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


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

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

Bitter Vault: The Estrin-Limbaugh Volley
Working the search engine for you because learning the Internets is hard.

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

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

Bitter Vault: 12 Things I Hate About Small Firm Practice
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.

Bitter Vault: 7 Ways Dating is Like a Real Estate Transaction
Digging up some funny crap from the archives.

Bitter Vault: Attract Home Job Clients with an IKEA Gestalt
Time to crank open Bitter Lawyer’s vault and pull out some gold.

Bitter Vault: The Bottom Rung – Episode 1
The beginning of Bitter Lawyer’s original web series.
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