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Re: To all the lawyers on here
LOL!
I think this might be a tough row to hoe. Even lawyers hate lawyers.
IME, lawyers especially hate other lawyers.
I am the 99%.
Anything you can achieve through hard work, you could also just buy.
And yet, by your own admission, you are all shameless networking whores. How does that work?
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Anything you can achieve through hard work, you could also just buy.
Good legal careers are built upon securing a deal for a client or winning a case. Great legal careers are built upon the mutual back-scratch.
Also, I've seen a pretty big level of disdain for people in different specialties / types of lawyering.
So, the people at BigLaw think that everybody else is a plebe. The people who work for nonprofits think that everybody else is an ambulance chaser. The people who work in PI think that everybody else is a sap. The people who work in government think that everybody else is only after a paycheck. The people who work solo think that everybody else is a tool.
It goes on and on.
I am the 99%.
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The best part of INTERNATIONAL BE KIND TO LAWYERS DAY is that you're the judge of exactly how much you participate. Here is a brief list of idea starters to get your legal kindness flowing.- Take your favorite lawyer out to breakfast or lunch (make sure it's not billable!).
- Send your lawyer a "just because" greeting card or a bouquet of flowers.
- Switch your ring tone to the "dah-dah" sound from NBC's "Law & Order."
- Abstain from telling lawyer jokes for 24 hours.
- If you can't abstain, tell your funniest lawyer joke but switch out the lawyer with your profession. (I bet it's still funny.)
- If you accidentally say something wrong or inappropriate on this day, just follow it up with the words, "Strike that from the record." Then continue talking as if nothing happened.
- Salute the flag as you walk or drive by your local courthouse.
- Watch your favorite legal drama and pretend you're the one delivering the powerful closing argument. Some suggested films: "The Verdict," "To Kill A Mockingbird," "A Few Good Men" and "With Justice For All."
- Do some simple repairs around the house with a gavel instead of your trusty hammer.
- Try to slip words like "I object!" or "You're out of order!" into your everyday conversations.
- Try to write up your own Articles of Organization for an LLC or draft your own will. See? It's harder than it looks.
- Take notes at a meeting on a legal pad. Don't you just feel smarter looking at the glorious yellow hue of that 8-1/2" x 14" pad?
- Go ahead, be creative. What are some ways you can be kind to lawyers today? Be sue to let us know so that we can add your ideas to our list.