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    At the ABA Journal, we revel in our readers\u2019 passion and engagement. Most legal professionals are wordsmiths, with much to share from their work and personal experiences.<\/p>\n

    Since 2018<\/a>, we have featured their words in our Your Voice section, inviting guest columnists to spark conversations about issues relevant to the profession.<\/p>\n

    Check out the 10 most-read Your Voice columns from 2024 below or our full Your Voice archives<\/a> for more evergreen advice and thought-provoking pieces of writing.<\/p>\n

    \"Judge<\/div>\n

    By Judge Kimberly McTorry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    As a lawyer mom of four, I am all too familiar with the angst derived by a question as small as, \u201cWhat are we going to eat tonight?\u201d You have spent your entire day lawyering and solving other people\u2019s problems, but somehow this is the one that topples the tower\u2014not because it\u2019s burdensome but because the question is a glaring reminder that at least one aspect of your life is a mess. My work is done, but I haven\u2019t fed my kids. Or I made it to every game of the baseball tournament, but I missed the important fundraising gala.<\/p>\n

    \"Kent<\/div>\n

    By Kent A. Halkett<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    I was young, single, healthy, confident and \u201cbulletproof\u201d when I entered law school immediately after college in 1978. I did not have any personal experience with anyone suffering mental health challenges. Mental health education and services were the furthest things from my mind.<\/p>\n

    \"Rod<\/div>\n

    By Rod Kubat<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Ever have that thought? \u201cI must be losing my mind because I can\u2019t remember where I parked my car or set my iPhone, your name\u2014although I recognize your face\u2014an address, a birthday, a password, a set of numbers, what I was looking for, etc.\u201d Many aging lawyers have\u2014including me.<\/p>\n

    \"Joachim<\/div>\n

    By Joachim B. Steinberg<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    From pretty much the moment that we start law school, we get advice on how to be better writers. Most of it is from lawyers (or ex-lawyers). That\u2019s fine to start. Legal writing is a genre and has unique considerations that you have to master, if only because courts demand it, like The Bluebook<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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    By Samantha Divine Jallah<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    My dear sister (in law), welcome to our profession of stress, anxiety, depression, negativity, endangerment, sickness and suicide (also known as \u201cSADNESS\u201d). In addition to the SADNESS, many of us carry secrets, scars and an insatiable longing for change. They all dishearten, discourage and divide us in devastating ways. Yet you can prepare for and overcome them.<\/p>\n

    \"Tracy<\/div>\n

    By Tracy Hresko Pearl<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    My high school trigonometry teacher was, by his own admission, \u201cold school.\u201d He didn\u2019t allow us to use calculators. Ever. Instead, all decimals had to be divided by hand, all formulas known by memory, and all square roots worked out on paper. We were unlikely to walk around with calculators when we got older, he explained, and so we had to be able to work things out with only a pencil and our brain.<\/p>\n

    By Tracy Hresko Pearl<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    While my students have found professional success in a wide variety of settings\u2014large law firms, small firms, nonprofits, government agencies, courts, etc.\u2014I have been highly troubled by the number of students who have been subjected to hiring and employment practices at small firms that I would describe as unethical at best and deceptive and exploitative at worst.<\/p>\n

    \"Neil<\/div>\n

    By Neil Handwerker<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Management consulting firms and Big Four accounting firms have a secret weapon. It\u2019s not particularly well-camouflaged. It\u2019s there for anyone who bothers to look. Both of these thought leaders hire lawyers for a wide variety of nonlegal jobs. And they\u2019ve been doing so for decades\u2014everything from business development to crisis management to marketing.<\/p>\n

    \"Mohit<\/div>\n

    By Mohit Gourisaria<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    I remember being on cloud nine as I drove home from work not too long ago\u2014two hours late but excited to sneak up on my 1-year-old as she played in the bath. I was working as a federal prosecutor, and some agents and I had finally cracked (through equal part persistence and luck) a cross-border money laundering case that had seemed to be hopeless until that morning.<\/p>\n

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    By Xenia Tashlitsky<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Ten years ago, I was a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed young attorney, fresh from a federal clerkship and eager to start my litigation career. One year later, I was a sleepless, burned-out basket case on my way out the door asking myself, \u201cDid I make an awful mistake when I went to law school?\u201d Fast forward almost a decade, and I can answer that question with a resounding no.<\/p>\n\n

    Want to see your words of wisdom featured in 2025? ABAJournal.com is accepting queries for original, thoughtful, nonpromotional articles and commentary by unpaid contributors to run in the Your Voice section. Details and submission guidelines are posted at \u201cYour Submissions, Your Voice<\/a>.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n\n

    These columns reflect the opinions of the authors and not necessarily the views of the ABA Journal\u2014or the American Bar Association.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n