http://ricklax.com/lsb Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:10:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://ricklax.com/lsb/2008/04/11/cartoon-caption-contest-winnerand-more/ 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 ... http://ricklax.com/lsb/2008/04/09/random-question/ I’m great at lying—for better or worse. I’ve been performing magic my entire life, which is to say, I’ve been deceiving people my entire life. (I bent the fork with my mind, by the way.) I regularly look people right in the eye and say, “Now, I have no idea what your ... http://ricklax.com/lsb/2008/04/07/lying-and-lawyering-half-truths-in-negotiations/ 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 ... http://ricklax.com/lsb/2008/04/02/shamelessly-ripping-off-the-new-yorker-caption-cartoon-contest-law-school-blog-edition-part-5/ 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: ... http://ricklax.com/lsb/2008/04/01/c-d/ 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 ... http://ricklax.com/lsb/2008/04/01/cartoon-caption-contest-winner/ On Friday I signed up to take the Bar Exam in the great state of Illinois. If you plan on robbing any Chicago convenience stores or slipping on any Chicago (THERE, SANDY!!!) sidewalks, please wait at least nine months…at which point I will have taken and hopefully passed the Bar and ... http://ricklax.com/lsb/2008/03/31/weekend-review-sidewalk-slips-neil-strauss-james-frey/ Wills, Trusts, and Estates class was canceled. Of course, I didn’t figure that out until after I showed up for class and nobody else was there. I called my friend and asked if class had been canceled. She said that it had been and that our professor ... http://ricklax.com/lsb/2008/03/27/wills-trusts-estates-mistakes/ 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. ... http://ricklax.com/lsb/2008/03/26/law-school-blogger-caption-cartoon-contest-5/ I just wrapped up my last-ever spring break. (Real lawyers don’t get spring break—right? It’s a student thing—yes? Yes. Moving on…) Here are the photographed highlights: First I became a superhero: Black Suit Man. Then I hosted a fancy dinner party. Derek the Djembe player stole an unbaked brownie bite. ... http://ricklax.com/lsb/2008/03/25/spring-break-the-photos/