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Amoeba Racing and 4 Other Idiotic Law Firm Team-Building Exercises

March 21, 2017 by C. Hank Peters 10 Comments

Most team-building exercises work well, like tailgating in a parking lot before a partner’s big ERISA trial. But others are not such a good idea.

Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Columns, Featured, Lawyer Tagged With: associates, Big Legal Brain, gl11, law firms, team-building

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How to Name a Law Firm

June 10, 2013 by Robin Hitchcock 1 Comment

You could use any one of these awesome heuristics to name your law firm.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: law firm names, law firms, lists

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Law Firm Quarterly Reviews: They Could at Least Buy Me a Drink First

May 24, 2013 by Bitter and Abused 2 Comments

If your law firm is anything like mine, now is the time of year where you sit down with your managing partner and some senior associate. The associate knows you from the barcode on your arm. The partner, probably just doesn’t know you at all. These two people spend about thirty minutes explaining your progress…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: big law, law firms

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Law Firm 10 to Offer Dating and Relationship Advice

June 5, 2012 by Bitter Staff 5 Comments

Law Firm 10 will be doling out advice and opinions on any number of dating and relationship issues.

Filed Under: Lawyer, News & Views Tagged With: dating, law firms

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Do Guys Actually Reject Girls Because They're Intimidated by Them?

April 17, 2012 by Law Firm 10 143 Comments

In three of my last four rejections, I concluded that the guy ended things with me because I intimidated him.

Filed Under: Columns, Law Firm 10, Lawyer Tagged With: dating, law firms

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Panic Answer

April 9, 2012 by Albert Wang Leave a Comment

If you won the lottery tomorrow, what would you do? A panic answer in a law firm interview. Comic by Albert Wang

Filed Under: Comics, Lawyer Tagged With: job interviews, Law Firm, law firm jobs, law firms

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Battle of the Sexes, Part 1,267: Bathroom Anxiety

November 29, 2011 by Law Firm 10 3 Comments

Why is it that male lawyers are so incredibly comfortable letting everyone in the office know that they are heading into the bathroom to take a crap?

Filed Under: Columns, Law Firm 10, Lawyer Tagged With: law firms, law office

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Law and the Mental Marathoner

November 8, 2011 by Namby Pamby 1 Comment

In order to finish a marathon, it’s you versus your mind. This allegory, to me, sums up the practice of law.

Filed Under: law school, Lawyer, The Namby Pamby Tagged With: law firm jobs, law firms, practicing law

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The Trouble With First-Year Associates

October 19, 2011 by Matthew Richardson 7 Comments

I figured I’d throw our a few foolproof ways to solve the problem of corporate clients not wanting to pay for first-year associates.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: associates, law firms, mid-level associates, Unethical & Amoral

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A Realistic Lawyering Video Game

October 10, 2011 by Albert Wang 4 Comments

Legal Adventure Pro 2000 is now available for gamers and lawyers worldwide. A Bitter Lawyer comic by Albert Wang.

Filed Under: Comics, Lawyer Tagged With: law firm jobs, law firms

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