Pass the bar exam
Setting out to change the world
Debt crushes the dream
— One of the 10 law-inspired haikus chosen as a winner by the ABA Journal’s Ross Essay Contest selection committee. Each winner will receive $500.
(For your reading pleasure, we’ve selected some additional haikus that we thought our readers would really appreciate, after the jump.)
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
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This one was written by an ex-Sidley associate. How many Biglaw first-years have experienced this?
First-year attorney
Dreams of SCOTUS victory
Stuck on doc review
OMG, did Tristan Taylor Thomas win $500? Wait, no… this one was written by a law clerk at an Am Law 200 firm. Guess he was still looking for a job back in August when the ABA Journal was seeking submissions:
From ‘Vendor’ To ‘Partner’: How LexisNexis Is Deepening Law Firm Relationships
The company is emphasizing ‘white glove service’ in the AI era. Here’s what the initiative is delivering for clients.
recent graduate
summa cum laude and still
home and unemployed
I submitted one back in 2010, along the same lines. Same sh*t, different year?
Just graduated
My class is totally screwed
Waahh, soul-crushing debt
Check out the rest of the law-inspired haikus here, and feel free to submit your own in the comments.
Read 10 Law-Inspired Haiku, Contest Winners Announced [Legal Rebels / ABA Journal]