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11 Famous Law School Dropouts

A handful of law school dropouts have gained notoriety for something other than being a wannabe lawyer.

Lawyers Discover Clients Always Right. Always!

by Han Bitter Solo on March 22, 2013 in Columns

In a rather embarrassing admission, attorney Mark Klein has stated his clients are “always right.” It is a shocking statement to most lawyers. “I always thought clients were just mistaken when they said ‘my case is a clear cut winner,’ but, as it almost always turns out, they are correct,” stated the Sacramento solicitor. Klein [...]

Caption This! (March 22, 2013)

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by Bitter Staff on March 22, 2013 in Comics, Contests

What in the Bitter Lawyer is going on here? Put your lawyerly wisdom to the test and post a comment below or on Facebook with a witty, hilarious, or brilliant caption to this comic, courtesy of Shutterstock.com. And keep it clean(ish) and, y’know, respectful. The editor’s pick will be announced next week, and then we’ll [...]

Wanted: Funny Person to Edit Legal Humor Blog

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by Bitter Editor on March 21, 2013 in Featured, General

Bitter Lawyer (bitterlawyer.com) is seeking an editor in chief with vision and a great sense of humor. POSITION FILLED on April 11, 2013.

Bitter Vault: Tom Waits Testifies About Frank’s Wild Years

by Bitter Vault on March 21, 2013 in Best of Bitter Lawyer

What luck! It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to dig into Bitter Lawyer’s archives. Yes, it’s time for some art from Bitter Poet, who brought together such odd bedfellows such as depositions and . . . Tom Waits and his lyrics. This one is from September 2011. It still delivers.

Law School: What You’re Really Paying For

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by Not an Elle on March 19, 2013 in Columns

As my law school career draws to a close, and I realize so many of my friends without degrees are making more money now than I will when I graduate and (if I find a job) start working, I’ve increasingly thought about the actual costs of law school. What exactly am I paying for here? [...]

Donut Derelicts’ Get-Rich-Quick Scheme Fails

by Han Bitter Solo on March 18, 2013 in News

Police received a call this week from a Utah couple that claimed they found razor blades in their doughnuts. (ATTN: Personal Injury Attorneys). However, after an investigation, police have determined that the couple, Carol Lee Leazer-Hardman and Michael Condor, actually placed the razor blades in the pastries themselves before ingesting the pastries. (ATTN: Prosecutor’s Office).

Caption This! (March 15, 2013)

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by Bitter Staff on March 15, 2013 in Comics, Contests

What in the Bitter Lawyer is going on here? Put your lawyerly wisdom to the test and post a comment below or on Facebook with a witty, hilarious, or brilliant caption to this comic, courtesy of Shutterstock.com. And keep it clean(ish) and, y’know, respectful. The editor’s pick will be announced next week, and then we’ll [...]

“Bar-ly” Defensible

by The Northwest 3L on March 13, 2013 in Columns, Featured

It always amazes me that the field of Antitrust has any practicing lawyers in it at all. Not because it’s a particularly complicated field, nor because it’s particularly unexciting since, in practice, the field is substantially less complicated than Administrative Law, and, as Microsoft in the ’90s and Apple more recently have shown, there’s plenty [...]

Job Searching . . . On Craigslist

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by Han Bitter Solo on March 13, 2013 in Columns

When you are job searching there is a “no stone unturned” mentality in finding a hopeful employer to send your “based on a true story” résumé and completely bullshit cover letter. One location that I never thought would work but actually has had some results is Craigslist. Yes the same website where you can buy [...]

7 Passive-Aggressive Ways to Prove You Are Working Hard

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by Kate Currer on March 12, 2013 in Columns

Being a lawyer means working insane hours in an office, to keep up with billable hours or the workload or the opposition. What good are all those hours if you aren’t getting credit for them? Yes, you are getting paid, but you also deserve acknowledgement from co-workers. Here’s a few ways to get those kudos [...]