It gives new meaning to corporate branding. (Rim shot.)

Young tech workers in Bangalore, India are so excited to work for the tech titans, that they are taking things a wee bit too far — and tattooing the companies’ logos on their bodies, reports The Telegraph.

They aren’t the first to think of the idea (though voluntarily getting “Oracle” tattooed on your chest might be the weirdest example). Last month, long-time Louisville Cardinals Coach Rick Pitino fulfilled a promise to his team to get a tattoo commemorating the national championship. Other members of his staff got similar tattoos, which will only be awkward if they are later hired by, say, the Kentucky Wildcats.

This should cause a bit of a chuckle. We’ve pointed out recently, a couple times, that the massive drop in law school applications has meant a shift in admissions results. Someone destined for a middling school in 2006 might have a shot at a top school today — or better yet, a scholarship!

Less applicants presumably means less people talking the LSAT and less people with gaudy LSAT numbers to fill the slots of the top schools. Of course, they could always reduce the size of incoming classes (adjust supply for the reduced demand). But that’d mean less incoming tuition to cover the schools’ massive overhead.

Instead, at least at the University of Michigan Law School, they’re looking at the whole person.

It’s summertime! Unlike your younger years as a carefree college kid delivering pizza, this summer you’ll be doin’ time in an office. You’ll spend your days researching law, handling client intake, or if you have a really unique boss, writing movie scripts!

In the old days, most law students would spend their summers working for a judge, a BigLaw firm, or in a public service internship. Today’s reality is a bit different, and you could be working anywhere from BigLaw to a craigslist-sourced crapternship™. No matter where you work, however, keep these tips in mind:

Got a couch?

If you weren't one of the lucky few to land a gig before graduation, well, that's probably not going to change any time soon. Over the next year, much like a groundhog headed for hibernation, you'll need to burrow in for the cold winter summer of post-graduation bar review and unemployment.

I learned something interesting yesterday. I had always assumed that my hiring at FindLaw was the product of my appropriate pedigree (English minor, law degree from Dubyanel, and background in blogging, web design, and HTML coding) seasoned with the helpful praise of a dear friend’s mother, who has worked at FindLaw for quite some time.

I was wrong. It turns out my “sparkly” cover letter was to blame. I dug up that cover letter, and decided to share with you, the dear recent grads seeking jobs, what seems to have worked. Here’s the best line from an overly-casual cover letter:

Much respect to Senator Elizabeth Warren, the first-term Congresswoman who beat incumbent Republican Scott Brown for one of Massachusetts’ seats in the Senate. According to the Los Angeles Times, a big reason for her victory was her embrace of the Occupy Wall Street movement and criticism of big banks.

And with her first bill, she may have just won a few more votes.

The Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, which has a snowball’s chance in hell of passing, would set student loan interest rates (for one year only) at the same rate that banks get when they borrow money from the federal government: 0.75 percent. The interest rate on federal student loans is currently set to double to 6.8 percent this summer.

If you aren’t planning a surprise visit, or at least a phone call, for this upcoming Mother’s Day, slap yourself. You are an ungrateful jerk.

You see, you are who you are, good or bad, because of your mother. Are you a cynical, cold, emotion-less robot? You’re probably an excellent attorney. Your mother also probably didn’t love you enough as a child. Thank her for the lack of affection because it means you are going to excel in a world of sharks.

Here are a few other reasons to thank your mothers:

Without even perusing Above the Law’s 2013 Top 50 Law School Rankings, we were certain of one thing: they beat the heck out of Thomas M. Cooley’s Judging the Law Schools Rankings (which emphasize the number of chairs in the library — Thomas M. Cooley is #2, right behind Harvard!).

No ma’am, ATL’s rankings emphasize something far more important to grads and pre-L’s everywhere: actual legal employment. As the glorious blog quipped, “Most people attend law school to become lawyers. Not butchers, bakers, or candlestick makers.” Bonus points are awarded for BigLaw and clerkships.

This year, we've seen a lot of bad news about the legal job market. The most recent statistics were devastating for everyone except lateral candidates who have been practicing for more than five years. Half of the class of 2011 was making less than $60k, which means student loans are sitting pretty in default status. The depressing statistics would have been unfathomably low just a few years ago. Today, it matches with many of our experiences, as well as those of our classmates.

One man, however, contends that the glass is half-full. Professor D. Benjamin Barros of Widener tracked down law grads from the class of 2010 and 2011 to see how they were faring today, rather than at the nine month mark. The results were better, though they were better in a "getting shot in the leg is better than being run over slowly by a steamroller" sort of way.

You aren't a dog person. They smell, chew up your Thom Browne ties, and they bark -- incessantly. No, that isn't a reflection on you, the one who trained the dog. It's the dog's fault. You swear. If that is how you feel, don't go for one of these associate-appropriate breeds.

So feline it is.

A young associate attorney on the rise has merely one factor to consider when choosing a cat: the status symbol. Do you have a large amount of disposable income to spend on an exotic breed? Some of the rarer varieties, while costing up to $3,000 per cat, might be worth it as a meowing manifestation of all of your hard work. (Or you might just have a strong desire for a forty pound cat.) Plus, you're making the big bucks, right? You can't put a price on happiness.

Here are five odd breeds of kittens perfect for a young yuppie attorney: