Beginning A Legal Career Pillows

"If you really want independence, you should get into contract law."

"Well if I can't be a cowboy I'll be a lawyer for cowboys."

'This is my partner. He'll be taking care of the small print.'

'There they go - off on their own - and a finer bunch of fledgelings one couldn't ask.'

'Ignorance of the law is no excuse, especially when you're majoring in Law.'

'I appreciate how you feel, but I'm afraid your report card isn't grounds for defamation of character.

"After I graduate middle school, high school and college, I'll go to law school to get you out of this. But I want my retainer now."

'Forget the DaVinci Code! I'm still trying to crack the tax code!'

'It wasn't long before Larry realized his calling as a lawyer whisperer...'

"Hey, I just figured out how to sue the school for loss of my prime childbearing years."

'I'm not playing 'Bride and Groom' unless you sign this pre-nuptial aggreement!'

"You're 5 years old now, Timmy. It's about time you retain an attorney."

Junior barrister prompting a deaf and testy chief

'I think I'll become a lawyer.'

'You're flunking me? -- What about the statute of limitations?'

"We make crime pay."

'Don't blame the lawyer!'

"If we learned anything in law school, we learned that you can never have enough wiggle room."

'Will this help me get into law school?'

"I'm pre-legal analysis."

'That's the lawyer in me trying to get out.'

"I should have been a lawyer. I'm great at ambulance chasing!"

'Let's play doctor - you be the patient, you be the surgeon, and I'll be the malpractice-attorney.'

"I like the idea of becoming a prosecutor: charging people appeals to me..."

"I'm hoping for a pardon from the Governor."

'I wonder what the statue of limitations is on something like this?'

Counsel examining witness

'I had them watch Court TV all night for background.'

'An internship is pretty much the only way to get your foot in the door these days...'

"I'm enjoying law school but I don't want to be known as the attorney from hell."

McWit Legal College

The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lawyer - "Father Desmond, we need an exorcism."

'...youngsters need to be shown how the law REALLY works if they want a career in it!'

'... Because it's the law! That's why!'

She's at that ackward stage in law school between a knapsack and briefcase.