The word "vocation" comes from the Latin verb vocare, "to call." Before the word was diluted to mean "one's ordinary occupation," it signified one's divine calling to fulfill a special role. After some etymological gymnastics, we now understand a vocation as a calling to perform certain work, and an avocation as a calling away from that work. Lawyer and writer Jennie Bricker explores how the two words and their meanings interact with the legal profession.
Poets, Tramps and Lawyers
A Look at Avocation
By Jennie Bricker
The Legal Writer
Brevity: Readers Respond
By Suzanne E. Rowe
Managing Your Practice
How Accessible Is Your
Practice?
By Kathryn Kammer &
Cheryl Coon
President's Message
A Work in Progress:
Considering CLE Seminars
and Sections
By Rich Spier
Bar Actions
Discipline
Reinstatements
Applications
Bar People
Among Ourselves
Moves
In Memoriam