June 2012

Top Posts of the Past Week (June 30, 2012)

by Bitter Staff on June 30, 2012 in Best of Bitter Lawyer

Each Saturday we reach into the fridge and pull out the best leftovers to eat. That is, the most-read posts of the past week, which for the week ending June 29, 2012, include: After Nearly Three Years, What Next? I’m Afraid My Boyfriend Is Gay Bar Review, a Comic Bottom Rung Episode 7 I Had [...]

Bottom Rung Episode 7

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by Bitter Staff on June 28, 2012 in Video

At a doc review party thrown by Nicole, Dave gets his big chance with Paige.

Return of the BigLaw Tool

by Bitter Vault on June 28, 2012 in Best of Bitter Lawyer

Rather than redacting, I’m listening to a Hippie temp tell me that we could win the war in Afghanistan by encouraging the farmers to grow pot, when the Tool walks into the room. The Tool hovers over us. “You sure you know to redact only personal information?” “I thought we were redacting everything but the [...]

I’m Afraid My Boyfriend Is Gay

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by Law Firm 10 on June 27, 2012 in Columns

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Should I just listen to my instinct, know this one won’t work, and begin whatever process I can think of to end things?

After Nearly Three Years, What Next?

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by Not an Elle on June 26, 2012 in Columns

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I dread questions about what’s next, after law school. Why? Because I don’t have the answers.

Bar Review, a Comic

by Albert Wang on June 25, 2012 in Comics

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What it takes to get through Bar Review, a comic by Albert Wang

Was It Your Worst Week Ever?

by Doug Stephan on June 25, 2012 in News

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The weekly news wrap with Bitter News reporter and solo practitioner Doug Stephan

Top Posts of the Past Week (June 23, 2012)

by Bitter Staff on June 23, 2012 in Best of Bitter Lawyer

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The past week’s most read posts on Bitter Lawyer

I Had to Put My Dog Down

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by Ex-Bitter on June 22, 2012 in Columns

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One partner found it preposterous to take two days off for a dog and said “just do it and then come back to the office.”

Bar Review: Just Press Play

by Bitter Vault on June 21, 2012 in Best of Bitter Lawyer

I just want to get through bar review hell. It’s miserable and mind-numbing, but not that hard. You go watch the video, you study your ass off, and you basically have no life. That’s it–just the “W”s: Wake up, watch, wish you weren’t born. Repeat. But my summer had an extra wrinkle. My class was [...]