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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

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New Mexico outlaws 'lunch shaming' in law said to be first of its kind

Apr 11, 2017, 8:00 am CDT

Number of LSAT test-takers is up, but the surge isn't helping law schools

Apr 11, 2017, 7:00 am CDT

Cartoon Poll: Which caption is on your wavelength?

Apr 10, 2017, 5:26 pm CDT

Former Hunton partner is arrested in Florida after disappearing nearly 20 years ago

Apr 10, 2017, 4:20 pm CDT

Vote for your favorite 2017 Peeps in Law diorama

Apr 10, 2017, 3:07 pm CDT

Wells Fargo lawyers focused on managing risks rather than possible illegal pattern, report says

Apr 10, 2017, 1:25 pm CDT

Attorney general will replace independent forensic science commission with in-house advisers

Apr 10, 2017, 11:22 am CDT

Judge is fatally shot outside his Chicago home; he had been beaten by a motorist in 2015

Apr 10, 2017, 9:45 am CDT

Gorsuch takes two oaths of office to become a Supreme Court justice

Apr 10, 2017, 9:07 am CDT

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From the April 2017 Issue

Legal Logjam

Immigration court backlog grows to more than 540,000 cases

Loving, Then and Now

Movie gives new significance to landmark ruling


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Question of the Week.

Question of the Week

Have you ever quoted a song lyric or poem in a legal submission?

Bob Dylan is the most-cited songwriter in U.S. judicial opinions, law prof Philip N. Meyer writes in the April issue of the ABA Journal.

"And these citations are not merely add-ons or throwaways providing appellate judges and Supreme Court justices with the opportunity to display stylistic flair or pop culture literacy," Meyer writes. "Indeed, just the opposite: Dylan's lyrics are intrinsic to the judicial reasoning in appellate opinions."

This week, we'd like to ask you: Have you ever quoted a song lyric or poem in a legal submission? Or quoted sources beyond the law? If so, why did you? If you'd never make a popular culture reference in a legal brief, tell us why not.

Reply in the comments.

Read commenters' answers to last week's question: What's the telecommuting policy for your workplace?

Featured answer:

Posted by Buckeye: "All attorneys are permitted to work from home. Since all have laptops and home internet, we do not pay for internet but do pay for printers, fax, scanners and upgrades to laptops as needed. We cut our office expense by two-thirds by moving into smaller space out of the city center. Most support staff are also permitted to work at home, but on a limited basis and are to insure office is staffed. Productivity and billing have increased as a result."

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