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10 Things You Will Do While Studying for the Bar

The ten things you will almost always do during the weeks of studying for the bar exam.

Caption This! (March 8, 2013)

by Bitter Staff on March 8, 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 [...]

“Dirty Mary”: Go Ahead Walmart, Don’t Honor Your Coupon

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by Jeana Brookes on March 7, 2013 in Columns

For some people, a dollar is a lot of money. For Crawfordville, Florida woman Mary Frances Alday, 61, (“Dirty Mary?”) it’s enough to get really, really mad over. When a Walmart (shocker) employee denied her of her one dollar off Internet coupon, she went to get her gun.

Bitter Vault: Pippa Middleton, Thank You For Restoring My Will to Live

by Bitter Vault on March 7, 2013 in Best of Bitter Lawyer

It’s Thursday and time to crank open the Bitter Vault and see what gold we can find. Here’s a classic Law Firm 10 post from almost two years ago. Classic controversy.

Top 5 Reasons Why Attorneys Become Litigators

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by Grey Bitter on March 6, 2013 in Columns

Litigation is the common path for most young attorneys. In law school, the vast majority of subjects are taught through case law, i.e., litigation. In fact, most transactional courses are presented through the litigation lens: contracts, debtor/creditor, real estate transactions, etc. So it’s no surprise that most law school grads head straight to the litigation [...]

Making Friends in Law School

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by Not an Elle on March 5, 2013 in Columns

One of the things I didn’t think of when I was thinking of going to law school was how I would have to make new friends. I recognized, of course, that I wouldn’t recognize anyone there. But I forgot that I’d have to remember how to make friends, that this wouldn’t be some continuation of [...]