Law students don’t get out much, preferring instead to pour their energies into work – and procrastination. Enter @LawVicissitudes, an anonymous Twitter account which is causing a storm among British wannabe lawyers.
Since launching less than two months ago, @LawVicissitudes has rapidly hauled in over 4,000 followers, with retweets of its pithy one-liners about what’s on the minds of us legal library hermits bounding round the law student Twittersphere. Speculation about who is behind the account is rife, but the identity of @LawVicissitudes remains a mystery.
Here, grouped into category type for your convenience, are my top ten @LawVicissitudes tweets to date…
For those with a rebellious streak, some thrilling ways to break the rules
Downloading torrents whilst sitting in an Intellectual Property Lecture. #Lawkward #LawStudentProblems
— Law Student Problems (@LawVicissitudes) February 19, 2013
#LawTips: edit the Wikipedia page after copying it to avoid plagiarism.
— Law Student Problems (@LawVicissitudes) February 15, 2013
After hours in the library, the lines between reality and legal study can begin to blur…
#NotSureIf Criminal Law Problem Question or Detective Novel. #LawStudentProblems
— Law Student Problems (@LawVicissitudes) March 18, 2013
#NotSureIf I’ve just bought my EU Law textbook, or just bailed out the Eurozone. #LawStudentProblems
— Law Student Problems (@LawVicissitudes) February 11, 2013
#NotSureIf Lord Denning is dissenting or just Trolling the other judges. #LawStudentProblems
— Law Student Problems (@LawVicissitudes) February 19, 2013
Still, being a law student has its advantages…
Casually throwing in that you’re a law student everytime you make a formal complaint. #LawStudentProblems
— Law Student Problems (@LawVicissitudes) February 25, 2013
Acting like a boss because you have studied Employment Law. #LawStudentProblems
— Law Student Problems (@LawVicissitudes) March 22, 2013
@LawVicissitudes has come up with some #Lawesome hashtags!
Accidentally cited “R v Kelly” as “R Kelly”. #Lawl #LawStudentProblems
— Law Student Problems (@LawVicissitudes) February 27, 2013
#NotSureIf R v Brown or 50 Shades of Grey. #Kinky #Lawkward #LawStudentProblems
— Law Student Problems (@LawVicissitudes) February 12, 2013
And finally…my personal favourite
It’s difficult to pay attention in Land Law when my interest keeps being defeated. #LawStudentProblems
— Law Student Problems (@LawVicissitudes) March 15, 2013
