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Cover Letters: the Good, the Bad, the Inane

December 16, 2014 by Bitter Vault Leave a Comment

Our best posts on dealing with cover letters, writing them, and ultimately responding to them

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Bitter Vault: Tom Waits Testifies About Frank’s Wild Years

March 21, 2013 by Bitter Vault Leave a Comment

What luck! It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to dig into Bitter Lawyer’s archives. Yes, it’s time for some art from Bitter Poet, who brought together such odd bedfellows such as depositions and . . . Tom Waits and his lyrics. This one is from September 2011. It still delivers.

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Bitter Vault: Pippa Middleton, Thank You For Restoring My Will to Live

March 7, 2013 by Bitter Vault Leave a Comment

It’s Thursday and time to crank open the Bitter Vault and see what gold we can find. Here’s a classic Law Firm 10 post from almost two years ago. Classic controversy.

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Bitter Vault: The Estrin-Limbaugh Volley

February 28, 2013 by Bitter Vault Leave a Comment

Working the search engine for you because learning the Internets is hard.

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Bitter Vault: I Lied to a Partner About Girl Scout Cookies

February 7, 2013 by Bitter Staff Leave a Comment

It’s Thursday. Time to get the interns to help open the Bitter Vault and find some riches to share. It’s been a while since Ex-Bitter has laid down some wisdom on us with his big legal brain, so here’s one from a year ago. As an associate, this Bitter once bought plants from a partner…

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Bitter Vault: 4 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me But I’m Thankful to Know Now

January 31, 2013 by Bitter Vault Leave a Comment

If you’re one of the few lucky (or unlucky) young attorneys who have landed a job in a firm in this ever-so-slowly-improving job market, then take heed and listen to the wisdom of Namby Pamby. Post image via Shutterstock.

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Bitter Vault: 12 Things I Hate About Small Firm Practice

January 24, 2013 by Bitter Vault Leave a Comment

We love Thursdays around here because on Thursday we crank open the Bitter Vault time. Let’s do it! Are you in a small firm? Thinking about joining? Well, read on . . . Post image via Shutterstock.