Professional One-Liners

"Defendant has apparently sprung a leak and begun spewing Latin."

I got to put that in a brief today (yes, another one) in response to a Defendant who cited so many random legal theories in its defense that you really have to wonder if the lawyer knows what they all mean. I had to look up several in my copy of "Essential Latin for Lawyers" and not a single one was even close to applicable. We'll see if my little joke makes it through the revision process, but you've got to have something in there to keep the judges entertained. It's definitely catchy.

On a related note, someone teased me once that law school would make me dull. "You'll tell jokes that no one else understands. The punchlines will all be in Latin!" he crowed. I guess I just tell that to let you know that I hope you find this as amusing as I do, but I'll understand if you don't.

But at least my joke isn't in Latin.