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Legal Antics 
Chronicling legal humor-- because let's face it-- lawyers take themselves far too seriously and the law is damn funny if you look at it through the right lens.
Post Frequency: 2.5/day Last Entry: August 08, 2011 at 07:55:00 Recent Entries: 535
By Nicole Black, Esq.
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Makes sense to me.
Posted on August 20, 2008A few rather creative quotes from insurance claims for you on this fine Wednesday: Windshield broke. Cause unknown. Probably Voodoo. No witnesses would admit having seen the mishap until after it happened. I had been learning to drive with power...
Oh, who has time for you people, anyway?
Posted on August 19, 2008Via the Legal Profession blog--a lawyer with no time for that silly old disciplinary committee: While attempting to serve the Respondent, the Office of the Disciplinary Counsel investigator...spoke with Respondent's wife, who advised the investigator that she had spoken to...
Selective amnesia
Posted on August 18, 2008Thankfully, Larry Would Learn How to Be a Better Criminal in Jail Lawyer: Did you know there was a gun in the house? Defendant: No. Lawyer: Did you hold the gun at any point? Defendant: No. Lawyer: Did you threaten...
Clarification is good.
Posted on August 15, 2008Via the Billable Hour comes the following greeting card/comic:
Ah, George. I got nothing. Nothing.
Posted on August 14, 2008Apparently, we've got more in common than I thought:
Your tax dollars at work
Posted on August 13, 2008I'm pretty sure this is from a commercial, but it's still damn funny:
What was the date again?
Posted on August 12, 2008Because the witness' response is funnier than anything I can come up with: Lawyer: "Now, isn't it true that on the 5th of November last year, you rode naked through the streets on top of a dustcart, letting off fireworks,...
Well, the question itself was so vague, who can blame the little girl?
Posted on August 11, 2008Wrong on All Counts Teacher: Who was the first African-American woman court justice? Girl: Judge Judy! --Leon M. Goldstein High School, Brooklyn Overheard by: Robert via Overheard in New York, Jul 5, 2008
Run away! Run away! Keep running!
Posted on August 07, 2008Yes, the title of this post is a Monty Python reference, but this video, brought to you via Quizlaw, is really all about el presidente.
That's right. We read.
Posted on August 06, 2008To me, a lawyer is basically the person that knows the rules of the country. We're all throwing the dice, playing the game, moving our pieces around the board, but if there is a problem the lawyer is the only...
Yeah, legal research is for losers.
Posted on August 05, 2008Via the Legal Profession Blog comes this unbelievable exchange set forth in a footnote in this opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Thanks to Edward Wiest for pointing this out to me. Phipps: . ....
Yet another judge breaks into verse.
Posted on August 04, 2008And, this time it's a limerick. Via Quizlaw, a judge's rather creative way of advising counsel that the Complaint was far too long: Plaintiff has a great deal to say, But it seems he skipped Rule 8(a). His Complaint is...
TWiL Podcast
Posted on July 29, 2008Recently, I was lucky enough to be invited by the inimitable Denise Howell to participate in one of the most well known legal podcasts, TWiL. The podcast is now available here. In TWiL 16, host Denise Howell, Ernie Svenson, Marty...
More free legal advice
Posted on July 22, 2008Bad acting does not a mistrial make. Via Lowering the Bar, comes the following hysterical video. Rather than re-create the wheel, I'll simply use the inimitable Kevin Underhill's description, since he's one of the funniest lawyers around: This story shows...
Breaking news! A law firm with a sense of humor.
Posted on July 22, 2008And, in other news, pigs fly. The ABA Law Journal tipped me off to this unusually funny law firm website--the Lawyer Job Interview Translator. Halleland, Lewis, Nilan and Johnson actually gets Web 2.0 and Gen Y! Somebody, pinch me, please!
Free legal advice
Posted on July 21, 2008Things not to say during a traffic stop: ? I was smoking, I was smoking marijuana. It's right here in my ashtray. I just picked up an eighth, here it is. I smoked a bowl's worth. I was just smoking...
Settlement talks = oxymoron
Posted on July 17, 2008Via the Billable Hour comes the following greeting card/comic:
Yet another judge breaks into verse
Posted on July 15, 2008Via Quizlaw, comes yet another judge who can simply cannot refrain from creative expression when faced with a 465 page complaint: Plaintiff has a great deal to say, But it seems he skipped Rule 8(a). His Complaint is too long,...
Because, if she didn't have legal skills, she'd be totally unqualified.
Posted on July 14, 2008Via Above the Law comes this rather peculiar Craigslist job posting: Help Wanted: Concubine - m4w - 35 (Upper East Side) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job Description: You will regularly provide sexual services as needed and on demand...
Summer schedule
Posted on July 11, 2008F or the rest of the summer, I'll be taking Friday's off, as I work on the 2007-8 supplement to my West criminal law treatise. Regular posting will resume in September.
Gun with whiskey glass attachment.
Posted on July 08, 2008If you added an attachable ashtray, this particular gun cold be the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearm's logo:
Another lawyer joke.
Posted on July 07, 2008Two lawyers, Jon and Amanpreet, head out for their usual 9 holes of golf. Jon offers Amanpreet a $50 bet. Amanpreet agrees and they're off. They shoot a great game. After the 8th hole, Amanpreet is ahead by one stroke,...
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I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
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