With on-campus interviews starting this week at most law schools, we go soft and pull out the bitter highlights of our advice for law students.
A New Board Game for Law Students
Second Wind: A new board game for enterprising law students.
Avoiding OCI's Landmines
In reliving all of the excruciating mistakes I made during on campus interviews, I realized that there were actual lessons to be learned.
Clever Career Tips
Pro Tip: Charles didn’t proofread his resume carefully, and used an en dash where he should’ve used an em dash. When the recruiting coordinator–a former copy editor–saw that error, it triggered a violent PTSD episode that resulted in two deaths! Now Charles lives in a cardboard box. You don’t want to be like Charles, do…
And Mr. Smith Is Only a Second-Year
Interviews move forward, and the job prospects continue to dry up. (Click the image to see the full comic.)
The On-Campus Interview Flowchart
The down and dirty of the law school OCI process. (Click the image to see the full comic.)
OCI Hiring Partners Tell All: Part 3
The end of the road for Bitter Lawyer’s series on OCI, law school interview tips, and how to impress hiring partners.
OCI Hiring Partners Tell All: Part 2
The latest in our OCI/interview/job hunting series for law students with all the down and dirty details you want to know from hiring partners.
OCI Hiring Partners Tell All: Part 1
The OCI season is in full swing. And while we totally understand that all schools are at different points in the process (first rounds, callbacks, etc.), everyone is freaked out about interviewing well enough to receive a job offer. An offer to actually work as a lawyer and not a paralegal or building contractor. What’s standing between…
Five Worst Kiss-Ass Questions Asked at OCI
Bitter Lawyer has been inundated with reports, concerns and hilarious accounts of on-campus interviews over the past few weeks. Here is a list of the top five kiss-ass questions aspiring legal tools have allegedly asked. For those of you still looking for jobs, read this immediately—and make sure to never, ever ask any of these questions.…