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  • Vote!

    That is all. My chronicles of average-ness shall return after the election. Sorry for the hiatus. AA       

  • Thought for the day

    Yes, contract attorneys are the red-headed stepchildren of any law office, but seriously, if a few of them are working in close proximity to you for any period of time, maybe introduce yourself and say…

  • Holy crap

    Good news on the job front. I’ve been hired by a firm directly, not sure what I’ll be… contract attorney, staff attorney, what have you. It’s not permanent, but it’s long(ish?) term. Has some benefits,…

  • Thought for the day

    Here’s a tip: If you’ve been out of law school for the better part of ten years, and your *e-mail signature* contains a list of your academic accomplishments both as an undergrad and as a…

  • Happy birthday, Google

    I’ve always been a big fan of The Googles, so here’s to another decade of innovation and not being evil. Cheers!       

  • Josef K goes to lunch

    An excerpt from an email I wrote to a friend today: Here’s my observation for the day. This firm’s cafeteria makes free coffee periodically throughout the day… one of my coworkers who wanted some was…

  • Long hours working well so far

    Despite the fact that I’m not in the overtime ‘income zone’ yet this week, I just realized that I made more money today than I used to make in a week in my first job…

  • Mandatory binding arbitration

    So it seems that a lot of agencies out there in contract attorney land have a mandatory binding arbitration clause in their employment contracts.  When I see those magic words in any contract, I always…

  • Next project

    Next project starting this week with the usual mid-week start (less OT, you see… how clever).  This one will probably be short term and plenty of hours, so we’ll see how I handle a project…

  • The scarlet letter?

    Since I’ve been chasing various contract attorney jobs for a little while now, I’ve had lots of exposure to legal job listings.  I wade through washingtonpost.com, monster, careerbuilder, craigslist, as well as mailing lists like…




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