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Entrenchment
Billing in BigLaw sometimes requires extreme measures. (Click the image to see the full comic.)
Bitter News, Week of August 8th, 2011
Here are your headlines from the Bitter Newsroom, where we bounce back! Why Lawyer Pay Will Shrink: Reverse auctions are driving Biglaw rates down as large firms anonymously submit quotes for a jobs posted by major companies. With the increased number of lawyers being dumped into the market graduating each year, it seems like this may be a trend…
Billables > Quality
But then again, what firm with a billable-hour requirement would be doing traffic court except as pro bono? (Click the image to see the full comic.)
The Adderall Diaries
Somebody once called the law a jealous mistress, although I can’t recall who (maybe it was the guy whose dead body is on display at University College London and in a photo on page 330 of my Property textbook). In any case, it’s totally true. And I’m afraid my mistress is going to dump me…