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Chronicles of a Government Lawyer: The Small Town

January 25, 2012 by Martine Jean Leave a Comment

Everyone knows everyone in small towns, which is both quaint and a little creepy, especially for a government lawyer.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Chronicles of a Government Lawyer, prosecutor

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I Want to be a Prosecutor

August 5, 2011 by Ex-Bitter 13 Comments

Q) I read your column a lot and know the site’s usually focused on BigLaw, but I wanted to ask if you have any advice about becoming a prosecutor. I’m a 2L at a third tier law school and I already know I love criminal law. I just love the feeling of winning trials (even if…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, criminal law, gl11, prosecutor, TTT Schools

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I Hate Being a Prosecutor, but I’m so Damn Good at It

March 9, 2010 by Ex-Bitter 19 Comments

QI graduated from a tier-1 school in 2003.  I spent the entire three years of law school fighting with my (now ex-) wife, and my grades suffered for it.  I finished in the middle of my class with a 2.75. Though I concentrated heavily on international law classes, I simply did not have the GPA…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, criminal law, law jobs, prosecutor

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Bitter News, 9-21-09

September 21, 2009 by Bitter Newsroom 1 Comment

Headlines from the Bitter Newsroom that make the 11th biggest lie in history: • Headline reads: “Gritty 80-yr-old is probably city’s oldest law student.” Probably?  The city’s?  Don’t want to step out on a limb and expand the geographic scope of that statement a smidgen?  You’re already using the word “probably.” For the love, he’s…

Filed Under: Lawyer, News & Views Tagged With: biglaw, careers, divorce, law students, prosecutor

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