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Told to go back to his own country, BigLaw partner says lawyers need to stand up and be heard

Nov 22, 2016, 8:00 am CST

Lawyer who lost case because of bathroom break wins an appeal

Nov 22, 2016, 7:00 am CST

Some states see increase in state bar pass rates, while others witness declines

Nov 21, 2016, 5:25 pm CST

How much do you really know about Thanksgiving? (gallery)

Nov 21, 2016, 4:10 pm CST

Prosecutor's 'racially coded references' require reversal of death sentence, 4th Circuit rules

Nov 21, 2016, 4:06 pm CST

Who's in, and who's out? Take the ABA Journal's weekly news quiz

Nov 21, 2016, 4:05 pm CST

How do you manage your email?

Nov 21, 2016, 2:00 pm CST

These law firms get the most business from large companies in five areas of litigation

Nov 21, 2016, 1:39 pm CST

Federal magistrate judge tells new citizens they can move if they don't like Trump

Nov 21, 2016, 11:57 am CST

State supreme court upholds prosecutor juror ratings that began with 'gut reaction' and 'B' label

Nov 21, 2016, 11:15 am CST

Lawyer agrees to 30-day suspension for publicity threats during settlement talks

Nov 21, 2016, 9:42 am CST

In the Magazine

>From the November 2016 Issue:

Question of the Week

How do you manage your email?

Work-related emails arriving at all hours can take their toll on your productivity. At Divorce Discourse, family lawyer and consultant Lee Rosen writes about an app that actually holds on to email and releases it in batches at designated times of the day to lessen the number of interruptions.

This week, we’d like to ask you: How do you manage your email? Do you check it all as it comes in? At different times of the day? Do you use filters and alerts so you see messages from “VIPs” immediately and can forget about the rest? How often will you check your email over the Thanksgiving holiday?

Answer in the comments.

Read the answer to last week’s question: Do you think the electoral college should be abolished?

Featured answers:

Posted by RHJ: “The electoral college must stay. If we lose it, we in the Midwest (where most of our food production, energy production and manufacturing comes from) will truly be ‘fly-over land.’ We are a republic, not a democracy, and the framers ingenious process should not be disturbed.”

Posted by AndytheLawyer: “Yes. It’s absurd and unfair to give more voting power to someone in Wyoming than in New Jersey. ‘States’ should have nothing to do with the presidential election. There’s a reason why in every other democracy on earth there’s no ‘popular vote’ compared to any other type of vote—there’s just a vote—just like for every other elective office in the U.S.A.”