Calling All Drunken, Unemployed, Chicago Lawyers

You wouldn’t think it would be hard to find a group of unemployed Chicago lawyers these days. There are a lot of them lying around. But can they overcome the collective action problem to join together for an epic bender? Let’s turn to Craigslist to find out.
Here’s the text from an ad that went up earlier this week:

Looking for Desperate Lawyer! (Chicago Metro)
Seeking desperate lawyers to form drinking club. Job duties include drinking with the thousands of other out of work/can’t get a job/fresh from passing the bar grads like self who lack the connections/money necessary to find even minimal legal employment. Must be fluent in Scotch-Whiskey, Irish-Whiskey, Smithwicks, Bass, Harp, and any other sophisticated blue-collar drink. Occassional duties of blacking out from excess alcohol will be called upon as needed.
People who dig criminal defense and wasted hundreds on Lexis/Westlaw for their overpriced Illinois books will be given extra consideration.
Interested applicants may respond to the email listed above for further consideration.
Matt/David
www.myspace.com/mattdavidfilms

Oooh, they have a website. Let’s check out the virtual backstory after the jump.


It’s worth noting that this Craigslist post was not made by the infamous Craigslist poster we’ve featured a couple of times before. Apparently, the desperation among young lawyers is growing.
Over on his Myspace page, we learn that Matt/David is an Indiana native that has passed the Illinois bar. Congrats!
But there could be an ulterior motive for trying to bring together of depressed lawyers for a night of general debauchery. Matt/David is interested in film — an interest that is best expressed by the picture below:

It’s not too much of a stretch to think that any kind of Miracle Mile case race he organizes will provide excellent stock footage for his next work.
But motives aside, shouldn’t more unemployed lawyers be getting together for drunken affairs that may or may not lead to massive civil disobedience? Unemployed people still need structure in their lives. Couldn’t we get a national unemployed lawyers beer pong tournament going?
There’s no better way to wait out the recession than in the quiet comfort of an alcoholic haze.
— This message has been brought to you by the makers of single malt Scotch.
Looking for Desperate Lawyer! (Chicago Metro) [Craigslist]
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