Peter Friedman
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Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity

November 20th, 2008 | lawyers, Legal News

If you’re a bitter lawyer, there’s a site for you.

I had my down days in nearly twelve years of practice, but it didn’t (I hope) embitter me. There are a lot of bitter lawyers out there, though. Many of them are bitter because they would rather be doing something else. Many are quite creative. The ones at Bitter Lawyer have put that creativity to work on a website likely to be bookmarked on the web browsers of many big firm associates. They have webisodes, columns, and their own version of legal news (an interview, for example, with Ashley Dupre, the ex-prostitute patronized by ex-Governor Eliot Spitzer) . As the founders of the site write:

Feeling trapped? Head spinning with self-hate? Tired of taking orders from humorless workaholics? Have more than two headhunters on your speed dial? Talking to friends about moving to Sun Valley or writing a screenplay? Congratulations, you’ve come to the right place. The founders of Bitter Lawyer know exactly what you’re experiencing. We’ve worked at Big Firms, pulled all-nighters, been stuck in windowless conference rooms for weeks. In short, we know what it’s like to be an attorney, which is why we created this website.

Our singular goal is to create an engaging, insightful entertainment destination for lawyers. But we’re new at this. So please, send us your thoughts and opinions and tell us how to make Bitter Lawyer a more interesting and exciting experience. This is your site. Tell us what you want and we’ll do our best to deliver it.

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