Anonymous Lawyer

Here's a bit of law-related levity: recent Harvard Law grad Jeremy Blachman recently released a book entitled Anonymous Lawyer, which is based on his popular blog by the same name. During his 2L year at Harvard Law School, Blachman started writing a blog purporting to be the blog of a hiring partner of a large firm in California. The blog gathered a significant following, largely because Blachman's writing was just plain funny. Some people thought it was nonfiction, although Blachman was later revealed as the author by the New York Times. Many real-life practicing attorneys identified with the fictional account of a lawyer in a big firm. Blachman landed a book deal and now Anonymous Lawyer is a book as well as a blog. The book is mostly new material, so if you've read the blog you can still check out the book. Ironically, Blachman has never lived in California (he hails from New York).

For more entertainment, check out the Web site associated with the book, AnonymousLawFirm.com. If you've ever seen a law firm's Web site, the spoof site is especially funny. Be sure to check out the podcasts; they're very funny.