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From the June 2018 issue

Editor's Note: Here are some of our favorite articles from the June issue of the ABA Journal. Daily headlines will resume in Thursday’s daily newsletter.

Building a niche law practice rewards extra work, special training

Opioids, justice & mercy: Courts are on the front lines of a lethal crisis

Time's up: Legal, judicial systems slow to adapt to sexual harassment and assault issues

Is there an ethical problem with attorneys ghostwriting for pro se clients?

Rethinking woodshedding: Trust clients and let them speak freely, but carefully, when testifying

Suffering can be the human consequence of lawyering

IRS overhaul throws divorce calculations into turmoil

Are you covered? Cyber insurance market is highly unstable and lacks uniformity

Podcasts have become a way for ABA entities to educate and entertain

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Do you believe you're fairly compensated for your work?

In a Martindale Legal Marketing Network survey of solo and small-firm lawyers, median earnings were $140,000; 68 percent of respondents reported they felt they were fairly compensated for their work. Do salary figures reported in the survey align with the market? Answer in the comments.

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Posted by Bob F: “As a Cravath associate in the 1980s for nearly 10 years, my ‘low’ was 2,500 hours and my ‘high’ was 3,500. During one nine-month stretch on takeover litigation as the lead associate, I averaged 90 hours a week, and at the end of it worked for 56 hours straight without a break or any sleep, to meet a filing deadline (made by chartering a helicopter to get the papers to court on time). I wouldn’t trade those years for anything. It was the best work possible for a young lawyer, at the best law firm on earth.”

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