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Young Women Attorneys Network Through Socializing in Nontraditional Ways

Networking is essential for all young lawyers trying to foster business and grow their practices. That's obvious. What may not be as obvious is that the methods for networking are not necessarily universal for both men and women.

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Famed Aviation Lawyer Wins Round Against Insurer

Justices to Eye Take-Out Beer, Political Contributions and Billboards

 DRESSED FOR SUCCESS
Wardrobe Workouts: Exercise Your Ability to Make Your Clothes Fit You

Four full months have now passed since some of us set out goals to work out to lose weight and have the body of our dreams. So how have the workouts been going? Any changes in your body? I will speak for myself as I sit here with a cup of coffee and a fabulous muffin from Wegmans. Not so good!

 EDITORIAL BOARD
A Bad Call: Direct Investigation of Professional Sports Scandals by Congress

Scandals involving professional sports are becoming more common in today's world of big-business athletics. While a mere list of recent sporting scandals could easily fill this page and the next, perhaps no two have been more at the fore than the use of steroids in professional baseball and "Spygate."
 THE PRACTICE OF LIFE
Where Do You Stand on Choice?

Today I am writing about choice. I am pro-choice, and my intention with this article is to motivate you to be pro-choice too. Now, before you turn the page, worrying that this is going to be a controversial or political piece, let me put your mind at ease and ask: how good are you at making choices?



 REAL WORLD Q & A
The Biggest Challenge
If You Got an Unexpected Diagnosis, What Would You Do?

What would you do if you were diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma, a blood cancer with an uncertain prognosis? How would you react physically and emotionally? How would your body stand up to the grueling demands of chemotherapy — a treatment with side effects that can be worse than the disease itself?
 LAWYER LIFESTYLES
He Had the Ear of Presidents: Former Counsel to Kennedy and Johnson Looks Back on Tumultuous Times

The first time that Lee White met John F. Kennedy, the young senator from Massachusetts wasn't wearing any pants. He had spilled ink on himself, Kennedy said, and his secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, was trying to get the spots out.

 LAWYER LIFESTYLES
The Sweet Smell of Kanella
Extreme Freshness and Exotic Flavors Make New Cypriot BYO an Early Success

The intersection of 10th and Spruce streets in Washington Square West has seen a few recent changes. Gone are the two establishments that had been cornerstones of the block: a Greek diner named Logan's and a "pizza and wine bar" called Sauce.
 THE DEVIL WEARS BROOKS BROTHERS
How Can You Have Work/Life Balance?

Have you ever noticed that once you meet someone, there is a period of time when you keep running into that person? And while you think for a moment there might be some cosmic forces at work, you eventually realize that you probably passed the person a thousand times before, but now that you know him or her, you notice it.
 PECKING ORDER
Zen and the Art of Nudging
Learning to Politely Prod and Gently Nag

When I told my sister Kim the title of this month's Pecking Order, she said there was nothing Zen-like about nudging. She suggested I offer up a "Best of the Pecking Order" or string together a bunch of song lyrics in an ode to Law Day instead.

   DAILY LEGAL NEWS HEADLINES

2008-05-09Pension Probe Will Snare 'Hundreds' of Attorneys, N.Y. Attorney General Predicts
Lawyer in Shareholder Class Action Against Yahoo Board to Expand Claims
Paul Weiss Elects Brad Karp to Chairman Role
Dorsey & Whitney Fires Partner in Toronto Amidst Insider Trading Allegations
Bingham Responds to Former Associate's Allegations of Holiday Party Drugging
Marvell Technology to Pay $10 Million Fine Over Backdating
Orrick's Ops Center: One Small Town's Salvation
Court orders American Indian to trial for shooting eagle
ArcelorMittal sues Esmark over aborted steel mill sale
Fight over drug dealer's jewelry headed toward compromise
2008-05-08Not a Penny for Their Thoughts: Harvard Law Makes Faculty Articles Free
Lawyer Taped Meeting at Which Govrnor's Aide Fired Him
Lawyer Arrested on Charge of Criticizing Zimababwe's President
Dan Rather Says Other Networks Wouldn't Touch Him After CBS Dumped Him
Uma Thurman Back in NY Courts in Million Buck Beef With Cosmetics Giant
Juggling Local Lawyer's Vacation Costs Client Verdict on Appeal
Reality Show Director Won't Be Charged With Imprisoning His Cast
2008-05-07Partner Quits for Chance "to Help My Fellow Attorneys Discover a New Way to Practice Law"
"Crocodile Hunter" Widow Settles Lawsuit With Debt Collector
Cradle-Robbing Bride and Her Groom Reach Deal on Baby's Custody
"Harry Potter" Author Wins Appeal on Privacy in Bid to Publish Son's Photo
Britney Spears Gets More Time With Her Kids
Prosecutors Drank and Drove, TV Station Says
Special Counsel's Office Raided Amid Obstruction Probe
US Attorney Resigns as Bush Administration Exodus Begins
Judge Stirs Up Controversy With Donations to Obama
Lawyer Pleads to Dump Foul-Mouthed Client, Be Forgiven $29,000 Sanction
2008-05-06Gay Gov's Divorce Trial Gets Going
Uma Stalker Headed to Slammer
Jet Blue Didn't Spoil Passenger (Or Her Lawsuit), NY Judge Finds
Apparently Forged Memo From Judge Sought Help in "Getting Rid of Blacks"
Lessons From 9/11: Bill Would Change NY Courts Response to Crisis
Phasers on Stun!: Shatner Show Takes On the Roberts Court
Banks Getting Tougher on BigLaw Loans
Boo!: Skadden Scares Microsoft Off Yahoo
2008-05-05Cradle-Robbing Bride Wants Baby Back
Supreme Court Judge's Wife Indicted for Second Time Over Fire
April Is the Cruelest Month: Legal Sector Lost Jobs Again
Attorney General Hears Calls for His Resignation Over Affair, Office Scandals
Fewer Guppies Will Swim in "The Shark Tank" This Summer
NFL Player Busted
AG Says He Won't Quit Despite Confessing Affair, Scandals and Pols' Pleas
Mildred Loving, Who Fought Landmark Civil Rights Case for Love, Dies
Joking Judge No Laughing Matter to Local Lawyer in Case of NBA Star's Kin
FBI: Federal Courthouse Pipe-Bombed Sunday
2008-05-01Phil Spector's Suit Against Lawyer From OJ's "Dream Team" Greenlit
Judge and His Wife Face Second Grand Jury on Fire at Their House
Law School Names New DeanThe National Law Journal
Judge Says Lawyers Cheated Other Lawyers on Same Side
Supremely Relieved: High Court's Ruling KO's Suit Against MegaFirm
Most BigLaw firms Employ In-house Counsel, and Pay Them Well
Lawyer Donates $15 Million to His Law School
Mid-Sized Firms Merge, Create 320-Lawyer Combine
2008-04-30BigLaw Firm Axes 15 Associates
Father of LSD Dies
No-Show NY Process Server Charged With Filing False Instruments
Vanilla Ice Can't Even Get Arrested (Okay, Arrested Maybe, Charged, No)
"CSI" Star Busted for Drugs
Woman Charged With Sex-for-Cash With Senator's Husband Surrenders
"Girls Gone Wild" Says Video Proves Spitzer Call Girl Agreed to Appear
Cravath to Expand Through Summer Associates
2008-04-29Fashion Police: Bikers Ejected From Courthouse Over Hells Angels Vests
Uma Thurman's Mom Testifies at Accused Stalker's NY Trial
Prosecutor Running for Re-Election Charged With DUI
Lawyer Denies Infiltrating Insurer's Katrina Database
After Razor Attack on Lawyer, Brooklyn Federal Court Beefs Up Security
Shotgun-Wielding NY Attorney May Avoid Prison Over "Mental Defect"
Same-Sex Twist to Slip And Fall Case: What About Loss of Consortium?
NY Lawyer Can Press Libel Action Against Newspaper That Confused Him With His Dad
Spitzer Call Girl Sues "Girls Gone Wild" for $10 Million
2008-04-28BigLaw Secretary Killed in Apparent Murder-Suicide Outside Office
IP Heroes and Patent Drama?: Lawyer Writes It, But Hollywood Hasn't Bit Yet
Newlywed Gary Coleman Brings Marital Woes to TV's "Divorce Court"
New York City Ballet Sues Over Workout Video
$30 Million Wrongful-Death Judgment Against Robert Blake Cut

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