Back when I was in law school I had grandiose visions about working as a public sector employee. I fantasized about career stability, a defined pension, and set hours that never involved weekend work. However what attracted me most to the prestige of working for the gubmint was the prospect of never ever having to…
What Should You Call Your Lawyer Rock Band?
Last week, our lawyer-rock band was playing at a local bar. Typical classic rock cover band, but we’re all lawyers and the band name has a clever lawyer-related pun. Anyway, we’re playing our set, and then as soon as our set is over, some record label bigwig offers us a major deal. We’d finally made…
The Five Things I’ve Learned About Starting My Own Law Firm
About two months have passed since I decided to stop alternating between applying for jobs that I had no chance of getting, and driving hours on end to the armpit of California for jobs that I didn’t want. That existence was quickly driving me insane, so I figured I’d rather embark into the exciting world…
Top 5 Most Baller Things About Ruth Bader Ginsburg
How much of a boss is Ruth Bader Ginsburg? You already know that she has an entire meme dedicated to her badassness: …but there is so, so much more. Let us count the top five ways that RBG goes so hard. 5. Lace Game On Fleek RBG has owned the lace doily game for years and years.…
Color Us Surprised: Scalia Is The Most Sarcastic Supreme Court Justice
Oh, Antonin Scalia. Love or hate him, he is the most entertaining Supreme Court justice to read, in large part because the man never met a fight he didn’t like. He writes everything like he is leading with that big angry chin of his. His cranky dissents are legendary even when you don’t actually remember…
Hey Gunners: No One Thinks Your Big Words Make You Sound Smart
Back to school time means back to That Gunner Guy or That Gunner Girl dominating every class discussion by using completely unnecessary Latin terms. If you are particularly unlucky, this year That Gunner will have decided to use something like nihil peti potest ante id tempus, quo per rerum naturam persolvi posit because they are…
Now You Can Own That Bryan Garner Bobblehead You Have Always Dreamed About
How hard do you fanboy over Bryan Garner? All the hardness? Do you carry around your copy of Black’s Law Dictionary in the hopes that one day you will bump into him and he will sign it? Do you argue with your friends over when “shine” is acting as an intransitive verb? Have you already…
A Thoroughly Necessary Dramatic Reading Of David Lat’s Self-Interview
In which Lawyerist’s Sam Glover and I perform a dramatic reading of Above the Law’s David Lat interviewing…David Lat. About David Lat.
League of Loathing: How WWE Entrenches Itself in the Periphery of Relevance
John Cena had a problem. The effective protagonist of the WWE, the largest professional wrestling organization in the world, was in trouble. Granted, by his standards, it was a minor affair: a young upstart named Dolph Ziggler, a former collegiate wrestler turned arrogant show-off complete with curly locks of bleach-blonde hair had, in the course…
Bitter Lawyer's Law School Roundup
Today we’re rounding up our past law school coverage, including who you might sleep with, how to practice networking, and how to play bingo in class.
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