QI’m a 3L at a top 20 law school. I have a job lined up at a mid-size litigation firm in San Francisco. But I hate the law. The idea of working in a structured office environment makes me sick to my stomach. I know this sounds lame, but I want to be an actor. This will sound even [...]
Analysis of five of the best college basketball players who are also lawyers.
Let me be clear: I have never wanted to be a lawyer. I lived with lawyers my whole life. They don’t seem like happy people.
[Ed. Note: If you’re a fan of political thrillers, you know David Baldacci. With tens of millions of copies of his books in print, Baldacci has come a long way from his roots as a DC-area lawyer. In 1997, his first book, Absolute Power, debuted as a New York Times bestseller and was adapted by [...]
We caught up with Tucker Max to find out why he hated law school, his advice for envious lawyers, and if he’s ever bagged a gunner
For those who read the funny pages, the name Stephan Pastis should sound familiar. A former lawyer, Pastis is the cartoonist behind Pearls Before Swine, a critically acclaimed comic strip syndicated in more than five hundred U.S. newspapers. The National Cartoonists Society awarded it the Best Newspaper Comic Strip in 2003 and 2006. We recently [...]
A handful of law school dropouts have gained notoriety for something other than being a wannabe lawyer.
Bitter Lawyer sits down with the Boston College law grad to talk law school, fashion, and building Moxsie, a successful retail fashion site
Bitter Lawyer sat down with Joe Escalante in 2008 to talk about his career as a lawyer, bassist, popular radio talk-show host, and record label maven.
Think your only option is to practice law? Think again. Over the years, 26 ex-Bitters went on to serve as President of the United States. That’s more than from any other profession. While all of these Presidents were lawyers, and most of them had some formal education, not all of them were law school graduates. [...]
