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Good morning all you Law Buffs and Calves,
We at the William A. Wise Law Library welcome you back to Colorado Law! Hope your first week went well.
Below are 10 interesting articles from the previous week. These articles were pulled from either the: ABA Newsletter, AALL Newsletter, vLex Newsletter, Law360, Law Practice Magazine Newsletter, and/or Frontiers Newsletter. Enjoy!
- In US News' 100 Best Jobs of 2022 list, how does being a lawyer stack up?
- Lawyer Tech Tips: Where Should You Put Technology Dollars in 2022?
Introduction: “During the past two years, the pace of tech adoption quickened as firms moved to automate their practices for remote work and virtual practice. We wondered what tools or initiatives small firms might open their wallets for this coming year. So, we asked our experts: What do you think small law firms should (or should not) be spending their technology dollars on in 2022?”
Excerpt: “A recent systematic study suggested that blue light glasses do have a positive effect for people with insomnia when worn in the evening. But that study also suggests blue-blockers are most effective when worn specially as part of active medical treatment for insomnia instead of a 24-hour lens solution for your regular glasses. And in the end, wearing prescription blue-blocking glasses might not matter because the lenses are not standardized between vendors, according to an article in the Harvard Heart Letter. That means there’s no guarantee that the blue light lenses you buy will block the right frequencies or amount of blue light to have any effect at all.”
Introduction: “Various definitions suggest happiness involves feeling good, experiencing optimism, gratitude, even intense joy. Clearly, not simply the self-centered desire to do whatever one chooses, regardless of the distress or harm caused to others. Happiness is generally linked to balancing positive and negative emotions; experiencing more positive than negative feelings—a sense of life-satisfaction— contentment with relationships, work, achievements, and other important aspects of one’s being. What the Buddha called “upeksha”—equanimity—Zen-like intuition of ultimate meaning.”
“The concept of freedom of contract has two meanings; first is the freedom of a party to enter into a contract on whatever terms it may consider advantageous to its interests, or to choose not to, and second, that there should be no liability without consent being embodied in a valid contract.[1] Under the Indian...”
Excerpt: “Legislative reform of age verification began with New York’s 1903 labor law. Reformers used this a model as they moved from state to state, before federalizing the new standard of the birth certificate. By 1940, the birth certificate was the go-to document for legitimizing age—although even the certificate itself wasn’t absolutely foolproof, since retroactive birth registration was allowed.”
Summary: “Author James Goodwin has written about brain trauma, which, as you can guess, is something you want to avoid at all costs. His new book, Supercharge Your Brain: How to Maintain a Healthy Brain Throughout Your Life, looks at both the effects of brain damage and how you can boost your brain's health. He told Morning Edition's A Martinez that keeping your brain in good working condition is easier than you might think."
Introduction: “After your first year in law school, there is a wide range of classes from which you can choose. There are the traditional doctrinal courses, small discussion classes, clinics, policy projects, and more. At some schools, you can even choose an elective as early as the second semester or quarter of your first year. Thus, you can very actively shape your law school experience based on your interests and aspirations. At the same time, this may seem very daunting. For students who are not especially drawn to a certain practice area, they may be asking—where do I even start?”
Introduction: “Whatever your experiences with own mental health, it’s daunting to find the perfect thing to say when someone you care about is struggling with depression. But it’s easier to figure out what not to say.”