{"id":4401,"date":"2006-02-24T17:42:41","date_gmt":"2006-02-24T21:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2006\/02\/24\/a-blue-light-special-coming-s"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:08","slug":"a-blue-light-special-coming-soon-to-your-law-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/02\/24\/a-blue-light-special-coming-soon-to-your-law-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"a Blue Light Special: coming soon to your law firm?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If any partners in your law firm get Harvard Magazine<\/EM> (on paper or by email),<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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see an article reprinted in it from the Harvard Gazette<\/EM>.  By William J. Cromie, <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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it’s called “<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT>When the Blues Keep You Awake<\/FONT><\/A>: Blue light can reset your biological <\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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rhythms,” (<\/FONT><\/EM>Harvard Gazette<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>,<\/FONT><\/EM> Feb. 9, 2006), <\/FONT> Here’s the opening paragraph:<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“Your eyes do more than see. Researchers at Harvard Medical School <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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demonstrated this by showing that your eyes are part of a light reception <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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system that can keep you alert when sleep starts to fog your brain. When <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the researchers exposed people to blue light at night, this system imme-<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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diately increased their alertness and performance on tests.” <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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“Men and women exposed to blue light sustained a high level of alertness <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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during the night when people feel most sleepy. These results suggest that <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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light may be a powerful countermeasure for the negative effects of fatigue <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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for people who work or study at night.”<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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So, if you think your billable-hour or fee-generation total is already too high, just <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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maybe you can point out potential health problems and appeal to the firm’s moral <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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associate down the hall isn’t bathed in blue light right this minute.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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everyone asleep<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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snowbound–
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my dream<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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awakens me . . .<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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I wake you<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Lee Gurga<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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