/lit/ - Literature

Lawyer here.

I'd recommend The Bramble Bush and some of Louis Brandeis's writings.

I'd also recommend not going to law school. Becoming a lawyer is the worst decision I have ever made.

J.D. Salinger ruined my reputation.


>Be me, twenty something lawfag.
>Get new law firm job.
>Talking books with a partner, when she asks for a recommendation.
>Well well, I finished J.D. Salinger's nine stories on the train this morning. You can borrow my copy.
>"Wow, anon. Thanks!"
>Go home and realized I heavily annotated 'A Perfect Day for Bananfish.'
>Each time Seymour confronts lost youth, lost innocence, I wrote "YES."
>Each time Seymour confronts lost youth, lost innocence, it is vaguely Paedophilic, esp. when he kisses the little girl's foot. When that happened, I wrote "YES!!!" and starred the page.
>Partner returns the book a few weeks later. She stares at me squinting.
>"Some interesting notes in their Anon. Want to talk about it?"
>I'm blood red, she thinks I'm a pedo.
>"N-n-no, it's not wh-wh-what it looks like."
>She raised an eyebrow in disdain and walked away.
>mfw when she hardly speaks to me at all anymore
>mfw J.D. Salinger ruined my reputation.