r/Lawyertalk is a subreddit with 187k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses lawyer, attorney, job, career, and legal, and they frequently recommend/review shoes, dress shoe, and sneakers.
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Firm culture, amusing anecdotes, and the legal world.
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Popular Themes in r/Lawyertalk
#1
Advice Requests
: "What's one piece of advice another lawyer gave you that completely changed how you practice?"
18 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Some people in this profession have zero judgment"
16 posts
Popular Topics in r/Lawyertalk
#1
Lawyer
: "What's one piece of advice another Lawyer gave you that completely changed how you practice?"
34 posts
#2
Attorney
: "Attorney Sanctioned $8k and Firm $2.5k for AI brief"
17 posts
#3
Job
: "What is one thing from your first Job after law school that stayed with you - good, bad, surprising?"
14 posts
#4
Career
: "Tax LLM (mid-Career attorney moving into private client group)"
12 posts
#5
Legal
: "I realized I don’t want to be a lawyer anymore"
9 posts
#6
Litigation
: "Does anyone else find Litigation *less* stressful than transactional?"
9 posts
#7
Hate
7 posts
#8
Tired
7 posts
#9
Struggling
7 posts
#10
Ai
: "Attorney Sanctioned $8k and Firm $2.5k for Ai brief"
7 posts
Products Discussed in r/Lawyertalk
Shoes
16 reviews
#1
Allen Edmonds
4.5★ from 6 reviews
#2
Florsheim
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Beckett Simonon
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Dress Shoe
16 reviews
#1
Allen Edmonds
4.8★ from 5 reviews
#2
Florsheim
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#3
Alden
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Sneakers
11 reviews
#1
Allbirds
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Skechers
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
Ecco
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Lawyertalk
#1
HELP: Professional Development
: "Cognitive impairment"
39 posts
#2
HELP: Lawyering (methods, practices & processes)
: "How to a politely Tell a Judge to Honorably Speed the Docket up"
34 posts
#3
SHARING: Frustrations (Advice Welcome) :snoo_angry:
: "My boss did the most vile thing"
32 posts
#4
Memes, Jokes & Shitposts :snoo_trollface:
: "I stayed up all night to draft a response brief on a partner’s case that I’m not even staffing. The response was: “thx.” At least there were no redlines?"
23 posts
#5
SHARING: Stories :snoo_tableflip:
: "Realtor Hate Thread"
17 posts
#6
HELP: Math is hard (salary, payroll, bonus, compensation)
: "$36 an hour for brief writing"
10 posts
#7
HELP: Solo & Small Firm Issues
: "How long do I give new legal assistant to "get it" before letting them go?"
9 posts
#8
HELP: Office Relationships & Politics
: "Thrown at a Networking Event"
8 posts
#9
SHARING: Personal Success :snoo_simple_smile:
: "Picked up this bad boy today"
5 posts
#10
SHARING: Kindness & Support please (No Advice) :snoo_biblethump:
: "I’m Done."
5 posts
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+55k members(41.9%)
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Last updated: July 1, 2026