Gradenfreude
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Job Searches, Law Schools
Gradenfreude: My Law School Is Going To Be SO Pissed At Me
What happens when you finally get a law job, but it's two weeks after the "employed nine months after graduation" deadline? This guy's law school is going to be PISSED! -
Job Searches, Screw-Ups, Small Law Firms
Gradenfreude: Two of the Best Rejection Letters I've Received
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Job Searches
Gradenfreude: Four Hundred Ninety-Nine Job Applications Later, and I'm Still Working in Retail
This disgruntled law grad has sent out 499 applications, but what does he have to show for it?
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Job Searches, Small Law Firms
Gradenfreude: Kicking a Man When He's Down (Law Firm Interview Edition)
Law firms: when you say you'll let a job applicant know by the end of the day, don't make him wait more than a week. -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Money
Gradenfreude: From Dreams of Being a Biglaw Big Shot to the Reality of Food Stamps
A disgruntled law grad is forced to apply for food stamps -- and wonders if his generation has been punk'd. -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Unemployment
Gradenfreude: The Employment Questionnaire Lower-Ranked Law Schools Should REALLY Be Using
The law school employment questionnaire for graduates of lower-ranked schools wasn't cutting it for this disgruntled graduate, so he created a new one. It's worth taking a look at it... -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Student Loans
Gradenfreude: Escaping the Seventh Circle of Retail Hell
Wherein a disgruntled law grad quits his crappy retail job, only to find another crappy retail job. -
Football, Job Searches, Law Schools, Sports, Student Loans
Gradenfreude: The Legal Profession Has the Luck of the Irish
A disgruntled law school graduate compares the state of the legal profession to the Fighting Irish's lackluster performance in the BCS bowl game. - Sponsored
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Holidays and Seasons
Gradenfreude: An Underemployed Law Grad’s Guide on How to Achieve Mediocrity in 2013
Want to be your best in 2013? Aim low, says this underemployed law grad. -
Holidays and Seasons, Shopping, Shopping For Others
Gradenfreude: Some Holiday Gifts for the Unemployed or Underemployed Law School Graduate
The holiday season is supposed to be full of cheer and happiness, but as an adult, it’s usually full of one thing, and one thing only: stress. Making matters worse is the fact that shopping for those you love can be a bit of a challenge. It’s always hard to tell what someone really needs […] -
Money, Student Loans
Gradenfreude: Loan Debt Repayment for Law Grads Is a Scam
An underemployed law grad contemplates the government's loan debt repayment schemes, and doesn't like it one bit. Is it a scam? -
Job Searches
Gradenfreude: Working Retail as a Lawyer Is Pretty Damn Demeaning
A law school grad awaiting bar admission recounts tales of stupidity from the retail store where he's been doomed to work until he finds a legal job. -
Bar Exams, Job Searches, Law Schools, Student Loans
Gradenfreude: I Passed the Bar Exam, But I Still Mop the Floors at My Crappy Job
This recent law school graduate passed the bar exam. Has his life changed since he got the good news?
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Job Searches, Law Schools
Gradenfreude: Networking For Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Law School Graduates
An underemployed law school grad tried to network at his law school to get a job and failed, but at least he met a hot chick in the process. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Gradenfreude: Please Stop Bitching About Your Biglaw Bonuses
Despite having graduated from law school, Tristan Taylor Thomas is stuck working at a retail job. And his year-end bonus isn't going to be as large as the typical ones seen in Biglaw, which is why he encourages lawyers to quit complaining... -
Interview Stories, Job Searches, Student Loans
Gradenfreude: My Interview Horror Story (Or, How I Underwhelmed A Hiring Partner With My Law Degree)
Tristan Taylor Thomas has a no good, very bad, horrible day at a job interview... -
Food, Job Searches, Law Schools, Student Loans
Gradenfreude: Living Life By Fortune Cookies -- Bad Idea Or Worst Idea?
Wherein Tristan Taylor Thomas receives am encouraging message from a fortune cookie, and tries to live by it. Too bad it only lasted for a weekend... -
Cartoons / Comics, Job Searches, Law Schools, Student Loans, Television
Gradenfreude: The Plight Of A Law School Graduate In 2012
When you are unhappy with your job, you have to take joy in the simpler things in life -- like watching television. But sometimes even that is an unpleasant experience. -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Student Loans
Gradenfreude: The Beginning of the End
Tristan Taylor Thomas is here to tell you about the biggest mistake he's ever made in his life. He's here to tell you about going to an unranked law school…