Witness: She was working on her Feces.
Partner: What was that?
Witness: You know, Feces, she was getting her Masters.
Partner: You mean "Thesis"?
Witness: Ohh, umm...yeah.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Sunday, August 20, 2006
At Least Your Not Anemic
4 2L's are eating burritos at Qdoba during OCI. Three are in suits and between interviews. The fourth is in shorts and a t-shirt and not between interviews
2L#1: My interview with Dewey, Cheatem, & Howe went very well.
2L#2: Yeah, I met with them this morning. They were very friendly.
2L#3: Did either of you interview with Dewar's & Rocks? I have them next.
2L#1: No, I interview with them later tonight.
2L#4: I just ate some tin foil . . . In case any of you are wondering why I didn't get any interviews, it's because of shit like that.
2L#1: My interview with Dewey, Cheatem, & Howe went very well.
2L#2: Yeah, I met with them this morning. They were very friendly.
2L#3: Did either of you interview with Dewar's & Rocks? I have them next.
2L#1: No, I interview with them later tonight.
2L#4: I just ate some tin foil . . . In case any of you are wondering why I didn't get any interviews, it's because of shit like that.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
You don't need both hands to read Braille.
3L: Sometimes a vibrator is very necessary.
2L: But how will you study for the bar once you go blind?
2L: But how will you study for the bar once you go blind?
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Why Law Schools Don't Have Parent's Weekend
2L#1: Will you back me up!?! Jesus!
2L#2: Jesus doesn't back up girls like you.
2L#1: That's not true. He backed up Mary Magdalene.
2L#3: And she was a whore.
2L#2: True. That's an example that Jesus backs up girls exactly like you.
2L#1's Mom: Calm down, you're getting out of line.
2L#2: Jesus doesn't back up girls like you.
2L#1: That's not true. He backed up Mary Magdalene.
2L#3: And she was a whore.
2L#2: True. That's an example that Jesus backs up girls exactly like you.
2L#1's Mom: Calm down, you're getting out of line.
Monday, August 14, 2006
Tell me what you really think
Attorney 1: What do you think of the boss's new haircut?
Attorney 2: I feel like he should be stealing my car not running the office
Attorney 2: I feel like he should be stealing my car not running the office
which part of this is worse?
(via IM)
3L: oh no i think i have to crap at work.
2L: hahahaha, i'm sorry
2L: that's funny
3L: it is funny to most people but i can't do the crapping in public
3L: maybe the bathroom is empty
2L: haha, i know
2L: i only crap in empty bedrooms
2L: i mean bathrooms
2L: wow
3L: oh no i think i have to crap at work.
2L: hahahaha, i'm sorry
2L: that's funny
3L: it is funny to most people but i can't do the crapping in public
3L: maybe the bathroom is empty
2L: haha, i know
2L: i only crap in empty bedrooms
2L: i mean bathrooms
2L: wow
Sunday, August 13, 2006
That ice cream tastes unusual
not-L: Hey, is that an abortion clinic? (Pointing to a sign that says "Tremont Family Medical Center")
3L: No, that is the abortion clinic! (Pointing to a sign that says "Tremont Scoops")
3L: No, that is the abortion clinic! (Pointing to a sign that says "Tremont Scoops")
suspect classes
Recently engaged 3L: I called this girl I went to high school with, to tell her I was getting married. (And she became a born again Christian in college.) She starts telling me about this class she took at her church with her husband, and realizing that men and women are different and how you don't really figure that out until someone tells you.
3 other 3Ls in unison: Boys have a penis and girls have a vagina!
3 other 3Ls in unison: Boys have a penis and girls have a vagina!
The Fact That It's Funny Makes It Less Offensive
In the elevator with 3L, on the way up to her apartment
2L#1: 3L is going to make us some pasta.
2L#2: And her food is gorgeous, I do know that.
2L#1: But how does it taste? Because I've known plenty of girls who looked gorgeous...
2L#1: 3L is going to make us some pasta.
2L#2: And her food is gorgeous, I do know that.
2L#1: But how does it taste? Because I've known plenty of girls who looked gorgeous...
Friday, August 11, 2006
Sippin' on haterade
3L: yeah but i like making fun of national security
2L: national INsecurity
3L: SNAP
2L: national INsecurity
3L: SNAP
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Maybe a Harder Career Path is in Order
2L: You want to go into Civil Rights ligitation, right?
3L: Civil Rights Defense, I want to crush the spirits of the weak
2L: That doesn’t seem like it would be much of a challenge for you, maybe you should try something a little harder
3L: Civil Rights Defense, I want to crush the spirits of the weak
2L: That doesn’t seem like it would be much of a challenge for you, maybe you should try something a little harder
Sunday, August 06, 2006
The Fact That It's Funny Makes It Less Gross
Older 2L: Listen, I've been in the business world since before any of you was even a squirt in your father's eyes.
Wiser 2L: It's a good thing none of us was a squirt in our mother's eyes because then we wouldn't be here.
Wiser 2L: It's a good thing none of us was a squirt in our mother's eyes because then we wouldn't be here.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
God, I HATE children
Senior Trial Attorney: That groupie works for Save the Children? God, do me a favor!
--Special Court for Sierra Leone
--Special Court for Sierra Leone
That's just nasty
In reference to our lack of water and flushing toilets:
Senior Legal Attorney returns from restroom: I just shat on someone's shit!
--Special Court for Sierra Leone
Senior Legal Attorney returns from restroom: I just shat on someone's shit!
--Special Court for Sierra Leone
Friday, August 04, 2006
Are You Sure You're Not American?
2:00 the day before the last final in a summer program
Italian Law Student: I am so tired. I have been studying since a quarter to seven this morning. I want to sleep, but I cannot. I must study more.
German Law Student: You can sleep tomorrow.
Italian Law Student: No, I cannot, because tomorrow I must be drunk.
Italian Law Student: I am so tired. I have been studying since a quarter to seven this morning. I want to sleep, but I cannot. I must study more.
German Law Student: You can sleep tomorrow.
Italian Law Student: No, I cannot, because tomorrow I must be drunk.
America's The Best!
Discussing the "Big Ben Burger" with a German student at a pub in London
2L#1: That burger is $18 American. 2L#2, what can you get for $18 American at Steak n' Shake?
2L#2: Shit, all four of us could eat at Steak n' Shake for $18.
2L#1: And hell, three of us could have sex with the waitress.
2L#1: That burger is $18 American. 2L#2, what can you get for $18 American at Steak n' Shake?
2L#2: Shit, all four of us could eat at Steak n' Shake for $18.
2L#1: And hell, three of us could have sex with the waitress.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Yet They Haven't Gotten Any Big Firm Offers
2L: Okay, I promise...no more conversations about my nuts. Except to say that my nuts are top 10% at a tier 4 law school.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Biblical Exam Directives
While the exams were being passed out for Professional Responsibility
Proctor: I know it's tempting, but don't read through the back of the paper onto the last page of the test. Keep thy x-ray vision to yourself
3L: Is that the 11th Commandment? Right after don't sleep with your clients?
Proctor: I know it's tempting, but don't read through the back of the paper onto the last page of the test. Keep thy x-ray vision to yourself
3L: Is that the 11th Commandment? Right after don't sleep with your clients?
Good luck!
Good luck to all recent graduates taking the bar.
Love,
Liser
(and most likely the rest of the Overheard posters, too)
Love,
Liser
(and most likely the rest of the Overheard posters, too)
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
while trying to deciper medical records of a plaintiff with personal injuries from a motor vehicle accident...
Articling Clerk: Umm, I'm a little confused.
First Year Associate: What does it say?
Articling Clerk: Well, it says that she got an "STI" from the collision...doesn't that stand for Sexually Transmitted Infection??? What the hell was she DOING?
First Year Associate: Wow, what else could that mean? I have no idea...
First Year Associate #2, entering office and overhearing the conversation: You guys are perverts. It stands for Soft Tissue Injury. Jeesh.
Overheard by CanadianLawStudentGoneWild
Articling Clerk: Umm, I'm a little confused.
First Year Associate: What does it say?
Articling Clerk: Well, it says that she got an "STI" from the collision...doesn't that stand for Sexually Transmitted Infection??? What the hell was she DOING?
First Year Associate: Wow, what else could that mean? I have no idea...
First Year Associate #2, entering office and overhearing the conversation: You guys are perverts. It stands for Soft Tissue Injury. Jeesh.
Overheard by CanadianLawStudentGoneWild
Goodbye evil book!
rising 3L: I sold my Contracts book. I think my life will get exponentially better now, kind of like it was before... You know, before that book came into my life.
Monday, July 24, 2006
my personality just makes people think I'm nuts
The scene: magistrate judge is about impose sentence on a defendant in traffic court who's been acting erratically at best, trying to sabotage her own plea agreement, and has just told the judge that the real problem is that he doesn't "understand her affect."
Judge: How long will it take you to pay the fine?
Defendant is silent.
Judge: Okay, fine, you have 60 days.
Attorney: Judge, if I may, my client is on Social Security disability and is on a fixed income.
Judge: What's the nature of the disability?
Attorney: Physical, your honor, she's had lower back sur...
Defendant (interrupting): It's a mental disability!
Judge: I can *see* that it's mental.
Judge: How long will it take you to pay the fine?
Defendant is silent.
Judge: Okay, fine, you have 60 days.
Attorney: Judge, if I may, my client is on Social Security disability and is on a fixed income.
Judge: What's the nature of the disability?
Attorney: Physical, your honor, she's had lower back sur...
Defendant (interrupting): It's a mental disability!
Judge: I can *see* that it's mental.
The truth sometimes burns
Barbri Torts Prof: Amtrack - love the service - "can I enhance the smell of urine for you sir?"
Overheard by melissa
Overheard by melissa
That's how I felt the first time.
CivPro Professor: We begin with personal jurisdiction. Remember that? That's all that Pennoyer crap.
Overheard by carrie
Overheard by carrie
Just like gay penguins!
Domestic Relations Professor: "Cohabitation" is a euphemism--what we're really saying is that they're living together ... and they're doin' it.
Overheard by carrie
Overheard by carrie
The lines between good and bad blur in law school.
Law Student: I just found out I made Law Review, and it is actually making me question whether there is a God.
Non-law Student: Why?
Law Student: Because how is it that something that good happened to me? I'm a bad person!
Non-law Student: Well, no-one said God was fair...
Overheard by MC
Non-law Student: Why?
Law Student: Because how is it that something that good happened to me? I'm a bad person!
Non-law Student: Well, no-one said God was fair...
Overheard by MC
Somebody really likes his vacation
Prof B: See, that's what pisses me off! If I'm on vacation, I don't want to be disturbed. I had this one ass call me on my global cell phone, drunk no less, while I was in New Zealand on vacation. Just because I give out my number doesn't mean you use it. The bastard cost me $5. I mean, I don't even care if my dad dies...don't bother me. He will still be dead when I get home. Me ruining a perfectly good getaway isn't gonna bring him back. Moral of the story: Don't bother me when I'm on vacation.
-Overheard by SA
-Overheard by SA
Slip of the tongue
1L: So, when a person is in a persistent vegatative state and is on a vibrator, the law just allows people to fight it out over who lives or dies? I don't think that people should be able just to remove a vibrator from someone and leave them without it when its necessary to sustain life.
Prof Z: Um, Mr. Student, you mean ventilator, right? Not vibrator?
Overheard by SA
Prof Z: Um, Mr. Student, you mean ventilator, right? Not vibrator?
Overheard by SA
Thursday, July 20, 2006
OOOOOO Snap!
Intern #1: So, Bush vetoed stem-cell research. I guess he just doesn't care about anyone with a disease at all.
Intern #2: Yeah, Michael J. Fox was livid about it.
Intern #1: Really? Was he shaking?
Intern #3: Oooooooooo! SNAP!
Intern #2: Yeah, Michael J. Fox was livid about it.
Intern #1: Really? Was he shaking?
Intern #3: Oooooooooo! SNAP!
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
it's all about antecedents, kids
Labor attorney (getting off the phone): So they kicked him out!
Consulting attorney: I don't understand. Why would they kick a contractor out of his own office?
LA: Not the contractor! The cat!
CA: Huh?
LA: They kicked the cat out of the groomer's! Have you ever heard of such a thing?!
CA: Um, no. What cat?
LA: My cat! They're kicking him out of the groomer's and I have to go get him!
CA: Okay, I really have no idea what we're talking about. I thought we were talking about this contractor who was leaving before the contract was up? And now we're talking about...your cat?
LA: Yes.
CA: Okay, we're going to have to work on that stream of consciousness thing before we go before the judge.
Consulting attorney: I don't understand. Why would they kick a contractor out of his own office?
LA: Not the contractor! The cat!
CA: Huh?
LA: They kicked the cat out of the groomer's! Have you ever heard of such a thing?!
CA: Um, no. What cat?
LA: My cat! They're kicking him out of the groomer's and I have to go get him!
CA: Okay, I really have no idea what we're talking about. I thought we were talking about this contractor who was leaving before the contract was up? And now we're talking about...your cat?
LA: Yes.
CA: Okay, we're going to have to work on that stream of consciousness thing before we go before the judge.
No Spin Zone
Professor: [In a review session] Remember the importance of fee arrangements...
3L: Professor, Why is this...important?
3L: Professor, Why is this...important?
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Reading Your Answer in Class
Rising 3L #1: The kid is literally reading the problem out of the book word for word
Rising 3L #2: That he is
Rising 3L #1: And what's worse, he can't even do that
Rising 3L #2: Education doesnt fix stupid
Rising 3L #2: That he is
Rising 3L #1: And what's worse, he can't even do that
Rising 3L #2: Education doesnt fix stupid
Lawyers and their Toys
Partner: I'm giving up on my worthless Treo. Order me a Blackberry
Senior Associate: Ooooo...it'll be new and shiny.
Partner: Can I customize the colors on that? I'm thinking the colors of Mexico
Secretary: I'll look into it
Senior Associate: You can also have the ringtone of the Mexican Song of Independence...
Partner: Can I get it in the colors of the Mexican Flag?
Secretary: I've got nail polish and time to kill
Senior Associate: Ooooo...it'll be new and shiny.
Partner: Can I customize the colors on that? I'm thinking the colors of Mexico
Secretary: I'll look into it
Senior Associate: You can also have the ringtone of the Mexican Song of Independence...
Partner: Can I get it in the colors of the Mexican Flag?
Secretary: I've got nail polish and time to kill
Saturday, July 08, 2006
This Post Is Not About Condoms
Two 2L's wandering through the Egypt section of the British Museum in London
2L#1, looking at a giant sculpture of a head: This is Ramses II.
2L#2: He kind of looks like Ramses VII to me.
2L#1, looking at a second giant sculpture: This one is Ramses VI. You know, you're right...they do look similar. In fact all the Ramses look the same...see, that's why you can't take me anywhere...I need to stop being racist.
2L#1, looking at a giant sculpture of a head: This is Ramses II.
2L#2: He kind of looks like Ramses VII to me.
2L#1, looking at a second giant sculpture: This one is Ramses VI. You know, you're right...they do look similar. In fact all the Ramses look the same...see, that's why you can't take me anywhere...I need to stop being racist.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Now that is friendship!
Players: Plaintiff's counsel; Defendant's counsel; Plaintiff's witness; Court Reporter
Plaintiff's counsel: I'm done.
D counsel: I'm just going to ask you a few questions.
Witness: Okay.
D Counsel: Did you discuss this deposition with anyone prior to today?
Witness: Yes, your client offered me $500.00 not to show up.
Overheard by Insolvent Esq
Overheard by Insolvent Esq
It must be one of those goth bars
Barbri prof: "None of you are going to commit necrophila on the bar... It's just unnatural."
Overheard by MG
Overheard by MG
One Hand in My Pocket
Crim Pro Prof: If you knew that a fellow law student had a bag of coke in their pocket would you have a legal obligation to report it?
Class: ...
Crim Pro Prof: No! Don't do that. We'd lose half of our law students.
Overheard by "There's No Competition in Law School"
Saturday, July 01, 2006
All graduated and you're still not cool
Plaintiff's atty #1, closing arguments: Tip the scales of justice here people. Tip all the evidence that this death was accidental (leans whole body over to the left) against all the evidence that it's suicide (leans a tiny bit to the right, but still hangs left) . Clearly my client wins, if you just look at the scale.
Defense atty #1 (whispered): What a goddamn tool. Douchebag.
Defense atty #1 (whispered): What a goddamn tool. Douchebag.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Lather, rinse, repeat
Prosecutor: Look, your client can plead, that's not a problem. But there's a mandatory loss of license for a year on this charge.
Defense counsel: We can't do a 6 month suspension instead?
Prosecutor: No. There's a mandatory minimum.
Defense counsel: What about the fine?
Prosecutor: We're going to recommend the minimum, no problems there.
Defense counsel: So the fine plus a 6 month suspension.
Prosecutor: What part of mandatory minimum do you not understand?
Defense counsel: I thought this was a plea negotiation.
Prosecutor: And if he pleads, he loses his license for a year.
Defense counsel: But why not six months?
Prosecutor: I give up.
Defense counsel: We can't do a 6 month suspension instead?
Prosecutor: No. There's a mandatory minimum.
Defense counsel: What about the fine?
Prosecutor: We're going to recommend the minimum, no problems there.
Defense counsel: So the fine plus a 6 month suspension.
Prosecutor: What part of mandatory minimum do you not understand?
Defense counsel: I thought this was a plea negotiation.
Prosecutor: And if he pleads, he loses his license for a year.
Defense counsel: But why not six months?
Prosecutor: I give up.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Sorry Your Honor, But My Grandmother Died...Again.
Ethics Prof: Don't tell the same judge each time you need a continuance that your grandmother died. If you need to get more time, just give him the names of different people.
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Overheard Goes Abroad...
Summer Associate: So will the Czech's riot after the game?
Czech Associate: No. That's really more of a French thing.
***
Czech Associate: No, he's not gay, he's just British.
***
British Associate: You can't be American. You're not fat enough.
***
Unknown Nationality Associate: I fucking hate Italians. No, seriously, I want to physically injure them.
Czech Associate: No. That's really more of a French thing.
***
Czech Associate: No, he's not gay, he's just British.
***
British Associate: You can't be American. You're not fat enough.
***
Unknown Nationality Associate: I fucking hate Italians. No, seriously, I want to physically injure them.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
License to Fondle?
Legal Intern after discussing a case of a chiropractor losing license for massaging the vaginas of four clients:
"How do you do that? I'm sorry miss, but your vagina is out of alignment; I can fix that."
"How do you do that? I'm sorry miss, but your vagina is out of alignment; I can fix that."
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Clients After Law School
Ethics Professor on Advising Clients: Maybe you have lost touch with normal people while you've been in law school. When you get into practice, let's face it, many of your clients are going to be really, really stupid.
Sunday, June 18, 2006
It's too late to stop now!
Barbri Torts Prof: "If you're using drugs, don't stop between now and the bar - wait until August, and then find a program."
Overheard by Melissa
Overheard by Melissa
It's a room full of love too!
Torts Professor (on battery): "Pretend I went up and down the aisles here, saying hi to each of you, and as I did that, I stroked your hair. That's a room full of battery. We don't pet each other, it's not normal."
Overheard by Carrie
Overheard by Carrie
An accidental mini PR lesson
While reading the instructions before a Property exam
Proctor: If you're gonna cheat, be smart. Don't let me catch you.
Overheard by Matt
Proctor: If you're gonna cheat, be smart. Don't let me catch you.
Overheard by Matt
Lexis hasn't added that feature yet
Att. 1: What are you wroking on?
Att. 2: A speech for the representative.
Att. 1: What is that?
Att. 2: The Holy Roman Bible. He wants to quote scripture for a church speech on juvenile justice reform and community building. I just threw in a scripture from Isiah.
Att. 1: Did you shepardize that?
Overheard by GP
Att. 2: A speech for the representative.
Att. 1: What is that?
Att. 2: The Holy Roman Bible. He wants to quote scripture for a church speech on juvenile justice reform and community building. I just threw in a scripture from Isiah.
Att. 1: Did you shepardize that?
Overheard by GP
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Paralegals: What would we do without them?
Head Attorney to Paralegal: What's my cell phone number?
Paralegal: Just one second....(states number)
Paralegal: Just one second....(states number)
Friday, June 09, 2006
a very important conversation
rising 3L: Golden showers are gross. I would never want somebody to pee on me.
rising 2L: No shit!
rising 3L: DEFINITELY no shit!
rising 2L: No shit!
rising 3L: DEFINITELY no shit!
I like this law school better than mine
Crim Prof: "Who here is still using drugs while they are in law school?"
Prof raises his hand but no one in the class does.
Crim Prof: "Come on, I know someone does. My first year here I used to know a lot of students who were smoking pot while they were in school. (pause) I was selling them the pot."
Prof raises his hand but no one in the class does.
Crim Prof: "Come on, I know someone does. My first year here I used to know a lot of students who were smoking pot while they were in school. (pause) I was selling them the pot."
Overheard by There's No Competition in Law School
I have a headache
Professor: They read the suspect his Miranda rights, ask if they can question him, and the suspect replies with "Not right now." Is that an unambiguous invocation of his Miranda rights?
Class: silence
Professor: Come on, guys! It's clear! I mean, if this was an issue about sex, what would it mean? "Feel like sex?" "Not right now!" No! It means no!
-- Overheard by AT
Thursday, June 08, 2006
I've got fleas?
Non-law student: I've only gotten fleas twice in my life.
Raising 2L: Really, when?
Non-law student: Once when I was in Fiji with the Peacecorps and the other time was when I lived with you.
Raising 2L: Really, when?
Non-law student: Once when I was in Fiji with the Peacecorps and the other time was when I lived with you.
Maybe I have hope yet!
while in Crim Law barbri class...
post-3L: "What does Larceny mean?"
-- Overheard by DEV
post-3L: "What does Larceny mean?"
-- Overheard by DEV
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
You couldn't play nice, could you?
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
AVISTA MANAGEMENT, INC.,
d/b/a Avista Plex, Inc.,
Plaintiff,
-vs- Case No. 6:05-cv-1430-Orl-31JGG
(Consolidated)
WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Defendant.
______________________________________
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to designate location of a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition (Doc. 105). Upon consideration of the Motion – the latest in a series of Gordian knots that the parties have been unable to untangle without enlisting the assistance of the federal courts – it is ORDERED that said Motion is DENIED. Instead, the Court will fashion a new form of alternative dispute resolution, to wit: at 4:00 P.M. on Friday, June 30, 2006, counsel shall convene at a neutral site agreeable to both parties. If counsel cannot agree on a neutral site, they shall meet on the front steps of the Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, 801 North Florida Ave., Tampa, Florida 33602. Each lawyer shall be entitled to be accompanied by one paralegal who shall act as an attendant and witness. At that time and location, counsel shall engage in one (1) game of “rock, paper, scissors.” The winner of this engagement shall be entitled to select the location for the 30(b)(6) deposition to be held somewhere in Hillsborough County during the period July 11-12, 2006. If either party disputes the outcome of this engagement, an appeal may be filed and a hearing will be held at 8:30 A.M. on Friday, July 7, 2006 before the undersigned in Courtroom 3, George C. Young United States Courthouse and Federal Building, 80 North Hughey Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, Orlando, Florida on June 6, 2006.
PDF here. Hat tip: Feministe
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
AVISTA MANAGEMENT, INC.,
d/b/a Avista Plex, Inc.,
Plaintiff,
-vs- Case No. 6:05-cv-1430-Orl-31JGG
(Consolidated)
WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Defendant.
______________________________________
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to designate location of a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition (Doc. 105). Upon consideration of the Motion – the latest in a series of Gordian knots that the parties have been unable to untangle without enlisting the assistance of the federal courts – it is ORDERED that said Motion is DENIED. Instead, the Court will fashion a new form of alternative dispute resolution, to wit: at 4:00 P.M. on Friday, June 30, 2006, counsel shall convene at a neutral site agreeable to both parties. If counsel cannot agree on a neutral site, they shall meet on the front steps of the Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, 801 North Florida Ave., Tampa, Florida 33602. Each lawyer shall be entitled to be accompanied by one paralegal who shall act as an attendant and witness. At that time and location, counsel shall engage in one (1) game of “rock, paper, scissors.” The winner of this engagement shall be entitled to select the location for the 30(b)(6) deposition to be held somewhere in Hillsborough County during the period July 11-12, 2006. If either party disputes the outcome of this engagement, an appeal may be filed and a hearing will be held at 8:30 A.M. on Friday, July 7, 2006 before the undersigned in Courtroom 3, George C. Young United States Courthouse and Federal Building, 80 North Hughey Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, Orlando, Florida on June 6, 2006.
PDF here. Hat tip: Feministe
Monday, June 05, 2006
Why Law Students Are Not Comedians: Exhibit A
Recent Law School Grad, now Lawyer: Oh, crap! The sole off of my heel came off. Now I'm going to have to take the sole off the other heel so I'm not walking around all lopsided.
Smart-ass 3L: Oh, cool! So your shoes will be "Lawyer Shoes!"
Recent Law School Grad, now Lawyer: (pause) How do you figure?
Smart-ass 3L: Well, your shoes won't have any soles. And lawyers don't have any souls, either. So now you match.
Recent Law School Grad, now Lawyer: Until then, I had no idea how unfunny you really are.
Smart-ass 3L: Oh, cool! So your shoes will be "Lawyer Shoes!"
Recent Law School Grad, now Lawyer: (pause) How do you figure?
Smart-ass 3L: Well, your shoes won't have any soles. And lawyers don't have any souls, either. So now you match.
Recent Law School Grad, now Lawyer: Until then, I had no idea how unfunny you really are.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Golden Arches
Associate: Tomorrow I'm meeting that witness for lunch...At her trailer.
Summer: Ohhh? Is she making you fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches or roadkill?
Associate: Very funny. She wants to go to the McDonald's by her trailer.
Summer: Ohhh? Is she making you fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches or roadkill?
Associate: Very funny. She wants to go to the McDonald's by her trailer.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
First Amendment Protections by Durex
At a free speech symposium:
Law Prof: "We need to have a place where people can go at it, in a hot and heavy way, to the edge of reason..."
3L: "Is he talking about free speech or a one night stand?"
Law Prof: "We need to have a place where people can go at it, in a hot and heavy way, to the edge of reason..."
3L: "Is he talking about free speech or a one night stand?"
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
It's all we can do...
Finals Proctor: When time is called, you can stop trying...wait, no...stop typing. You should always keep trying.
Monday, May 22, 2006
The proverbial long ride...
Bitchy proctor for final exam: If you have computer problems, don't panic. We'll take care of you. Don't ask how. You'll find out.
The correct answer is "no."
2L: I do not understand the value depriciation in a lease.
Professor: Well have you ever bought a new car?
2L: Yes.
Prof: What kind?
2L: Jeep Cherokee.
Prof: How much did you pay for it?
2L: I do not know my mom bought it for me used...
-- Overheard by KK
Professor: Well have you ever bought a new car?
2L: Yes.
Prof: What kind?
2L: Jeep Cherokee.
Prof: How much did you pay for it?
2L: I do not know my mom bought it for me used...
-- Overheard by KK
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Another disincentive to crime...
Meanwhile in Election law
Talking about reasons why some states take the right to vote away from felons...
Election law prof: "Yeah. Because we all know that when Bob is thinking about robbing that Bank losing his vote is one of the factors."
Talking about reasons why some states take the right to vote away from felons...
Election law prof: "Yeah. Because we all know that when Bob is thinking about robbing that Bank losing his vote is one of the factors."
Eternal Damnation ... as a damage?
Overheard in a class on Remedies
Remedies prof: "Ok. So assume that the Doctor says 'No one is gonna die in my hospital. I'm gonna give the blood transfusion' [to a J. Witness who doesn't want it]. Sure he committed a battery. What what are the damages? He saved his life. [Pause] I suppose the damage could be eternal damnation... but how would you plead that? And how much do you ask for?"
Remedies prof: "Ok. So assume that the Doctor says 'No one is gonna die in my hospital. I'm gonna give the blood transfusion' [to a J. Witness who doesn't want it]. Sure he committed a battery. What what are the damages? He saved his life. [Pause] I suppose the damage could be eternal damnation... but how would you plead that? And how much do you ask for?"
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
Law and Order Coloring Book.
Keep an eye out for the maze that leads from the arraignment to the trial and the connect the dot of Briscoe....
(Overheard on a thread about knitted law and order placemats.)
Keep an eye out for the maze that leads from the arraignment to the trial and the connect the dot of Briscoe....
(Overheard on a thread about knitted law and order placemats.)
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
The truth comes out
[After Graduating Students Dinner]
3L #1: So you are coming to the party, right?
3L #2: No, man, I have to get home and study.
3L #1: After 29 years of life, and 3 years of law school, you are still the lamest person I know.
3L #1: So you are coming to the party, right?
3L #2: No, man, I have to get home and study.
3L #1: After 29 years of life, and 3 years of law school, you are still the lamest person I know.
That makes two of us...
Professor: So say on the exam, I tell you that [long, convoluted hypothetical about derivatives]. What's your biggest concern?
3L: Graduating.
3L: Graduating.
You don't even know me...
3L: So why would I trade a stock when the derivative has lower transaction costs?
Professor: Well, who are you?
3L: Wow...that's real Socratic method...
[Awkward silence.]
Professor: Well, who are you?
3L: Wow...that's real Socratic method...
[Awkward silence.]
Monday, May 15, 2006
Studying hard or hardly studying?
2L #1: How did your final go?
2L #2: "It's not that I didn't study hard enough, it's just that the professor didn't write a good test"
2L #2: "It's not that I didn't study hard enough, it's just that the professor didn't write a good test"
finals are to AP tests as law school is to...
After 1L finishes describing finals to his little brother, who just took the AP tests...
"Wow, that sounds exactly like my week, except larger and more absurd."
"Wow, that sounds exactly like my week, except larger and more absurd."
-- Overheard by MM
Procrastination and Federal Courts
2L: (one hour before the final exam) I thought that I'd glance at the hornbook before the exam. (pause) Wow, it's actually pretty good.
A Few Words From the Politically Incorrect
(Overheard during a debate about writing a legislative bill for sterilization in class)
2L #1: I don't think (professor) will like your bill. He's a DEFENSE attorney! He's going to side with the defendants!
2L #2: I'm all for the cripples, too, but....
(And a few minutes later...)
2L #3: That was a horrible case! Those poor people got totally screwed!
2L #2: But they were aliens!
2L #1: I don't think (professor) will like your bill. He's a DEFENSE attorney! He's going to side with the defendants!
2L #2: I'm all for the cripples, too, but....
(And a few minutes later...)
2L #3: That was a horrible case! Those poor people got totally screwed!
2L #2: But they were aliens!
Saturday, May 13, 2006
That's what my mom said...
2L Passenger: I think being in the car makes me have to pee.
2L Driver: It's like you're biologically constructed to frustrate me.
2L Driver: It's like you're biologically constructed to frustrate me.
Friday, May 12, 2006
Political views?
via IM
2L: Did you hear about the NSA phone bank?
2L: cnn.com
1L: wow
1L: that is absurd
1L: george bush makes me want to kick small puppies
1L: and i like puppies
2L: Did you hear about the NSA phone bank?
2L: cnn.com
1L: wow
1L: that is absurd
1L: george bush makes me want to kick small puppies
1L: and i like puppies
Sounds like somebody just lost a kidney
1L: “I think there are two kinds of people who would sell their organs. First is poor people…and second is stupid people! There are a lot of people who make bad decisions. There are people who would sell their organs and put $10,000 on red 23 at Queen’s Casino.”
Overheard by nicky
Overheard by nicky
i'll never forget conditions subsequent again
Professor, while miming smoking crack:“if the conveyance goes... from O to A for life, and then to B, unless B starts smoking crack... and i mean starts. When B puts the crackpipe upto his lips, he doesn't get the property.”
Overheard by nicky
Overheard by nicky
So that's what the hooding ceremony involves
...during graduation rehearsal...
Dean of Students: "So you'll come over here, turn around, and bend over..."
Overheard by SB
Dean of Students: "So you'll come over here, turn around, and bend over..."
Overheard by SB
Worst vacation trip EVER!
tourist and family walking by law school's library
Father: (says name of school outloud) Wow, look at them all, just plugging away. Kids, they're memorizing laws so they can become rich lawyers.
Kids: Ooh.
Overheard by CR
Father: (says name of school outloud) Wow, look at them all, just plugging away. Kids, they're memorizing laws so they can become rich lawyers.
Kids: Ooh.
Overheard by CR
Good family values
Family Law Prof (handing out the final exam): If you open the exam before I tell you to, I will beat you...and not in the fun way!
Overheard by CR
Overheard by CR
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
When nerds make friends...
1L on cell: You know, I wish I was still anti-social. I wasn't any less unhappy, but at least no one cared.
The things you do to procrastinate
2L#1, walking from across the hall to see what the commotion is in the other classroom: what are you guys doing in here, studying?
2L#2: No, I’m trying to get him to watch horrible, horrible porn.
Overheard by RB
Advice to live by
Con Law Review:
Con Law Prof Extraordinaire: "I don't know what you guys know about exam writing"
IL: "we don't either."
CLPE : "you don't either, well that's good."
CLPE: "You've gotta see the forest through the trees, and there are a lot of trees you can get caught in, or..."
1L: "struck by"
CLPE: "i'm more interested in what's going on in your head…I mean not generally, I've got enough problems myself ...give me a chance to peek into your constitutional head."
CLPE: "I don't suggest people do what I did in law school…I used to smoke back then and I used to take notes on the back of matchbook covers…and then I'd get home and throw them on the dresser and find them later on…"
Overheard by TEC
Con Law Prof Extraordinaire: "I don't know what you guys know about exam writing"
IL: "we don't either."
CLPE : "you don't either, well that's good."
CLPE: "You've gotta see the forest through the trees, and there are a lot of trees you can get caught in, or..."
1L: "struck by"
CLPE: "i'm more interested in what's going on in your head…I mean not generally, I've got enough problems myself ...give me a chance to peek into your constitutional head."
CLPE: "I don't suggest people do what I did in law school…I used to smoke back then and I used to take notes on the back of matchbook covers…and then I'd get home and throw them on the dresser and find them later on…"
Overheard by TEC
Short and to the point
Crim Law Review
Crim Law Prof discussing common law crimes: "Kidnapping- we have a kid and a napping. There you go. Moving onto rape."
Overheard by KW
Crim Law Prof discussing common law crimes: "Kidnapping- we have a kid and a napping. There you go. Moving onto rape."
Overheard by KW
Nerdly virtues?
Civ Pro Review
Civ Pro Prof about Special Damages: "There is this case for special damages, if you’ve heard of this one, you won’t ever forget special damages. P got hit by a car & did all the normal damages- lost of wages, pain & suffering; but he also claimed a permanent erection, and this was before Viagra. Heck, my wife is out there pushing me in front of cars all the time…"
Civ Pro Prof: "Law school, like life itself, rewards the nerd-ly virtues."
Civ Pro Prof about Discovery: "What is your normal response when someone sues you- hey, this guy is an asshole, lets schedule him for 19 proctological exams next week."
Overheard by KW
Civ Pro Prof about Special Damages: "There is this case for special damages, if you’ve heard of this one, you won’t ever forget special damages. P got hit by a car & did all the normal damages- lost of wages, pain & suffering; but he also claimed a permanent erection, and this was before Viagra. Heck, my wife is out there pushing me in front of cars all the time…"
Civ Pro Prof: "Law school, like life itself, rewards the nerd-ly virtues."
Civ Pro Prof about Discovery: "What is your normal response when someone sues you- hey, this guy is an asshole, lets schedule him for 19 proctological exams next week."
Overheard by KW
Monday, May 08, 2006
Buyer's Remorse
2L #1: This umbrella was a good purchase.
2L #2: Yeah. It's no samurai sword, but...
2L #1: Oh yeah, I bought a samu...fuck.
2L #2: Yeah. It's no samurai sword, but...
2L #1: Oh yeah, I bought a samu...fuck.
Stiff competition
1L#1: I heard they don't give grades at Yale.
1L#2: Then how do they figure out the valedictorian?
1L#1: I dunno...whoever sucks the best dick?
1L#2: I would so win.
-- Overheard by MM
1L#2: Then how do they figure out the valedictorian?
1L#1: I dunno...whoever sucks the best dick?
1L#2: I would so win.
-- Overheard by MM
Forgotten PR quotes of note
2L: “I thought it was a plunger, not a broomstick.”
PR Prof: “No, because that would be gross.”
Later,
PR Prof: “You don’t remember the case? An officer shoved a broken plunger up his butt, but really, you don’t need to know that to grasp the problem. Assault is assault.”
PR Prof: “No, because that would be gross.”
Later,
PR Prof: “You don’t remember the case? An officer shoved a broken plunger up his butt, but really, you don’t need to know that to grasp the problem. Assault is assault.”
Like a Trained Seal
Plaintiff's Attorney: Hi, how are you?
Summer for Defense Attorney: Good, and yourself?
Plaintiff's Attorney: (To Defense Attorney) You trained her well.
Defense Attorney: (Gives "you're an asshole" look) Yeah.
Plaintiff's Attorney: Now sweetie, what's your name?
Summer: (silence and look from Plaintiff's Attorney) Ohh, I'm sorry, were you talking to me dollface?
(Defense Attorney smiles like a proud father.)
Summer for Defense Attorney: Good, and yourself?
Plaintiff's Attorney: (To Defense Attorney) You trained her well.
Defense Attorney: (Gives "you're an asshole" look) Yeah.
Plaintiff's Attorney: Now sweetie, what's your name?
Summer: (silence and look from Plaintiff's Attorney) Ohh, I'm sorry, were you talking to me dollface?
(Defense Attorney smiles like a proud father.)
Dancing + law school = magic
Coming back from a bar at 7pm
1L: That's the first time I've talked to 1L2 in a year and I just got him to piroeutte for a sobriety test on the front steps.
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1L: I've got it! Instead of taking our notes into the exam we'll just study property through interpretive dance. (commenses dancing to show property principles)
-- overheard by piratelaw
1L: That's the first time I've talked to 1L2 in a year and I just got him to piroeutte for a sobriety test on the front steps.
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1L: I've got it! Instead of taking our notes into the exam we'll just study property through interpretive dance. (commenses dancing to show property principles)
-- overheard by piratelaw
Wisdom from the International Superstar
International Superstar professor: "that's the one common denomenator with all of these cases, someone sued! otherwise there wouldn't be court cases."
ISP: "if i can train [foreign country] judges in a week, i can make you all experts in international law in a semester!"
ISP: "what is the first line of the declaration of independence?"
1L: "'we the people'"
Overheard by TEC
ISP: "if i can train [foreign country] judges in a week, i can make you all experts in international law in a semester!"
ISP: "what is the first line of the declaration of independence?"
1L: "'we the people'"
Overheard by TEC
Con Law contributions
Con Law Prof, Extraordinaire: 'heterosexual couples could engage in oral sex, anal sex, and any other kind of sex without breaking the law!'
CLPE in re lawrence v. texas: "the police are much more likely to come in response to a gunshot rather than...people screaming too loud."
CLPE: "there were laws against masturbation, hm, i didn't realize that...think of all the people who would be in jail! certainly all males under the age of 12!"
CLPE: "as far as i know there is no way to conceive a child through sodomy...so it's a form of contreception! what a great way to end class..."
Overheard by TEC
CLPE in re lawrence v. texas: "the police are much more likely to come in response to a gunshot rather than...people screaming too loud."
CLPE: "there were laws against masturbation, hm, i didn't realize that...think of all the people who would be in jail! certainly all males under the age of 12!"
CLPE: "as far as i know there is no way to conceive a child through sodomy...so it's a form of contreception! what a great way to end class..."
Overheard by TEC
Note from Liser
I've been a bad admin; while I was taking finals, I didn't post any of your contributions. They will be posted over the next few days, so if you sent something in (and it's funny), you should see it soon.
Thx
Management
Thx
Management
Sunday, May 07, 2006
On Anxiety...
3L fretting over an exam the next day: "God, I'm so freaked out. I feel like I'm going to a fucking prison rape tomorrow."
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Lowest common denominator
2L #1: My second wind hasn't blown away yet.
2L #2: Do you need me to pull your finger or something?
2L #2: Do you need me to pull your finger or something?
Finals time is a special time
2L #1: I hit a woman in Minnesota.
2L #2: Did you mount her on the wall?
2L #1: No, just her baby.
2L #2: Did you mount her on the wall?
2L #1: No, just her baby.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Sure Hunny
(Discussing Anna Nicole Ruling)
2L Girl: Who does she think she's fooling with those implants, they look so fake.
2L Guy: If you can touch them they're real.
2L Girl: I've felt fake breasts before and that is just erroneous.
2L Girl's Boyfriend: Please tell me you're referring to the shot girl who forced you to feel her up at the titty bar and not something else.
2L Girl: ...
2L Girl: Who does she think she's fooling with those implants, they look so fake.
2L Guy: If you can touch them they're real.
2L Girl: I've felt fake breasts before and that is just erroneous.
2L Girl's Boyfriend: Please tell me you're referring to the shot girl who forced you to feel her up at the titty bar and not something else.
2L Girl: ...
Monday, May 01, 2006
Jack McCoy Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About the Law.
(During a study session for Criminal Procedure)
Prepared 2L: You never went to class, how do you know this stuff? Did you study before today?
2L Slacker: No, I just used to watched a lot of Law and Order and Law and Order SVU in undergrad while my friends and I would sit around and blaze. Jack McCoy is my hero.
Prepared 2L: I don't know if I should be annoyed or impressed.
2L Slacker: Impressed, I remember it even though I was blazed.
Prepared 2L: You never went to class, how do you know this stuff? Did you study before today?
2L Slacker: No, I just used to watched a lot of Law and Order and Law and Order SVU in undergrad while my friends and I would sit around and blaze. Jack McCoy is my hero.
Prepared 2L: I don't know if I should be annoyed or impressed.
2L Slacker: Impressed, I remember it even though I was blazed.
Right Track, Wrong Direction
After a gunner has opened her mouth and is wrong in her in answer
Professor: Well, you are sort of on the right track...
The Special Gunner: (Cutting the Professor Off) As Usual!!
Professor: But you missed [the major points]...
Professor: Well, you are sort of on the right track...
The Special Gunner: (Cutting the Professor Off) As Usual!!
Professor: But you missed [the major points]...
Monday Fun
1L#1: Hey does anybody know how the immigration boycott is going today?
1L#2: Well, I was able to get a burger at Burger King, so I haven't been affected.
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1L: I spilled water on my pants and it looks like my vagina is in the wrong place . . . Don't worry, guys, it isn't.
1L's BF: Stop talking.
1L#2: Well, I was able to get a burger at Burger King, so I haven't been affected.
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1L: I spilled water on my pants and it looks like my vagina is in the wrong place . . . Don't worry, guys, it isn't.
1L's BF: Stop talking.
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