There's No Competition in Law School: Only a Law Student

A joke that a fellow law student made up:

"There are three alligators sitting next to a pool drinking margaritas. An argument breaks out. Which one started it?"

The Instigator

"Which one won the argument?"

The Litigator

Things I've Realized

Only a law student would laugh at a joke like that
Law jokes are terribly cheesy.
When you try to tell a law joke to a non-lawyer, he will just look at you blankly and you be in a rush to justify, "Well, I guess you had to be there."
I'd better make friends while I'm in law school, because no normal person is going to want to be my friend once I graduate.

We Came. We Were Snarky. We Disbanned.

The short story: we blogged pretty voraciously while in law school until halfway through our 3L year when law school drama interceded. We abruptly shut down, fearing exposure that would impact our full-time employment options.

Sometimes, there is, unfortunately, no humor in law school or the legal profession.

That was years ago. Since then, we're all gainfully employed. Of the LawBitches, one is a partner and two others are associates in small firms, two are solo practitioners, one works for the government, one is an in-house counsel, one work in non-traditional job in corporate America, and two are also adjunct professors at a law school.

The point is: we all survived. But if you ask us if we're happy? Or if we'd do it over again? Well, you'd get differing responses.

The bottom line: Before you decide to go to law school, be aware -- be very aware -- of what you are getting yourself into.

Only a Law Student

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