I am not the cheery sort, which is why writing about the careers of a reliably unhappy group–lawyers–comes naturally to me.

Lately, there’s loads of misery in lawyerland. Unemployed lawyers, of course, top the list. But those with jobs are glum too. By now, you’ve probably heard about the latest American Lawyer survey of midlevel associates, and how disgruntled they are; even those force-fed with globs of bonus money are squawking.

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