Starting A Legal Career Prints

'Don't blame the lawyer!'

"How much justice can you afford?"

'Finishing law school was easy compared to finding an office.'

Counsel examining witness

Gala party. B.Y.O.L. - Bring your own lawyer.

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

"I took a look at the First Amendment, and some of that stuff isn't funny."

Junior barrister prompting a deaf and testy chief

'I became a lawyer to get out of jury duty.'

"That M'lud, is the prosecutions case."

"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.'

"Our new associate asks how much of a fee is too much. Do you want to handle this or shall I laugh in his face?"

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

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

'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.

'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."

"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."

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

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

'I think I'll become a lawyer.'

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

"We make crime pay."

"Can you hurry up with the cake? I have to travel the world, have a career and start a family"

"Son, one day two hundred square feet of this city could be yours to rent."

'We offer full benefits. A desk, a chair and your very own cubicle.'

"The ignorance of the lawyer is no excuse."

"At least he's honest about it..."

'Have you seen the ruddy margins the Chinese expect us to take up for this work?'

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

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

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