The Field Guide

A Cigar, Counselor?

The profession's oldest closing ceremony — and the four instruments it actually requires. A field guide to the cigar ritual for the practicing lawyer.

Season It, or Ruin It?

A new humidor must be seasoned before use. Wipe the Spanish cedar with distilled water, charge the humidifier, and close the humidor over a dish of distilled water for 48 to 72 hours — then confirm...