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Law Schools Have No Shame

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by The Northwest 3L on February 12, 2013 in Columns

Just as the panic and anxiety of student loan debt and joblessness hit 3Ls, they get notices to about contributing to the 3L class gift.

The Future and Your Student Loans

by Albert Wang on November 12, 2012 in Comics

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Bitter Comic by Albert Wang

Iconography of a Student Loan

by Gregory Luce on May 30, 2012 in Comics

The symbols and icons that span the life of a student loan

I Still Live with My Mom

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by Ex-Bitter on April 6, 2012 in Columns

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I still live with my mom even though I’ve been employed at my law firm for about four years now. Should I move out or stick it out?

I’m $100,000 in Debt and Want to Move to Greece

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by Ex-Bitter on October 28, 2011 in Columns

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I just want to say f*ck it all, default, and move to Greece. Why not? I didn’t go to law school to be a barely employed document reviewer.

Bitter News, Week of September 12, 2011

by Bitter Newsroom on September 12, 2011 in News

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Padding LSAT scores, looking into robot judges, and picking up Baphomet-fearing clients on Craigslist. Plus more in this week’s Bitter news.

Axed Student Loans and the Safety of Salamanders

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by Gianna Scatchell on August 31, 2011 in Columns

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Stewing about the cut to subsidized graduate student loans. I embarked on a quest to sniff out other “questionable” government expenditures.

Use Social Networks to Balance Out Your Law School Debt

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by Mr. Law School on August 2, 2011 in Video

If you are not one of the lucky ones to get into a public law school and are forced to go to a private law school, you will probably be paying an exorbitant amount of money in tuition. Some law schools are as high as $45,000 per year. To balance out the $45,000 tuition, start [...]

Wasn’t Funny the First Time

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by Your Faithful Paralegal on January 14, 2009 in Columns

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MEMORANDUM RE: Your inept attempt at camaraderie with the support staff To: Gregory, The Clueless Associate From: Your Faithful Paralegal Subject: Wasn’t funny the first time Remember last year, Gregory? You know, that time we were here until 3:30 a.m. working on that expert report? You: Spending three hours tweaking the format of a brief [...]