall arrives. But Labor Day was never intended to be simply another long weekend. Created in the late nineteenth century, Labor Day was established to recognize the contributions…
Read MoreMind the Gap: How Lawyers Drift Away from the Reasons They Entered the Profession
If you ask lawyers why they chose this profession, you still hear the same answers you would have heard twenty years ago: fairness, justice, and helping others reach their goals and solve difficult problems. Recent data confirms that this instinct has not disappeared. Nearly half of incoming law students say they chose law because they…
Read MoreThe Discipline of Concise Advocacy
I am, by nature and by training, verbose. Give me a second cup of coffee and a willing audience, and I will happily turn breakfast into a symposium. What my wife calls “picking a fight before 9 a.m.,” I call “connecting over brunch.” In these morning debates, she does most of the listening. I do…
Read MoreWhy Public Service Loan Forgiveness Matters to the Justice System
As Congress revisits federal student loan policy, Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) is once again under scrutiny, raising real concerns for law students and lawyers who have chosen,or are considering, careers in public service. Proposals to limit, restructure, or eliminate PSLF are no longer theoretical. If enacted, they could fundamentally alter the economic viability of…
Read MoreRumination as a Contributor to Burnout
For years, burnout was described as the inevitable cost of overwork: too many hours, too many demands, too little rest. But a growing body of psychological research suggests another powerful contributor quietly intensifies the damage: mental rumination. This isn’t just ordinary worry. It’s the persistent, repetitive replaying of work problems, perceived failures, and “what-ifs” long…
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