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1. Posted by Tom Bolt - 1 year, 1 month, 2 days, 14 hours, 56 minutes ago

   I don’t know about the “best” lawyer themed gift, but the most unusual had to be the 12 foot long sign from the “Law Firm of “Robb, Steele and Cheatam” that I received at my office from my mother.  Not sure if she was trying to send me a message, I promptly took the new artwork home where it remains in my study.

2. Posted by Loraine - 1 year, 1 month, 2 days, 14 hours, 52 minutes ago

   My mother began giving me lawyer-themed gifts almost the very day I announced that yes, I was going to go to law school.  One was a book entitled “101 Uses for a Dead Lawyer.”  Like the gentleman above, I am not sure whether my mother was trying to send me a message.  My favorite, however, was a T shirt listing the “Top 10 Reasons to Become a Lawyer,” which includes such items as “The Money - res ipsa loquitur,” “The Bar Association does not limit your drinking,” and “Bad lawyer jokes - enjoyable AND actionable.”  I’ve been out of school for over a decade, and I still wear the shirt.

3. Posted by Nicholas Harding - 1 year, 1 month, 2 days, 13 hours, 30 minutes ago

   During WWII Dad was statitoned in London and married my Mother a British lass.  After the bombing of the Houses of Parliament the rubble was turned into bookends and sold.  Mom and Dad bought a pair and held on to them until I graduated from law school in 1978, when they became my graduation gift.  They sit on my back bar holding up those key documents such as Black’s Law Dictionary, the Connecticut Rules of Court, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, West’s Federal Environmental Llaws, the Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill, Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words, etc.

4. Posted by dan olincy - 1 year, 1 month, 2 days, 10 hours, 4 minutes ago

   This is for the editor and really not for publication as a response.  The best gift YOU could give would be, when you print the notice about reading the responses to the PRIOR wee’s questions, you will also print what that question was—for us memory-impaired.

5. Posted by Michelle - 1 year, 1 month, 2 days, 9 hours, 25 minutes ago

   A pair of shark sunglasses along with a bikini that had little sharks and the words “man-eater” all over it - from my ex!

6. Posted by Kiki - 1 year, 1 month, 2 days, 8 hours, 10 minutes ago

   Waterford crystal gavel and a book of quotable quotes.

7. Posted by law student - 1 year, 1 month, 2 days, 7 hours, 45 minutes ago

   My dad got a stuffed piranha one year - easily the best gift he ever received from his staff ... thankfully, the office stopped the practice of giving gifts to the partners shortly after that (because the “what do you give a lawyer” really stressed everyone out)

8. Posted by JDMom - 1 year, 3 weeks, 4 days, 23 hours, 25 minutes ago

   A fun gift I saw recently was technically for the baby of a lawyer.  It’s a little romper that reads “Attorney Work Product”.