Is This A Great Career Opportunity Masquerading As A Terrible Job?
A sub-minimum-wage job offer -- but it comes with a grilled cheese sandwich! And maybe a long-term career opportunity.
Do You Want To Be A Law And Reality TV Star?
This is why scripted television is better.
Inside The Minds Working At US Midsize Law Firms: 2025 Priorities Revealed
Midsize firms want smarter tech, not more. Our 2025 industry report shows how the right tools—and strategy—can drive growth, efficiency, and better client outcomes.
Man Declines Interest In Terrible Job, Remains Uber
The job is bad, but the applicant is uber.
Terrible Job Watch: Law School Advertises Opening For A Clerk — I Didn’t Say ‘Law’ Clerk
What was the law school class you needed to take to effectively bag groceries?
Horrible Job Watch: Surprisingly Honest Terrible Job Offer
A job offer from people who know you are miserable.
The Ultimate In Law School Funded Employment: Symplicity Posts Opening To Be Dean Of Your Law School
Which law school is accepting online nominations to be its new dean?
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I Need A Contract Attorney: An ‘Ivy League’ Contract Attorney
You don't need an Ivy League degree to do contract work.
Terrible Job Watch: Employer Claims To Offer Job Worth More Than Money, So He Won’t Pay Anybody
If you are going to work for free, work for somebody who will invest in you, not exploit you...
Terrible Job Potpourri: Your Womb Is More Useful Than Your Law Degree
Speaking of terrible jobs, does having a J.D. mean you can charge a higher fee when renting out your womb?
‘Aggressive’ Associate Wanted, Albeit One With Extremely Low Expectations
How little are you worth? A Chicago firm hopes you think poorly of yourself...
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Adventures in Babysitting: Does Babysitting Count As ‘Employed Upon Graduation’?
A babysitting gig that almost taunts the law students who will undoubtedly apply...
Collection Agency Is Just ‘Fee Shopping’ And Looking For Barely Competent Lawyers
Collection agency wants a lawyer who can sign his name and nothing more...
Summer Associate Stories: What To Do When You Find The Office Gun
Pop quiz, hotshot: you've found a gun in the office... what do you do?
Is Your Career Services Office This Lazy?
The lack of effort put in by career services professionals at the nation's law schools really seems to be out of hand. When you can't even trust your CSO to effectively cull Symplicity to remove stupid and insulting job prospects like the ones below, it's time to change the entire approach to law school career services....
Emory Law Students Rush to Apply for Babysitting ‘Opportunity’
The last time we wrote about somebody on the Emory Law faculty trying to “help out” struggling, jobless Emory Law students, we were covering the train wreck of a commencement speech by professor Sara Stadler. She told graduating law students, many of whom didn’t have a job, to “get over” their sense of entitlement. You’d […]