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[[File:Monitor support.png|450px|thumb|center|Pride of place in the [[JC]] library of functional publications]]
[[File:Monitor support.png|450px|thumb|center|Pride of place in the [[JC]] library of functional publications]]
}}Those vanity-published [[Guide to the legal practice|annual guides to the profession]] are invaluable to the modern practitioner: they make ''excellent'' platforms for raising your monitor in the home office. They are sturdy, stable, give a good inch or so of clearance, and when used in groups, even competing products (like the “[[Legal 500]]” or any of the [[Chambers]] Global Practice Guides) are stackable, interoperable, and backwards-compatible.  
}}Those vanity-published [[Guide to the legal practice|annual guides to the profession]] are invaluable to the modern practitioner: they are sturdy, stable, give a good inch or so of clearance, and when used in groups, even competing products (like the “[[Legal 500]]” or any of the [[Chambers]] Global Practice Guides) are stackable, interoperable, and backwards-compatible.  


A [[legal almanac]] scores over the traditional ream of A4 printer paper in one key regard: ''durability''. Because it has is no other practical ''use'', you may stuff two or three of them under your screen without fear of having to disassemble your workstation later because you are in a rush and the last sod to use the printer didn’t restock the paper supply. On the other hand, a ream as a monitor prop is a ''private stash''. A physical almanac is ''prospective recycling''.
A [[legal almanac]] scores over the traditional ream of A4 printer paper in one key regard: ''durability''. Because it has is no other practical ''use'', you may stuff two or three of them under your screen without fear of having to disassemble your workstation later because you are in a rush and the last sod to use the printer didn’t restock the paper supply. On the other hand, a ream as a monitor prop is a ''private stash''. A physical almanac is ''prospective recycling''.