Sentences with phrase «lawyer jokes»

Based on the number of lawyer jokes depicting legal professionals as less than ethical, it is no secret that lawyers do not always enjoy a reputation for being of good character.

People tell lawyer jokes because lawyers do work that directly affects people in significant and long - term ways.

By the way, feel free to share your best lawyer joke with me..

Though this hypothetical sounds like the beginning of a really bad lawyer joke, it also depicts a reality that law firms now face in the downturn.

Why do you think there are so many lawyer jokes?

I enjoy lawyer jokes, perhaps even more than I enjoy architect jokes.

The story seemed to turn lawyer jokes on their head.

Is the above quote just another silly lawyer joke — or is it an accurate reflection of the current state of the legal profession?

Even if you secretly hate lawyer jokes, you should at least know a few.

We still hear more lawyer jokes than Realtor jokes.

In sharp contrast with, for example, jokes about ethnic or racial groups, people tell lawyer jokes and and pass them around without any apparent fear of offending anyone.

Yesterday morning an acquaintance said she wished she knew where to find a good lawyer joke book for her boyfriend, a law school student.

Or is it simply meant to wound a favorite target in the way so many other lawyer jokes do?

Murder / chutzpah - it's an old lawyer joke illustrating the definition - sorry for confusion - been staying up late (until last night) watching the Indians - sigh.

There are a million lawyer jokes out there but having a well - written legal CV is no laughing matter.

After years of making lawyer jokes to his wife, who worked as a corporate attorney, Jansen now has the job of transforming the legal profession.

(Insert loquacious lawyer joke here.)

If you like a bit of mood lifting with lawyer jokes designed for lawyers to enjoy, this is the Insta page for you.

(I can confirm that Bay likes lawyer jokes so much that she has a whole list of sites on her blog — see the bottom right nav bar.)

Ignore all of those cynical lawyer jokes.

«Despite all the familiar lawyer jokes,» he says, «lawyers play a unique role of protecting those that can not speak or defend themselves in our society.

Heard any good lawyer jokes lately?

What is your favourite lawyer joke?

Lawyer Peter D. Baird has heard his share of lawyer jokes involving sharks, leeches or the blistering fires of hell.

There are other professions, like government employment, that draw barbed humor as well, but lawyer jokes seem to me to be more common, and meaner.

I don't mind lawyer jokes.

Q: Are lawyer jokes ever constructive?

Some of the perception of lawyers as hyper - aggressive over-billers is a spillover from the United States, but there are enough made - in - Canada anecdotes to keep lawyer jokes amusing here, too.

«Don't expect conventional lawyer jokes here, but instead topical legal humor and satire.

These companies should make themselves useful and write me an app that streams lawyer jokes to my cell phone — I might pay a few bucks a month, if it's any good.

«Law Fun entry includes lawyer jokes, a Lawkids section, and the Dumbest Things Ever Said in Court («How far apart were the vehicles at the time of collision?»).

Spoken by real - life lawyers and witnesses and taken from official court records, all of the interrogations beg to be printed.New York Times, May 25, 2001 Canadian lawyer Lloyd Duhaime... offers some nice self - depreciating lawyer jokes to show he's not taking all this too seriously.

Duhaime's site contains many entertaining legal alleyways, including one devoted to tasteful lawyer jokes and another, called the Hall of Horrors, that examines the law's lamentable record of punishment through the ages.

In 2007, I published a small book of lawyer jokes called The Greatest Lawyer Jokes -LSB-...]

This is why, lawyer jokes notwithstanding, dishonesty and theft offenses can not just tarnish a professional record, but can end careers.

Says a press release announcing the cartoon, «Can you imagine a world without lawyers anymore than a world without lawyer jokes.»

We are privileged as lawyers to do work which is challenging, generally respected (despite bad lawyer jokes), interesting, and sometimes even verging on fascinating.

Many factors can be cited here, such as law is a very conservative profession, that lawyers are not risk - takers, that lawyers have been taught to rely on precedent (old lawyer joke: «The Managing Partner wants the firm to be innovative, to do things differently» to which the Management Committee asks: «Well, who else is doing it?»)

Q: What's wrong with lawyer jokes?

Everyone likes lawyer jokes, except maybe lawyers.

A: Many lawyer jokes are mean - spirited attempts to discredit the profession, and those I denounce roundly.

Marc Galanter has just published [an apparently serious] survey of the meaning of lawyer jokes, thus proving that some academics have too much time on their hands.

The site includes three sections of videos described as «arresting entertainment»: Law Laughs, in which lawyers tell lawyer jokes and relate courtroom bloopers; Law Tales, where lawyers tell «strange but true stories» from their practices; and Law After Dark, described as «our original webisode reality series that follows night court judges and the very real cases they encounter.»

As an aside — by far the best lawyer joke I know involves three professionals (a doctor, an engineer, and a lawyer) walking their dogs in a park.

But the lawyer joke I heard the most in law school involves two campers surpised by a bear.

With lawyers often finding themselves portrayed in an unflattering light through the media and lawyer jokes, this is a special day set aside to show appreciation for the attorneys in your life who help their clients navigate a myriad of legal complexities.