Bookish Barrister Gifts

"Don't judge my client by the covers of the books he reads."

'Who says justice has to be the only thing on tap?'

"You have issues? Be more specific, what issues?"

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

"Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington should write a book about you!"

'Oh, Wow! You write math books? That's wonderful! Where do you get your ideas?'

"I'm sick of writing book reports on spec."

"In view of the new evidence, my client would like to change his plea to 'guilty-ish', M'Lud."

baby birds in a nest reading Chick Lit

Scene from an early draft of Moby Dick

Building Books.

"My lifestyle is empty and meaningless."

So you'd like to be a lawyer...

Pathology.

William Blake.

"Your manuscript is utter trash, of course. How does a half-million first printing sound to you?"

'Enforcing the publish or perish rule, Dean McWit?'

Statue of a lawyer

Michel De Montaigne is quotes as saying the following...

'I bark, therefore I am.'

'I'm on my way to court. What tie goes well with a guilty plea?'

"I've got about 3 more inches before I'm willing to get reading glasses."

"The circus was good but as 'Jo Jo, the dogged faced attorney', I'm making a killing."

Book in library - 'Crash tests for dummies' (being read by a crash test dummy).

"School is loverly this time of year."

'Relax, baby, and pay no attention to that old man behind you.'

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

Updated Classic: Treasury Island

"Everybody wants to meet the author, but nobody wants to read the book."

"I decided to self-publish."

In too deep

"She's always got her nose in a book."

"That book was so cliche. Can you believe the butler actually did it?"

'If you can't afford representation, the court will appoint a lawyer and a book agent.'