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The Seven Guys You Sleep With in Law School

August 27, 2021 by Law Firm 10 73 Comments

I felt it necessary to represent female law students everywhere with this list of the types of men we girls are forced to turn to for arousal in dire straits.

Filed Under: Featured, Law Firm 10, law school, Lawyer Tagged With: law students, sex

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Billable Hour Douchebags Strike Again

June 21, 2021 by Bitter Staff 19 Comments

How long will the legal community have to suffer through the collective whining of delusional, over-entitled douchebags?

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: billable hour, bitter rant

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My (Former) Best Friend’s Wedding

June 21, 2021 by Bitter and Abused 17 Comments

I was in the middle of a merger deal, working 80 hours a week, for about two months. For weeks, I’d been telling the partner, I was best man in an upcoming wedding and I couldn’t work Saturday the 5th.  He assured me that I’d be fine.  “For God’s sake, what kind of monster do you…

Filed Under: Columns, Featured, Lawyer Tagged With: Associate Abuse, biglaw, litigation, wedding

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Life After The Bar Exam: Wait, What’s A Life?

March 4, 2021 by Marissa Telles 1 Comment

You’re almost two months out from taking the bar, and things are still…fuzzy. You’re sitting with a group of people you barely recognize, there’s a beverage in your hand that tastes familiar but it’s been so long you can’t quite place it, and there’s a song playing in the background that you’ve never heard before.…

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Filed Under: Featured, Lawyer Tagged With: bar exam

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The Five People You Meet at the Bar Exam

February 2, 2021 by Bitter Staff 29 Comments

A checklist of the six types of people you’re guaranteed to meet in the bar exam room

Filed Under: Columns, Featured, Lawyer Tagged With: bar exam, Bitter by Numbers

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Seven Tricks of Law School Networking 101

January 6, 2021 by Bitter Contributor 34 Comments

To prepare for gut-wrenching, mind-numbing “networking” events, here are a few exercises that can steel you for boredom, humiliation, and awkwardness.

Filed Under: Columns, Featured, Featured Lawyer, law school, Lawyer Tagged With: Bitter by Numbers, bitter rant, law students

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Professor Purr Monster: Legal Lessons I Learned From My Cat

December 17, 2020 by A Favorable Light 2 Comments

I’m not one to spend all day explaining to people how intuitive my cats are. But at the same time, I think there are a few lessons my brood has taught me over the years. I don’t just mean that they will pee on my bed in retribution for me going away for a long…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: cats, legal advice, litigation

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Mosquitos and the Science of Legal Nuisances

December 17, 2020 by A Favorable Light Leave a Comment

Have you ever wondered why you seem to be cursed with bad luck in your law practice? Why situations that seemed so simple turned into catastrophes? Do you often feel like a shortstop, expecting to field one grounder, and suddenly you’re pelted by balls from every direction? Why are there so many balls? When did…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: advice, career advice, practicing law

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The Costly Sound of Silence

September 26, 2020 by Sean Myers Leave a Comment

Only in postmodern music can you find an entire album of someone raking their leaves. To many of us, listening to postmodern music has significantly less appeal than walking, texting, and suddenly falling down an uncovered manhole. The genre is full of musicians who inhale, wistfully ask, “What is music, anyway?” and then stare off…

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4 Reasons for Law Students to be Thankful This Thanksgiving

November 26, 2019 by Bitter Staff 3 Comments

Drinking, free food, and evil uncles. What more could you ask for over Thanksgiving?

Filed Under: Columns, Featured, Featured Lawyer, Lawyer Tagged With: Featured, law students, thankful, thanksgiving

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