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Your weekly dose of all the Bitter News that’s not fit to print. By Doug Stephan.

Each Saturday we reach into the fridge and pull out the best leftovers. That is, we snarf down the most-read posts of the past week, which for the work week ending August 3, 2012, include: 11 Ways Law School is Just Like High School Law School Isn’t What Sucks About Law School The Bar Exam: [...]

Dreaming About Quitting the Law Firm

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 July 27, 2012, include: What Women Wear to Court Failing the Bar Exam Can Be a Sticky Situation A Partner Blows Smoke in My Face Workaholic [...]

It’s Thursday. Let’s pull some fun from the Bitter Vault. This is a good one. Sure, it’s long, but very instructive on how to make it in this crap market: be smart – and get lucky. And don’t think you’re above legal temping. It can be very profitable. Now, let’s see . . . where’s [...]

Each Saturday we reach into the fridge and pull out the best leftovers to eat. That is, we eat the most-read posts of the past week, which for the work week ending July 20, 2012, include: The Little Lessons of Law School Five Child Stars Turned Lawyers The Internet Giveth Flashback A Partner Blows Smoke [...]

With the July bar exam looming, here’s some confidence-building news: if Weasel from Saved By The Bell and Chunk from the Goonies can pass the bar — and become successful attorneys, so can you. Although it doesn’t mean you will. And if you do pass, it doesn’t mean you’ll enjoy the law or be successful. [...]

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 work week ending July 13, 2012, include: Why I Don’t Play Games With Law Students Bar Exam Tips A Difference in Oaths Barry Law Added to Law School [...]

Preparing for the July bar exam? Let us allay (or confirm) your fears with this checklist of the six types of people you’re guaranteed to see or hear in the room that day, along with some practical, realistic advice on how to quickly riposte each one of them in order to maintain sanity. Good luck!

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 work week ending July 6, 2012, include: Ten Things You Will Do While Studying for the Bar Three Things You’re Never Supposed to Admit About Law I Need [...]