A lot of it is absurd. One or two might fall in the heat, their bodies forgotten by the roadside. You hated to lose a good one. But at the end of the journey it was the lawyers who spun their hours into gold. The support staff drank their share at the oasis, then saddled up for the long ride home.
Law students hoping for a smile or two in their careers are on the right track.
Truhlar says she would cry some days if she couldn't laugh. If we didn't find some joy, we'd be in a hard way. Columbia's Cooper says his classmates already do think about the fun quotient at potential employers. And Cooper says the legal job market remains strong enough that students might do well to consider the potential for good times as they decide on which job to take. Rebecca Luczycki is associate editor of The National Jurist.