Stuff Lawyers Like
"Lawyers like stuff, too! From the humorous to the mundane and even the helpful, there's something here for every lawyer. Well, nearly every lawyer."
Author: Jennifer J. Rose is secretary of the ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division, chair of its bylaws committee, vice chair of its leadership training committed and list manager of the e-mail discussion list Solosez and lives in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. She also authors Staring at Strangers.
Blawg Related Categories: Solo / Small Firm • Humor
Recent Posts from Stuff Lawyers Like
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#10 – Reading e-Books
There are two things that most lawyers like: gadgets and books. Now there is a gadget for books. It is an e-book reader using a special electronic display that is particularly easy on the eyes.…
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#9 WordPerfect 5.1
A couple of decades ago the Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association had computer user group meetings as part of its quarterly meetings. Most of those user groups had about three to…
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#8 Helping Others
Interviewed by Katharine Mieszkowski in Salon.com, Stuff White People Like creator Christian Lander answered a few questions about the breed of white people who become lawyers: But obviously, there are a lot of white lawyers.…
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#7 NPR and Arguing with Kindergartners, Among Other Things
Lawyers seem to like Nina Totenberg. And NPR. But our heart reallybelongs to Sylvia Paggioli because she gets to go to cool places andsay hard-to-pronounce names with a great accent. For other lawyers,their heart belongs…
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#6 Covering Their Backsides
Lawyers like to cover their backsides. Sometimes, this makes it hard to give legal advice. A while back, I had a client who was stuck in a lawsuit. He was stuck by the time we…
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#5 Federal Judges with a Sense of Humor
Thanks go to Art Mouton of Lafayette, Louisiana, for sharing this decision. And to James S. Tyre, for providing the link. Technorati Tags: Waggoner v. Wal-mart, federal court, US District Courtfor the West…
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#4 Wit
Humor. Lawyers don’t get it. And they never had it. We all know the split. The determinists who believe that there is something in some of us that drives us to be lawyers. The behaviorists…
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#3 Big Words
Lawyers like to use big words. Little words are boring and unnecessarily concise. Big words are impressive and are indisputable evidence of one’s legal prowess. Words with multiple syllables are the preferred method of communication.…
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#2 Capturing and Keeping Clients
A lawyer without clients is like pain without suffering, the Salton Sea without salt, green eggs without ham, Mutt without Jeff, and cease without desist. You know the old adage: a lawyer without client is…
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#1 The ‘Lectric Law Library
If there’s one thing lawyers like more than prestige, pain and suffering and a new Mercedes Benz, it’s good humor. You’ve heard the lawyer jokes, and so have we. That shows how much the world…