Barely Legal: The Blog

Even if you disregard all of the data, statistics, and anecdotal evidence that going to law school is a terrible idea, this should be enough to convince you that law school is simply not a place ...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/dont-tase-me-bro-kid-is-headed-to-law.html

Link This asshole seriously pisses me off. I hope he starves himself to death. I have no sympathy for unemployed JDs who feel like they were misled. Anyone who is stupid enough to buy into the...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/unemployed-jd-goes-on-hunger-strike-to.html

The Desperate Girl Then: Single female law student urgently seeking a boyfriend. Now: Just celebrated her five-year anniversary on match.com . No longer requires potential suitors to have hai...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/whatever-happened-to.html

When Russ and I started discussing what we might say about law school that we haven't already said, we came up blank. We have no new insights, no different perspective now than what we had four y...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/if-you-bet-on-letdown-you-were-right.html

I got my start with this stupid blogging thing five fucking years ago over at Barely Legal: The Blog. That all got started because two bored law students, my good friend Russ and myself, used to ...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/were-putting-band-back-together.html

Job Search Interviewing Fun Personal Injury Job Skills Rejection Letter Madness A Message From Career Services A Little Perspective Interview Story You Don't Want To Hear This But You Shou...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/quick-index-to-pretty-much-all-law.html

For the past few weeks, Russ has posted some eye-opening stuff about job prospects after law school. And from what I have heard from friends and classmates, it's all pretty accurate. I wouldn't k...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/finding-non-legal-job.html

For the past couple weeks I've been writing about the grim employment prospects for many law school graduates. Certainly, not everyone or even a majority of people are unemployable, but a sizable...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/screaming-against-darkness.html

Russ: How's the job search? Friend: Awful. Russ: Write about it for my blog. Friend: I would but it's too depressing to think about let alone write about. Russ: Don't others deserve to know? ...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/conversation-with-friend.html

I've received several emails from current law students who bemoan the fact that they can't find an internship, summer job, or job after graduation. I choose not to post them because they don't ha...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/warning-signs.html

From a Reader: Subject: I don't know whether to hate you or thank you. Maybe both? You guys have seriously either saved my life or ruined it. I was ready to be a law student. Top of my class wi...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/mission-accomplished.html

From a reader: While I generally prefer to lurk and not contribute, your request for scare stories for law students (or those considering law school) was too much to pass up... so here's mine: ...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/submitted-law-employment-story-4.html

From a reader: I ran across your blog tonight and I felt compelled to write in with my own diatribe. I never really gave much thought to going to law school until I was halfway through my master...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/submitted-law-employment-story-3.html

I hope some of the legal employment anecdotes we've posted have scared you (and there will be more to come). But some of you are smart enough to say, "Russ, this is one person. Unlike me, they're...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/plural-of-anecdote-is-data.html

From A Reader While you may believe that this blog is unnecessarily harsh regarding law school, it is not. Every single syllable is true. I graduated from a big ten school with a 3.6, had a dece...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/law-school-employment-submission-2.html

From A Reader Mike and Russ, you are exactly correct on both of your posts. I graduated last May from a second tier law school. I was in the middle of my class. I put together what many have cal...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/submitted-law-employment-story-1.html

Do you believe in irony? Well, I have been working as an attorney for a few months now and I really like my work. I am lucky to have such a great job. The sad part is, though, I am lucky to have ...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/you-dont-want-to-hear-this-but-you.html

Q: I went to an interview, and the job sounds awful, but they offered it to me. What should I do? The biggest reason so many people end up disillusioned in law school is because of unmet expecta...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/i-wrote-this-once-never-got-around-to.html

Could you post your thoughts on gunners with poor aim? I think those poor souls who try so hard to be gunners but whose answers are so completely inane and/or off topic deserve some blog space. ...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/counting-down-to-last-post.html

For some people, especially those out in the working world, this post is going to go straight into the “No shit, Sherlock” category. But for other people, those naïve souls still lucky enoug...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/job-search-post-7.html

So, I'm officially an Esquire. I've joined the elite ranks of Bill S. Preston and the only men's magazine that doesn't have nudity and yet still manages to sell copies.

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/sworn-into-bar-today.html

You know what really bothered me more than anything during my job search? Having to wear a suit to interview with a company where professional dress is not required for the job. There are few thi...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/job-search-post-6random-rant-9.html

Reader: That wasn’t very nice to call Courtney an ignorant slut barelylegalblog: I didn’t really mean it, it’s a classic pop culture reference Reader: I’m not familiar with it barelylegal...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/recent-im-conversation.html

…with Mike and Courtney . Topic: Did the social scene at our school suck more than at other schools? Courtney: I contend that the social life at this school is much worse than at other scho...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/pointcounterpoint.html

I'm trying to start a business, so I need someone to employ me part time as an attorney straight out of law school. Needless to say, it's not easy. Especially since i graduated in the fat part of...

http://barelylegalblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/theyre-looking-for-few-good-men.html