Research indicates that much of our lawyerly unhappiness is wired into us. But that doesn't mean we should give up on greater professional and personal satisfaction.

Every Christmas Eve I watch Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life while I finish wrapping gifts and preparing for the next day.

Each time I reflect on our recent trip to Africa my first vision is of the little children we met in a tribal village in Zambia.

Imagine sitting in a room filled with lawyers from across the nation and hearing that 99 percent of white-collar jobs that we know today will be gone or unrecognizable within the next 10 years.

Around this time I set goals for the new year.

As we celebrate these very special holidays.

One of the memories of my childhood is the day I had a fight with my best friend. Funny, I don't remember what caused the argument.

I have had the opportunity to hear Attorney General Janet Reno speak several times in the past years.

As I sit at my computer today facing a blank screen and the knowledge that my President's Page is now past due, I am suddenly conscious of the public focus on our profession these recent days.

Many years ago I organized the statewide celebration of the Bicentennial of the U.S.