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Stupid Lawyer Tricks: Ramming Your Car Into a Process Server

Lawyers aren’t that different from the rest of the country — or, for that matter, from characters on Melrose Place (may it rest in peace). When their hearts get broken, they do some pretty crazy and...

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Stupid Lawyer Tricks: Abusing the Autopen

Okay, so he’s actually a law student (as a number of you nitpickers would surely point out). Anyway, here’s the story: A 26-year-old law school standout was arrested for pretending to be a New Jersey...

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Benchslapped: Don’t F**k with Time Stamps, You WILL Get Busted

From a correspondent in the Beehive State: Dying for just a few extra days on that brief? Ever thought about trying to game that little date stamp machine outside the court house? The attached order...

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Timestampgate: Snell & Wilmer Associate Resigns

Last week, we did an item on Judge Dale Kimball (D. Utah) benchslapping some Snell & Wilmer lawyers for allegedly engaging in questionable conduct involving the court’s time stamp machine and...

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Timestampgate: Snell & Wilmer’s Letter to Judge Dale Kimball

We have obtained a letter that Snell & Wilmer partner Tracy Fowler sent to Judge Dale Kimball (D. Utah) concerning Timestampgate. Our source for the letter expressed the following opinion (opinion!...

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This Is WAY Better Than ‘The Dog Ate My Pleading’

In case you’re wondering about the outcome, our tipster states: “Amazingly, the Judge granted the motion.” We contacted the attorney responsible for this court filing, to verify its authenticity. She...

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Law Firm of the Day: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

Dear sirs. We are a legal blog based in the New York City. One of our Nigerian investors has mysteriously passed away and left us a lot of money. We are trying to increase the number of advertisers on...

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Quote of the Day: Law School Scholarship Funny Money?

By the middle of second semester of that first year, everyone saw the system for what it was. We were furious. We realized that statistically, because of the curve, there was no way for many of us to...

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Are Law School ‘Merit Scholarships’ A Big Racket?

That’s the question essentially posed in a long and interesting New York Times article, Law Students Lose the Grant Game as Schools Win (which we previously mentioned on Saturday; yes, we do post on...

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Law License Plates: Say It Loud, We’re Lawyers and We’re Proud

In this edition of the Law License Plates series, we are writing about legal professionals who are so proud of what they do that they’ve slapped their titles on their license plates. If this isn’t an...

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Caption Contest: The State Of The Legal Profession In One Sad Graphic

Dear God, is this really what the legal profession has become?

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Caption Contest Finalists: The State Of The Legal Profession In One Sad Graphic

Dear God, is this really what the legal profession has become?

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Caption Contest Winner: The State Of The Legal Profession In One Sad Graphic

If this is what the job market is like, you should hope never to graduate from law school.

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Attorney Eloquently Describes All The Ways He Will Make You His Bitch

This attorney really seems to be enjoying his new-found reality TV fame.

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Instagram Gets Trolled After Sending Cease And Desist Letter To ‘Sluts of...

Sometimes lawyers are a little too quick to send out cease-and-desist letters.

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Quote of the Day: Law School Scholarship Funny Money?

By the middle of second semester of that first year, everyone saw the system for what it was. We were furious. We realized that statistically, because of the curve, there was no way for many of us to...

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Are Law School ‘Merit Scholarships’ A Big Racket?

That’s the question essentially posed in a long and interesting New York Times article, Law Students Lose the Grant Game as Schools Win (which we previously mentioned on Saturday; yes, we do post on...

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Law License Plates: Say It Loud, We’re Lawyers and We’re Proud

In this edition of the Law License Plates series, we are writing about legal professionals who are so proud of what they do that they've slapped their titles on their license plates. If this isn't an...

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Caption Contest: The State Of The Legal Profession In One Sad Graphic

Dear God, is this really what the legal profession has become?

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Caption Contest Finalists: The State Of The Legal Profession In One Sad Graphic

Dear God, is this really what the legal profession has become?

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