There's No Competition in Law School: What Next?

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From: Calculating Bitch
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 3:18 PM
Subject: FW: Lawyers Ordered to Play Rock, Paper, Scissors

Oh, the legal profession: http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/07/magazines/fortune/rps_fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes

From: John Roberts
Sent: Wed 6/7/2006 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: Lawyers Ordered to Play Rock, Paper, Scissors

Awesome, although it might have been more fitting to order then to play a round of beer pong.

From: Sandra Gay
Sent: Wed 6/7/2006 3:29 PM
Subject: RE: Lawyers Ordered to Play Rock, Paper, Scissors

Its fucking hysterical!! Beer pong or maybe even strip poker might have been cool though too.

From: Lance Ito
Sent: Wed 6/7/2006 3:32 PM
Subject: RE: Lawyers Ordered to Play Rock, Paper, Scissors

Would you really want to be the "witness" to two pasty old white dudes playing strip poker??

From: Sandra Gay
Sent: Wed 6/7/2006 3:33 PM
Subject: RE: Lawyers Ordered to Play Rock, Paper, Scissors

Probably the best day of work for any paralegal working for such cranky bastards.

"The New ADR"
First stop: rock, paper scissors – next stop: beer pong, strip poker or a solid game of turbo racers! (If that is all there is to being a lawyer, then I can stop going to class now and just focus on my cup flipping skillz...)

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.

2 comments:

josh said...: its ok, dicta didnt get the emails either. of course, there's no reason why i should.

the most disappointing part of the articles is that it doesnt say who won, or what they threw!; 6/08/2006 9:22 AM
The BLS said...: I'm loving how you guys communicate to each other when you're not around. Hilarious.; 6/09/2006 11:32 AM