A six year old's view of lawyers

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

I baby-sat my friend's son this afternoon. I drove him home, after I took Maddie to Mock Trial.

He asked me why Maddie has to go to school at night. I told him that Maddie is learning to be a lawyer.

He told me that he wants to be a lawyer.

I asked him why.

He said that lawyers get to kick people in the nuts, then they get to kick people in the booty and they get to go into the teacher's lounge without getting in trouble.

[MarleysGh0st]

He said that lawyers get to kick people in the nuts, then they get to kick people in the booty and they get to go into the teacher's lounge without getting in trouble.

What TV show is he watching?

Funny, though, that the top of his list of "things they can get away with" is entering the forbidden domain of the teachers' lounge!

[Appa23]

I baby-sat my friend's son this afternoon. I drove him home, after I took Maddie to Mock Trial.

He asked me why Maddie has to go to school at night. I told him that Maddie is learning to be a lawyer.

Well, at least, she is learning to act like a trial lawyer.

There is that little step called law school for actually learning to be a lawyer (and, even then, they do not teach you about 90% of what being a lawyer entails).

[PlacentiaSantaMummer]

It is a humble mummer's humble opinion that Maddie would be fabu in John Roberts' spot...

[fantine33]

There is that little step called law school for actually learning to be a lawyer (and, even then, they do not teach you about 90% of what being a lawyer entails).

I'll agree with HD (!!). Well, with the parenthetical part, anyway. 88% of the 90% is what the court clerks have to teach them.

[peacock2121]

There is that little step called law school for actually learning to be a lawyer (and, even then, they do not teach you about 90% of what being a lawyer entails).

I'll agree with HD (!!). Well, with the parenthetical part, anyway. 88% of the 90% is what the court clerks have to teach them.

wow!

I thought he was being a jerk.

[fantine33]

There is that little step called law school for actually learning to be a lawyer (and, even then, they do not teach you about 90% of what being a lawyer entails).

I'll agree with HD (!!). Well, with the parenthetical part, anyway. 88% of the 90% is what the court clerks have to teach them.

wow!

I thought he was being a jerk.

I thought he was being a jerk as well. Which is why I said I agreed with the parenthetical portion. All the smarty pants lawyers might take umbrage at the reason I agreed with him (but the smart lawyers know it's true).

[tlynn78]

I'll agree with HD (!!). Well, with the parenthetical part, anyway. 88% of the 90% is what the court clerks have to teach them.

100% true. ANd the other 10-12% they learn from Judges' assistants.


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[peacock2121]

And the rest they learned in high school at Mock Court.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

I baby-sat my friend's son this afternoon. I drove him home, after I took Maddie to Mock Trial.

He asked me why Maddie has to go to school at night. I told him that Maddie is learning to be a lawyer.

Well, at least, she is learning to act like a trial lawyer.

There is that little step called law school for actually learning to be a lawyer (and, even then, they do not teach you about 90% of what being a lawyer entails).

I understand this. I was trying to simplify what Maddie was doing for a little kid.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

I'll agree with HD (!!). Well, with the parenthetical part, anyway. 88% of the 90% is what the court clerks have to teach them.

That is clearly false, the clerks do not teach lawyers 90% of what they know. Lawyers know lots and lots of stuff. It just that the stuff clerk tell us is 90% of the useful stuff we know.

[MarleysGh0st]

With the Bored lawyers making such a fuss about what they know and who they learned it from, not one of them is commenting on the activities that six year old says they engage in.





I'm just saying...

[Appa23]

With the Bored lawyers making such a fuss about what they know and who they learned it from, not one of them is commenting on the activities that six year old says they engage in.





I'm just saying...

Well, there is that old element of trial by combat.

[Rexer25]

With the Bored lawyers making such a fuss about what they know and who they learned it from, not one of them is commenting on the activities that six year old says they engage in.





I'm just saying...

Well, there is that old element of trial by combat.

Yeah. OK, but what's the big deal with the Teacher's Lounge?

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

With the Bored lawyers making such a fuss about what they know and who they learned it from, not one of them is commenting on the activities that six year old says they engage in.





I'm just saying...

Well, there is that old element of trial by combat.

Yeah. OK, but what's the big deal with the Teacher's Lounge?

Nick said that they have soda machines in the Teacher's Lounge and that there are always snacks.

[Rexer25]

Well, there is that old element of trial by combat.

Yeah. OK, but what's the big deal with the Teacher's Lounge?

Nick said that they have soda machines in the Teacher's Lounge and that there are always snacks.

So, extrapolating from what Nick thinks, lawyers are always hungry and thirsty for stuff that's prolly bad for them?