I’m proud to announce that the winner of last week’s Cartoon Caption Contest…

… is Counselor Steve Pirates, who captioned, “The ill-fated decision to attach a Kremlin-style onion-dome to the antennae became further proof of DePaul’s need to aggressively seek J.D. candidates with an engineering degree.”

A solid caption. Sure, Counselor Pirates didn’t have much (i.e., any) competition, but still, yes, a solid caption.

In other news, just a quick tip, you shouldn’t drop bottles of olive oil on your wine glasses, especially not when the wine glasses are on the counter because the glass gets all over the counter AND all over the floor.

In still other news, my bathroom is incredibly clean this week, and I wanted to show it off.

In still yet other news, this is how I’ll look on the Lawyer Boy jacket flap:

Lastly, has anybody seen Cyborg Sandy? I thought I left her by the elevator….

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Got a random question, for you LSB readers. Are you single and living in St. Louis?

Here’s why I’m asking: LawSchoolBlogger.com guest poster Counselor Elliott…

…recently parlayed his iPhone commercial success into a commercial for JackFoundJill.com, a dating service for St. Louis singles.

Pretty random, right?

 

(Elliott’s the one in the hot tub at the 21-second mark…the other guy in the hot tub just won 2nd place in Bravo’s Make Me a Super Model.)

The big question: how will this help/hurt counselor Elliott’s legal career?

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This week’s Cartoon Caption Contest is a bit different in that the cartoon we’re using is not explicitly legal. Basically, this is a cartoon that got cut from my upcoming memoir, LAWYER BOY: A CASE STUDY IN GROWING UP (St. Martin’s Press, July). Counselor Steve Katz drew it…

…and now it needs a subtitle, so your thing.

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So…I just got a cease and desist e-mail from Kenyon & Kenyon LLP telling me I could no longer blog under the name “LawSchoolBlogger.” Being April 1st, I assumed this was an April Fools’ Day joke set up by one of my classmates. Long story short: it wasn’t.

Here’s what happened: I just got off the phone with Kenyon & Kenyon attorney David Darschlaw, who told me that a guy named Phillip Roth, who owns and operates LawSchoolBlog.com, owns right to the name “LawSchoolBlogger” too.

My dad says he’s not so sure that Roth has a valid claim against me, but that this is a battle not worth fighting. So right now, I’m not sure whether I’ll continue to blog under a different name or whether this order is maybe a sign that it’s time for me to stop blogging and focus more on school, the Bar Exam, and promoting Lawyer Boy.

Either way, this will be my last post on “LawSchoolBlogger.com.” So let me say, thank you so much for all the time you’ve spent on this blog. Thanks so much for reading, and thanks so much for all your great comments. In writing them, you’ve actually helped me a lot with lots of things.

That’s all for now.

-Rick Lax

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Counselor Rachel, who drew the above cartoon, just wrote me this email:

After a tough decision, the winner of the caption contest is Counselor “…” for his/her short and sweet line:

“Oh this? They said on the Style Network that Justin Timberlake is bringing barrister back.”

Though Steve Pirates and Sarah get honorable mentions, the above caption won for its brevity and use of the word “barrister.” It has such a nice ring to it.

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Greetings, Counselors! And welcome to part 5 of Law School Blogger’s 10-part series: Shameless Ripping off The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Game.

For those of you new to the blog, here’s how it works: I provide you a drawing and you come up with a funny caption for it. In a few days, I’ll decide who wrote the funniest caption, and then the winner wins absolutely nothing whatsoever. Sound like fun? Yes? Yes.

Today’s drawing comes from LSB cruiserweight commenter Counselor Rachel, and here it is:

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Today’s Guest Post comes from Counselor Chuck: 

(Pictured here with Counselor Fruvous)

Admittedly, it was a long time ago. Dick Nixon was the President, Spiro Agnew was the Veep, and we were still fighting another war that we could not win. I was a 3L with only two months left in my law school career. While time has eroded some memories, there is one I will never forget. I was scared; not about graduating, or about finding a job, but about passing the bar exam. It was at times all consuming.

 

I knew I would be practicing in Michigan, so where I would be taking the bar exam was not an issue. The only decision to be made was which of the two recognized bar review courses would I take: either the old tried and true course (Nord) or the new up-and-coming course (Josephson). It never occurred to me, or for that matter anyone I knew, that self study was an option. With a great deal of trepidation and a lot of hard work, I passed, and for that matter, everyone I knew also passed.

Last weekend, Ricky and I had a serious discussion about his impending bar exam. First of all, it appears that he will likely take the Illinois bar and he seems comfortable with that likely decision. The discussion, however, took a turn when he informed me that he was not going to take a review course, but instead intends to self study. Basically, he reasoned that sitting through the lectures (whether taped or in person) would be a waste of his valuable studying time. This is most troubling since I do not know any attorney who passed the bar by self studying. I pointed out to Ricky that if his theory is correct, why did he ever bother to attend classes during undergraduate or law school?

My question to all LSB readers: is Ricky making a huge mistake if he forgoes a review course and opts for self study?

-Counselor Chuck

 

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Law School Blog’s 3rd Official Cartoon Contest has come to a close. I would like to thank all the contestants for their thoughtful, clever, oft-meta-humorous entries. Alas, there can only be one winner. And, so it is with great honor that I proudly annouce the winning selection…

 
“Who can fight EPA standards on a day like this?”

Congratulations, Elizabeth! Your honorary, personalized email will be forthcoming…

Due to the high-quality (and low-quantity) of entries, I thought it fair to award two Honorable Mentions.

1st Honorable Mention goes to… Counselor Ryan for his hilariously precise descriptive explanation of the cartoon:

“Johnson, when it comes time for me to recommend you for partner I’ll remember the fact that you worked through the night on this case with a broken arm and visible blood clots in your legs, then greeted me with a smile and offered me these two bananas at exactly 9:03 in the morning.”

2nd honorable mention goes to… Counselor Pirates (who also wins the ‘Award for Effort’) as he accumulated the most funny points overall.

Thanks for playing, and a special thanks for mocking my excrutiatingly poor drawing skills. Out of respect toward me, and my sense of dignity, I ask that everyone who sees this posting to NEVER speak of it again…

Elliott

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Part three of LawSchoolBlogger’s ten-part series, Shamelessly Ripping Off The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest, is upon us.

This week’s Cartoon Caption Contest drawing comes from Counselor Elliott:

Counselor Elliott will pick the winner, and said winner will get a personal congratulatory e-mail from Counselor Elliott himself!

So go ahead, caption away:

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That’s me studying Wills, Trusts, and Estates today.

As you can see, I’m back in the digital camera business. And to celebrate LawSchoolBlogger’s glorious return to the photo blogging scene, I hereby offer you this photocentric blog entry:

On Friday Counselor Laurel rolled into town.

On Saturday we went to a Down The Line rock concert.

After the show, I fixed my left cufflink,

Had my nose picked by Bookstore Girl,

And took one too many photos of Counselor Laurel and H-Lo.

On Sunday I walked up Michigan Avenue…

…to the grocery store.

(Editor’s Note: I also eat solid foods.)

And that’s how I spent my weekend.

AND NOW…the winning entry of the Law School Blogger Cartoon Caption Contest #2…

…is that of…counselor…Lax. Mine. Sorry…but I do think I had the best one this week.

“Ooo…the technological advances in ambulance chasing are amazing.”

Please post your complaints below.

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