Future Lawyer In Denial Gifts

"I'm broke, I'm back...and I'm willing to discuss law school."

'I have this fear of the real world...'

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

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

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

"We've decided that it will be better for his later development if we speak to him only in legalese."

"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."

"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."

'I think I'll become a lawyer.'

'This is Onstar, how may I help you?'

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

'He said his first words today - 'Let's sue them'.'

How to be a Dynamic Over-achiever

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

'Will this help me get into law school?'

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

'I don't believe in pressuring my children. When the time is right, they'll arrive at the default choice and go to law school.'

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

'Can Bradley come out and litigate?'

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

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

Well, O.K., so you found fast food, but what's the hurry?

'You are about to become professionals. You will no longer work for free. You will work pro bono.'

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

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

'Forget about hunting and gathering - I'm going to be a lawyer.'

"I'm going to be a lawyer so I'll be arguing both sides."

"This is the little league. You can't negotiate a signing bonus"

'Okay, let's negotiate. Just how good do I have to be?'

Make good decisions!

You've got to help me, Em. Sure. My mom's hot on this strict, Chinese-style parenting. Welcome to my world. Tell her that your parents aren't pushing you to be a doctor. Sure. They gave up on that. They'll settle for Harvard law school. That's too much information.

'We never should have brought him that little lawyer kit. Suddenly, everything I ask him to do is capricious and arbitrary.'

"Attention, please. At 8:45 A.M. on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, you are all scheduled to take the New York State Bar Exam."