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Most lawyers are actor wannabees. They wanted to be the celebrity walking the red carpet but quickly realized if they didn’t start their fallback career (law) they would be serving burgers at In-N-Out for the rest of their lives.

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There are so many scintillating aspects to practicing law these days that it’s almost impossible to narrow the list.  It’s like trying to compile a list of supermodels who you’d have sex with.  Anyway, here are the ten things I love most about being lawyer: 1.  WORKING WITH OTHER LAWYERS Whether they’re colleagues or opponents, [...]

I Want to Litigate

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by Ex-Bitter on September 14, 2008 in Columns

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I am a 2L at a bottom T1/top T2 school.  We are the only law school within 100 miles but in a sizeable market.  I am ranked around the 35th percentile.  I am not on law review.  I am, however, the recipient of numerous awards for trial advocacy, have won several intra-school argument competitions and [...]

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I was in the middle of a merger deal, working 80 hours a week, for about two months. For weeks, I’d been telling the partner, I was best man in an upcoming wedding and I couldn’t work Saturday the 5th.  He assured me that I’d be fine.  “For God’s sake, what kind of monster do you [...]