October 7th, 2003



The Top 9 Ways Your Life Is
Different, Now That You’ve Finished Law School


9> You can now be exploited by money-hungry law firms, as opposed to being exploited by your money-hungry law school.

8> Suddenly all those annoying traits of yours are billable.

7> In law school, you argue about everything. In the real world, that will get you ostracized or sh

both.

6> You finally have time to look in the mirror for longer than it takes to shave. Realize you’ve aged a decade in

years.

5> There’s plenty of free time to contemplate the most advantageous language for your deal with the devil.

4> You have to relearn normal human interaction, now that you’ll be dealing with people other than law students.

3> Normal people aren’t impressed by Latin.

2> You discover it’s a lot easier to put on weight in law school than it is to take it off after law school.

and the Number 1 Way Your Life Is Different, Now That You’ve
Finished Law School…

1> Studying for the bar will upgrade your ulcer from perforated to bleeding.




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Credits:

Selected from 16 submissions from 3 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

SH Armstrong, Surf City, CA — 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, Topic
(Hat trick! 7th #1!)
Mark Weiss, Austin, TX — 3, 4, 7 (Hat trick!)
Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL — 8
Geoff Brown, Ann Arbor, MI — Top5 Law Chief Justice