Sleep

The irony was just too much to bear.

Napping is a great way to give yourself a boost of energy and stay refreshed to better complete tasks during the day.

Will your law firm let you take a break to nap during working hours?

Your clarity of mind is critical and directly related to your sleeping habits.

Justice never sleeps... except at this firm.

* More about Judge Posner’s unusual questioning in a Seventh Circuit case on sexual orientation discrimination. [Rewire]

* And more from Harvard Law professor Larry Lessig about the Electoral College — this time, a Fourteenth Amendment argument against how it operates, not against the institution itself. [Medium]<

* An analysis of the Death Star as a war crime. [The Legal Geeks]

* Sleep tips for working moms. [Corporette]

* I know you’re dying for more info on Biglaw 401(k) plans. [LinkedIn]

* Post-election, is the Supreme Court back to business as usual? [Empirical SCOTUS]

* New dean for Saint Louis University School of Law. [The Faculty Lounge]

* Tips to stop annoying people this holiday season. [Law and More]

All I needed was a few extra hours in the day, without interruption from emails and calls, to get caught up....

Did you seriously think that a Supreme Court justice was asleep on the job? Don't be silly.

Uh-oh! Was this SCOTUS justice caught napping on the job?

Uh-oh! Was this SCOTUS justice caught napping on the job?

Have you been having sleepless nights? Here are a few tips and tricks for you to try out.

Here are four suggestions for taking care of yourself in law school.

Chances are you've experienced the trauma of sleep deprivation as a lawyer. Stop doing it, because you're killing your brain.

Make these three lifestyle choices and you will increase your chances of surviving the legal profession.

6 tips for recovering from a bad law school exam experience, from Alison Monahan.

* I would totally go see “Jaws 2013: Lawyers On The Beach.” [The Legal Geeks] * Downey Brand laid off support staff this week. Man, I thought that laundry detergent was recession-proof… oh, wait, I’m being told that Downey Brand is law firm, a very well-scented law firm. [ABA Journal] * Sleep expert testifies in Michael Jackson case. Keeps jurors awake! [Expert Witness Blog] * It’s illegal to burn you ex’s clothes? Bah. Next you’re going to tell me you can’t set fire to his car. [Legal Juice] * Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s inability to prosecute his political rivals makes it harder for him to do whatever he wants by threatening his political rivals with prosecution. That’s not exactly a bad thing. [Simple Justice] * Oh look, the FAA might finally acknowledge that making people turn off their electronic devices during takeoff and landing is a stupid rule that has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on flight safety. [Wall Street Journal]

* As soon as Mary Schapiro announced she was stepping down as chairwoman of the SEC, Obama nominated another woman to take her place. Congrats to SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter! [WSJ Law Blog] * In other breaking news that no one will care about now that bonus season is upon us, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg swapped out her neck doily for a blingy necklace from Glamour. [Josh Blackman's Blog] * You know what the ancient Romans would’ve hated more than watching the fall of the Roman empire? The Citizens United decision. Cato, Cicero, and Julius Caesar wouldn’t have been impressed with this. [Slate] * Why go to law school if you’re already doing well financially? Perhaps you’re just another prestige hunter. If you are, then all the better for you, because that seems to be what all of the law schools are selling these days. [Inside the Law School Scam] * Don’t cry for Argentina: they may be in the middle of a billion-dollar bond dispute, but the uber-prestigious lawyers on either side of the case (Boies; Olson) are enough to make you forget about their troubles. [Reuters] * A Biglaw attorney from Alston & Bird with a rare sleep disorder confronts Big Pharma and… doesn’t win. At least not yet. But on the bright side, she’s not sleeping for 18 hours anymore. [The Last Word on Nothing] * We’re honored to announce that Above the Law was named as one of the ten law blogs in the ABA Journal’s inaugural Blawg 100 Hall of Fame. Please click here if you’d like to help us win again this year. [ABA Journal] * After the jump, Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia speaks with a Bill Lawlor, a Dechert partner, who claims that “hope springs eternal for M&A attorneys.” Will the mergers and acquisitions market begin to boom once again?

Coffee is essential during trials -- how else are the jurors supposed to stay awake?

It doesn't come as a galloping shock to anybody that lawyers average less sleep than almost anybody else. What is surprising is the figure. What the hell kind of lazy lawyer is getting seven entire hours of sleep every day?

At any job, there are various levels of misconduct that an employee can usually get away with or at least occasionally pull off without repercussions. Then there are things you cannot do. Period. Things that any competent employee should simply know are unacceptable. Included in this category of utterly verboten workplace activities are watching porn during a rape trial when you're the on-duty court clerk. The list would also include falling asleep during a youth justice hearing -- when you're the judge running the proceeding....