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The Anonymous Lawyer Goes Pro Bloggo Publico
A recent Harvard law graduate, first-time author and cause c'l'bre Jeremy Blachman is riding high, but not, as one might expect, as a highly sought U.S. Supreme Court clerk or caffeine-addled associate at a premiere New York law firm. Blachman eschewed the law in favor of a purely creative pursuit: writing an anonymous blog (eponymously known as the 'Anonymous Lawyer' at www.anonymouslawyer.blogspot.com) detailing the fictionalized travails of a narcissistic partner in a big firm who makes The Devil Wears Prada boss Miranda Priestly look like Mr. Bean. Following a feature article in The New York Times, Blachman's notoriety skyrocketed.
What is most incredible about Blachman is that apart from enduring a summer internship at a top New York firm, he has neither stepped foot in a courtroom nor billed a millisecond of time. Nevertheless, he has metamorphosed his tell-tale blog into a sensational novel that has the legal profession buzzing about the unspeakable pressures and pitfalls of big-firm culture. Apropos of his blogging cynosure, Blachman participated in the following colloquy with IL&S Editor-in-Chief, Sam Fineman, strictly through e-mail so as not to curtail billable possibilities. Blachman reflects on his book, his life and blogdom.
IL&S: Your debut novel, Anonymous Lawyer (published by Henry Holt and Co.), was released in July to much critical acclaim and has garnered many favorable reviews on Amazon.com. For the uninitiated, Anonymous Lawyer is the cleverly crafted, fictionalized account of a brilliant yet demonic hiring partner at one of the world's largest law firms, written in the form of a blog and interspersed with connective e-mails. In his blog, AL (as he is known) candidly exposes the underbelly of big firm life while he attempts to scratch his way to the top. Hilarity ensues in this summer's must read for any lawyer (and paralegals too). The idea for AL stems from your popular blog. Can you describe the process of transforming AL the blog into AL the novel?
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