Grabbag of Quotes

Girl in Professional Responsibility mocking my position that I would use 1.6 (c) (3) and (4) to disclose his clients HIV Positive Status to his girlfriend who was paying his legal bills: "What are you supposed to be Captain Save the world?"

Professional Responsibility Prof: "Always do not get paid in Cocaine!"

Evidence Prof: "If you were caught in a known drug house, with 135 packets of cocaine on the table in front of you, a razor with cocaine on it, a scale, a gun, and $2500 in cash would you want to talk about the evidence?"

this is why I became a prof

Prof (talking about trial tactics): “I haven’t tried a case in 30 years. Some of my clients are still in Leavenworth. They don’t think much of my trial tactics.”

Does Brooks Bros. carry those?

Prof: The Admiralty cases have to be brought in federal court. And you have to wear epaulets when you bring them.

Your liberal is showing, Professor...

When talking about Scalia's opinion rejecting the idea that a thermoimagery scan is not an illegal search:

Prof: He really gets off on this reasoning, it's so Scalia-ish of him...The lady of the house might be taking her bath and we'd be able to know about it. He's such a gallant son of a bitch.

Politics in class

Prof: A poll? You want to know people's opinions from a poll? A poll isn't reliable - take Osama Bin Laden. The poll says Bush is in trouble? There he is, making another tape! Then look what happens in a poll.

Diversity is important

Con Law Professor: So law schools used to say, "It's ok if they are Jewish, long as they are not too Jewish."

Student: I think they still do that here.

Con Law Professor: Well, normally its phrased a little more delicately than that.

somehow, undergrad sounds like law school...

Big Sister 2L: so how are things are school?
Little Sister: my friends seem to be going nuts. it's j-term, so everyone has lots of free time.
Big Sister 2L: ah.
Little Sister: this means that everyone just takes turns being the bullion cubes in the drama soup.

Law students are not renowned for their geography skills.

Constitutional Law professor: The Japanese had established naval dominance over the Pacific. (pause) For those of you not keen on geography, California borders the Pacific.
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It Didn't Help

(Property Prof drops his overheads of his lecture notes all over the floor.)
Prof: NOW we’ll have an interesting lecture!
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On 1L grades...

Contracts prof: I'm perfectly willing to talk to you about your grades, but I have a Kleenex policy in my office. That is, I don't keep any in my office, so if you're going to be crying, bring your own.

Civ Pro prof: I suggest you talk to all of your professors about your grades. You can just walk down the hall and knock on doors and say, "Okay, now YOU tell me why I suck."

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Presumptively High?

Evidence Professor (pausing while writing on board about "presumption"): Smells nice. (sniffs pen again) That's pretty good.

Maybe you should call your mother sometime?

PR Prof: (taking attendance) The [student last name] brothers?
2L with last name #1: (salutes the other 2L with the same last name)
2L with last name #2: Here.
PR Prof: How's mama Mabel [last name]?
2L with last name #2: She's good.
PR Prof: But she's DEAD!

This is why we can't take law students anywhere.

The BLS: Hey, you're in my seat!

Student: Well, yeah, but I have a possessory interest in this seat.

The BLS: Yeah? Well, I have a title to this seat, evidenced by the professor's seating chart. That trumps your possessory interest.

Student: Yeah, but...

Student #2: (interrupting) And this is why law students are only friends with other law students.

Submitted by The Bitter Law Student