In a non-descript, fluorescent-bulb lit conference room located somewhere in the depths of Corporate America, a group of executives exchange light banter and laughter, awaiting the start of a meeting. Then, upon the entrance of the new assistant general counsel into the room, the joviality immediately ceases and one of the executives half-jokingly proclaims: “Everyone shush! Our lawyer is here!”

It’s election season, and that means we’re going to get a lot of people bemoaning the “length” of the tax code. But you know who actually has to read all of it? Tax Lawyers, that’s who. And they know why it’s so long too…

For almost two years since we launched alt.legal, you have taken a journey with us to the alternative side of the legal profession…

As we often note, the law remains the only profession in which, even decades after graduation, your peers actually care about where you went to school. The focus is not entirely misplaced…