The professor's reading list includes about 12 magazines and journals - from the jazz magazine Down Beat to Smithsonian to ABA Journal - at least two daily newspapers, a variety of websites, and, yes, blogs, which Rogers reads "for both business and pleasure."

With such a hefty reading list, he maintains at least some control by emphasizing hard-copy media. Newspapers "have priceless graphs and illustrative drawings that I can use in some of my classes." Those graphics often don't appear in the online version of the article, Rogers says. "Additionally, I don't like to engage in time-consuming mental reflection and strategizing while the computer runs endlessly, emitting radiation throughout the process," he says. "Okay, I know it's not a dangerous level - but it's still radiation." When Rogers lands on an article "related to ongoing research projects and/or related to matters of personal interest," he saves a copy.

As for the separation between reading for work and pleasure, there are no hard lines in Rogers's life: "Actually, my work-related reading involves many life-related activities. Law is involved in every aspect of life, from the cradle to the grave."

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recommended recreational reading
now that you're an expert at managing those must-reads, you'll have plenty of time for your want-to-read list. here are some recommended titles.

patrick suskind's perfume: the story of a murderer "was a real attention-grabber. it was about a place in time and characters like i've never come across." - kalman ruttenstein