Wednesday, March 01, 2006
BA Faux Pas
Overheard by Grace
Menagerie
Prof: "There was even evidence which suggested that the defendants had a sexual relationship with the dogs in question...and that they had an adoptive son...who may also have been involved in that particular menage. Or, if you like, menagerie."
Overheard by kommishoner
Overheard at Quinnipiac University School of Law
Property Professor: Ok so the English came over, and then what happened?
Class: Silent
Property Professor: Who has been to Williamsburg?
Property Professor: Ahhh yes Mr. 1L!
1L: Oh, I was just raising my hand to say that yes, I've been to Williamsburg.
Overheard by SR
History degrees ARE useless
ILP: What was important going on at this time?
Student: Oh, there was some war.
ILP: Some war?
Student: Yea, some war... Oooooh, World War II.
-- Overheard by lawbrat
We're Better than Jesus
"I don't know why our client hides things from us. We're like his priests, except we can actually fix things."
-- Overheard by FYKL
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
We'll All Get Through This Together
Crim Law Prof: Come on, just say something, so we can all make fun of you and move on.
Alito and...
Think first, speak later
While discussing the ethics of lying to the Unabomber in order to obtain apsychiatric analysis against his direction...
PR Prof: "I feel like I could write some futuristic novel where this is our hero, the Unabomber... I haven't exactly thought out the screenplay."
-- Overheard by livinginthelaw
The real reason for Spring Break
-- Overheard by Chutch (please welcome said author as the 1st of 3 new permanent posters!)
Monday, February 27, 2006
Some say ambulance chaser, I say crusader for the little guy
"I used to do a lot of housing cases because they were easy. You send in a tester and bam! You win a lot of money. Easy Money!"
Expert Toker?
I feel used
1L: "Prof. L– not too bad for a prof... actually kind of hot... but soooo married!"
1L, in a follow-up on the previous note during the next class: "Prof laski from Saved By The Bell The College yrs?"
Over...written by MO'M
Conservative Con Law Prof?
CCLP: "Liberals wake up in the morning and try to figure out how to make the world better... conservatives wake up and say 'thank god i wasnt stabbed overnight... everything's okay.'"
CCLP, Introducing class to his judicial philosophy: "I am more Borkian....than Bork."
CCLP: “The one thing you gain in law school that is useful to being a lawyer is a higher tolerance for personal embarassment…I mean, you have to be able to stand up in a courtroom and say ‘OJ is innocent.’”
CCLP: “Government is dangerous; that’s why we should have as little of it as possible.”
CCLP, Discussing McCulloch: “My tax is unconstitutional? Your whole goddamn bank is unconstitutional, and so is your mother!”
CCLP: “That’s as commercy as commerce gets!”
-- Overheard by CLK
Sunday, February 26, 2006
But I imagine Blackacre with a rich baritone.
Well, it concerns me
JOIN US.... JOIN US!!!
I will only let you be a permanent poster if:
- You promise to post twice a week.
- The posts must be remotely amusing.
- You keep a "you have to be there to understand" to a minimum.
- You have either sent me a quote already (link me to when it was posted) OR send me a new one.
- You introduce yourself to me in the e-mail. Name, year in school, school. I won't lie, I'm looking for 1Ls and 2Ls because 3Ls don't give a shit anymore. I don't blame them. In fact, I envy them. As with law school in general, I will choose you based on the school you go to. I am looking for some ivy leaguers to give this blog some cred. Just kidding, because I already have two. BOO-YAH. I'm looking for people from different schools than those represented already. For the number of you from Indiana who e-mail me, there's got to be one of you who wants permanent posting privileges.
Out of the badness of my heart, if you have permanent posting privileges already and have not posted in the past month, you may be dropped (with notice). If you don't want posting privileges anymore, let me know. I want more posts and I want them now.
Your admin,
LiserDoesLaw
The truth comes out
Overheard by HS
The best kind of friends
1L: well, they were “friends”
Civ Pro Prof: Friends with benefits! That’s a relatively new term for me. We didn’t have that when I was your age. I mean, we had it, we just didn’t call it that.
-- Overheard by WLE
Tell me about it
-- Overheard by Chutch
Pre-Roberts and Alito days
Overheard by the BLS
Property Grab Bag
1L: I'm gonna go with yes.
Property Prof.: Is there a shorter and more accurate answer?
Overheard by Chutch
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Overheard by Homie
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oh, the shame
Westlaw Student Rep #2: It's okay, I missed two, but I feel really bad about it.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
I am the king!
Weekend Plan
2L Girl: Mine is too, papers to write, men to fuck, etc.
2L: Well, at least you have your priorities.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
tomayto/tomahto
student #2: She's more of a raging retard.
At least he admits it
"I get to claim certain rights as a law professor, but that doesn't mean I'm connected to reality."
I didn't mean it...
Civ Pro Prof: "Judge Posner is one of the most influential judges in the country. If you guys have blogs, please don't post that I insulted him.."
We're not that bad at numbers, lady
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
This about sums it up...
Business Student: The exam is on Sunday? What the fuck is wrong with you people?
Monday, February 20, 2006
Cheney's got a gun
with the Vice President.
-- overheard by BD
We don't need no steenkin Ethics rules
-- overheard by CR
I'll know it when I see it
-- overheard by CR
Leave the hypos to the profs next time
-- overheard by CD
Sunday, February 19, 2006
when the 7th Circuit gets out of hand
2L girl: I feel like Easterbrook gets too much exposure. He enjoys pontificating a bit too much.
2L guy: Correct. He's a punk on paper.
Friday, February 17, 2006
This is who we become...
2L #2: You can't try and help them. This is the class struggle.
Crim Law and Mercy Killing
Prof: Yeah, unless his Mom gets sick
As overheard by rangjl
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Procedure of the Civil variety
-- Overheard by WE
Civil Procedure Professor: "Don't kick a baby elephant, and don't abuse a clerk. Just don't."
-- Overheard by HLJ
Con Law Compilation
-- Overheard by Homie B.
Constitutional Law Professor: I realize that this isn't the clearest chart in the world. You can use it to study the concept... or you can use it for wrapping sardines.
-- Overheard by The BLS
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
finally, a law book worth reading
Feisty today
- “All of us ‘originalists’ seem to go back to the language of the Constitution when it suits our purposes.”
- “Can they look in the film canister on the desk during a protective sweep? No. Sometimes there’s just film in there anyway... As Freud says, sometimes a film canister is just a film canister."
- “If the crazy killer brother-in-law is in the attic, they’re gonna fuckin’ hear him coming before he gets there and have a reasonable reason to go search the house!
- “I get a letter with a return address of Osama bin Laden… I wonder if he has mailing labels?”
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
I'm not Bitter....I'm not!!!
It makes me feel good when I can say he's completely wrong.
This story brightened my day, too
-- Seen by Prof. TR
Freudian Slip
-- Overheard by JN
Flattery will get you everywhere
2L: OMG - if I get quoted on Overheard in Law School, I'll put it on my resume.
-- Overheard by LB
Interview etiquette
2L #2: Hmmm. Then maybe you should just fall down on purpose on the wayfrom the car to the door so you get it out of the way.
-- Overheard by LB
Stereotypes, shmereotypes
K Prof (discussing a Tennessee case): The 16 year old defendant did not repair the truck and let the engine blow up. Then he left it parked for months on his parent's front lawn... reinforcing every stereotype of Tennesee you've ever had.
-- Overheard by BD
I was just following orders
-- Overheard by CT
More property quotes? Of course!
Property professor passing out an evaluation form regarding classes for this week and realizing he doesn't have enough copies: "Like Ohio voting ballots, not enough for everyone. That was not a political statement."
-- Overheard by GR
1L: What does a purple mohawk and a leather jacket really say, anyway?Property prof: I wish I knew.
-- Overheard by K
Property Professor: Why do we have deeds?
1L: It's more convenient than throwing clumps of dirt at each other (referring to livery of seisen).
-- Overheard by Kitrah
Property Professor: None of us are asking for in-depth research to answer these problems. Only psycho professors at the top law schools ask for those things, and even then…
-- Overheard by JU
Monday, February 13, 2006
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Romance
1L #2: I don't know...maybe give her a call.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Grab bag from Melissa
Prof of Ancient Athenian Law: If you haven't seen groundhog day, go see it. It has nothing to do with Athenian law.
Prof of Ancient Athenian Law: what do you want to talk about? Theft? Kidnapping?
Student: rape
Professor: sure, always a cheery topic!
Trademarks Professor: It's like ping and pong, Iliad and the Odyssey, §8 and §15.
Overheard by Melissa
Not Overheard, but definitely overread.
Overheard by TI
Amen
Overheard by Anonymous #40593222
I hope this doesn't happen to me
Overheard by M
Experts on Everything
Overheard by CKC
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Prawperty Law Extravaganza
2L: Property is like a soap opera... you can tune out for three weeks and still know what's going on. Well, that, and I think the lead character (the professor) has amnesia...
-- Overheard by The BLS
***1L: If we're talking about the over-all value to society, it'd be best to kill all homeless people!
Property Prof: Well, it might cause some disutility to the homeless person, right?
-- Overheard by Anonymous
***
Property Prof: Well, what is the principle that Marshall has extracted from Johnson?
Student: That when white people agree on something, it's the rule.
-- Overheard by SLS1L
***
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Oh, but you are!
2L #2: I don't want to RSVP. I want to be a surprise.
Probably not what he meant to say
Later that same class:
Prof: I didn't mean to cut you off.
1L: It's ok, I've been cut off many times before.
Prof: Just the way I've been fingered several times before.
Submitted by Homie B.
But then there'd be no torts hypos.
Submitted by LB
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Abstract interpretation
Prof: Now I don't know what time it is...
Usual Suspect 2L (interrupting): Well that depends on what you believe about time, or if you believe in time, or if time itself is relative, or...
Prof: I think what matters is what time the Registrar thinks I should begin class.
International Law and 24
2L: Jack Bauer could.
Real Life Contract Drafting
2L: But he has a new song out!
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Classes of Yesteryear
Monday, January 30, 2006
We really should look into getting satellites...
LLM #2: How can a cat not know his shape? This is how Americans predict the weather?
civil disobedience
International Trade Law Shenanigans
Student: Shenanigans...
Professor: Well, that wasn't exactly the word I was thinking of, but Yes - Discriminatory Shenanigans.
Submitted by MJ
At least HE gets it
Submitted by the BLS
1L #1: Proximate Cause, Duty, Negligence..ummm..
Civ Pro Prof: Huh? You have to prove negligence in order to prove negligence?
1L #2: Don't worry, we didn't get it either.
Civ Pro Prof: You want me to tell Torts Prof that you didn't get it?
1L #2: He read my test answers. He already knows.
Submitted by CS
Professor R Strikes Again
Prof R: Uncle R's Rules of Legislation: Any law named after a dead kid is probably a bad law.
Prof R: Bless you, my child.
Prof R: In an abysmally stupid--strike that. In an unusual decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided...
Prof R: ...And those are the best custody battles of all. Mom versus her own mom. Blood on the mat. No contesto.
Submitted by SunCynic
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Grabbag of Quotes
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?"
Thursday, January 26, 2006
this is why I became a prof
Does Brooks Bros. carry those?
Your liberal is showing, Professor...
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
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Diversity is important
Student: I think they still do that here.
Con Law Professor: Well, normally its phrased a little more delicately than that.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
somehow, undergrad sounds like law 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.
Submitted by The BLS
It Didn't Help
Prof: NOW we’ll have an interesting lecture!
Submitted by Anonymous #2
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."
Submitted by AnonymousMonday, January 23, 2006
Presumptively High?
Maybe you should call your mother sometime?
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.
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
Friday, January 20, 2006
Somebody call Buffy
-- Submitted by Molly
Thursday, January 19, 2006
This is what no chalkboard does to a man
Scrambling for an answer/something intelligent to say
Overheard in PR
Submitted by Kat
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
When smuggling goes awry
Old grudges still hold
3L: Quartering soldiers?
Crip Pro prof: Do you know why they'd do that?
3L: I think it has something to do with the British.
ah, your hand is up again
2L: "[Name.]" I should also introduce you to Mr. [2L] over there. He's going to be asking a lot of questions, too.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
That's about right
Jurisprudence Seminar Professor giving his insight about “Lord of the Flies” and the character named Piggy: "People who cry a lot piss me off."
--Submitted by B
feel the force
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Not the point of the 24/7 attorney.
1L #2: i went to bed. at least i tried to go to bed, but 1L #3 kept drunk texting me to tell me that he drunk dialed Westlaw.
Submitted by Anonymous
(Abuse of the Westlaw 24/7 365 attorney has occurred before here on Overheard)
Friday, January 06, 2006
Welcome Back!
Student: “Well, he did at the end.”
Professor: “Screw you. Don’t fight my hypo.”
Professor: (referring to practice of parties holding fire rods, and whoever held the longest won the contract suit): “It’s a wonderful institution and it caused a lot of people to have burned hands. You might get Blackacre, but you’ll be called Stumpie for the rest of your life.”
Submitted by Anonymous
Monday, December 26, 2005
Because law students need to pray sometimes...
Priest: You all know what original sin is. That even the youngest baby is sinful. Think of a crack baby.
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Fun with the BA Prof
BA Prof: …regardless, or as they say in New Jersey, irregardless…
BA Prof: I may not be a nice guy, but I am ethical. Or at least I’m not unethical.
Submitted by TI
Overlooked Evidence
Submitted by Jaime
Gems from State & Local Prof
S&L Prof: You can’t swim nude in your swimming pool, which is a real bummer. (Pause) I don’t have a swimming pool, but it sounds to me like a bummer.
Submitted by TI
Pre-finals confidence
Skinny 2L recipient of said comment: (silence)
Submitted by TI
Irrefutable evidence
3L: Doritos.
Submitted by Michele S.