This wasn't something that came to me all at once. Rather, it took an entire post bar exam year to arrive to that marvelous conclusion. You can join me on my new personal blog to read all about it. But I'd like to introduce myself first!

Hi. I'm Brandy. I graduated from Boston University School of Law in 2004. The only thing that saved me from not leaving was my copyright course with Professor Wendy Gordon, who has an extraordinary intellect and is an even more amazing human being. I'm now a copyright attorney with my own practice (and IP & Business & ...). I'm the happiest lawyer I know. I really never thought that I could ever say I was a happy lawyer, much less the happiest.

I'd like to thank Kevin Heller & Howard Bashman for keeping great secrets. I'd like to apologize to my friend & fellow BU grad, Andy Sinclair, for the couple minor fudges I made in order to keep those secrets (but c'mon Andy, you HAD to know!). Honestly, I don't remember who knew, but consider yourself thanked.

So, what's the point of me saying all this now? It's that you can take the traditional legal industry and career paths and unhappiness and walk away from it. Despite what everyone in law school tells you, you are not doomed to that particular life. You don't need it, not for your career, and not for yourself, and certainly not for the people around you. And your clients sure as hell don't need it. Happy lawyers are good lawyers.

With that, this blog has come to its natural end. Come hang out with me on the flipside (through that looking glass or some such).

--Brandy

Short, sweet, and to the point! Just like me!

Now do I get cookys?

These emails are currently being forwarded around -- I can't vouch for their accuracy, but they did contain a whole lot of confidentiality notices that I ignored entirely. I rearranged the email so you can read it straight through (instead of from the bottom up).

Fortunately I have been keeping myself and a few others amused at drink me, although I don't believe it was nearly as much fun as when Plainsman was around to provide a foil to my bizarre thoughts. So give it a whirl -- I promise it will provide oodles of entertainment value. And if you've a mind to become my next co-blogger, do drop me a line. Prior blogging experience completely unnecessary.

If you are still in law school, there is absolutely no reason to add a legal disclaimer (as commonly found at the bottom of actual lawyers' e-mails) to the bottom of yours. It makes you appear to be the smarmy uptight pain-in-the-you-know-what that you probably are.

And if there happens to be an actual reason (though I really can't fathom it), please confine its use to that purpose.

Love,
Alice

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On a less ecstatic note, the commercials were hideous. I am completely baffled at Bud's choice to pursue chimpanzees when they could have entered another installment in the American Heroes/Real Men of Genius series (you know, Wingman, Mr. Tiny Thong Bikini Wearer, and Mr. Chinese Food Delivery Guy, other examples here).

Those are absolutely hilarious. Nothing I saw last night from any company got anywhere near that level

But while we're at it, need any associates???

Then again, he forgot such questions like (26a) ...when you had a hangover and (26b) ...you were actually still drunk from the night before and (26c) ...and still faked being called on pretty well and (26d) ...were actually congratulated by your classmates on your performance.

I think Jeremy will have to revise the test when he makes it to his third year.

In entirely different matter, I saw one of those "Are your law studies leading you to the wrong bar?" posters. Without skipping a beat, I thought to myself, "Yes, the Massachusetts Bar."

Yay 3L.