The fact that I no longer have a Facebook account means that I’m swimming against the tide when it comes to the popularity and pervasiveness of social networking. Clearly Facebook isn’t going anywhere, and all the signs seem to be pointing to an ongoing, steady increase in usage. So I thought it might be useful to provide a little guidance to the multitudes who still insist on parading each and every detail of their mundane lives on Facebook.
The following list contains things you must avoid posting on Facebook, both for your own sake and for the sake of humankind as a whole. Or, to put it another way, if you post any of the following things on Facebook, you’re a delusional, idiotic, desperate, attention-whore and completely lacking in self-awareness. Keep Reading ⇒
May is such a mixed bag for law students. First finals, packing, then graduation, then summer, all in a span of about 3 weeks. It’s a whirlwind of activity and emotion, and getting enough sleep is almost never an option. You’re studying for finals and taking breaks for anything, accepting all distractions. Probably packing for the summer when you feel like it—any non-study activity is allowed if it can be written off as productive in any way.
Law students are hearing 3Ls talk about graduation and the bar exam and getting a job while 1Ls and 2Ls talk about trying to get summer jobs, maybe taking summer classes. Then, faster than you leave the law school on a Friday afternoon, you’re right in the middle of a final. Finals always seem to sneak up on people, even though the whole semester is a steady march toward them. Then, as quickly as they snuck up, it’s suddenly all over, and you’re walking out of the exam room of your last final. The sweet relief of summer beckons—unless you’re taking summer classes. Keep Reading ⇒
Think you are having a bad day? At least you aren’t Alex Boulet. Boulet is facing felony drug charges following a traffic stop. Following three X-rays, a laxative, and “a cup of coffee,” police were rewarded with “a record for narcotics recovered from a suspect’s rectum.” The final hull: 84 individually packaged crack rocks, 218 Oxycodone pills, and 11.5 grams of marijuana. Holy Shit. A drug dealer’s starter kit in a convenient carrying case. This guy has an asshole like a Mary Poppins bag. Keep Reading ⇒
Put your lawyerly wisdom to the test and post a comment below or on Facebook with a witty, hilarious, or brilliant caption to this retro clip art, courtesy of Shutterstock.com. And keep it clean(ish) and, y’know, respectful.
The editors’ pick will be announced next week, and then we’ll post the clip art with the text on Facebook. Keep Reading ⇒
QI’m finishing up my second year at Harvard. Thing is, I’m at the likely dead bottom of my class. Rather than doing a lot of studying, I’d spend time at a Red Sox game or hang out reading at various coffee shops and other places (museums and such). Now I’m at the bottom and wondering if I should stick it out and see what happens or give up the quest and move on to something else. Advice? Keep Reading ⇒
COBRA is known informally among her peers as the superhero of legal paperwork–whose name is short for “cobra de capello” or “serpent of the hood.” Though secretive and shy by nature, COBRA possesses the power to shapeshift reams of paper forms into ever-elusive “qualifying events.” With help from sidekick Boy 102, COBRA can prevent disastrous health care coverage termination, provided a person has available capital or credit.
Alto Premo stands in the way of COBRA’s ultimate quest to make the federal health care code understandable and enforceable. With the ability to spew paper forms and federal requirements from his specialized Congressional formulator ray, Premo is a master of legal confusion and chaos. Beware. Keep Reading ⇒
Female big firm lawyers must withstand many tests of emotional constitution in order to earn enough respect to be accepted as one of the guys. Many are clueless and think that dressing like a man is the answer. Others have the gift of callousness and are able to set effective boundaries. Me? I’m still perfecting my approach, but I may have just set myself back a couple hundred years. Well, at least as far back as nursery school. Read the Archive Post
As a lawyer, I hate all lawyers, and I really hate lawyer advertising. I have never seen an advertisement that made me want to hire that lawyer, but I have seen a lot of ads that made me NOT want to hire that lawyer. If lawyers actually conveyed the truth behind their ads, this is what they would actually say in these respective medias. Keep Reading ⇒
Chipper: Actually, Bryan, no, I don't do these annoying posting habits. I double-checked. I don't blast my personal political views either, which should have been included... May 16, 10:03 PM
SnarkyAtLaw: Does this apply to Twitter as well? Because if so, I'm screwed. May 16, 5:46 PM
Sam: This guy is out of touch and maybe a bit dense (and maybe related to Rush Limbaugh?). What's so hard to understand about congratulating someone... May 16, 5:30 PM
southern bitter: uh...and they both went to harvard. would you rather be top of your class at a T4? get over yourself. May 16, 3:33 PM
southern bitter: agreed. i'm sick of baby pictures in particular. when did your kid's first burp become worthy of my time. May 16, 3:28 PM
