Humor

The Bramble Bush; a great book if you have no idea what to expect from law school

by Louis Grube August 6, 2010 Law School

It had recently come to my attention that I was not really prepared to start law school.  I was moving across the country to attend a school that had agreed with me about how great of a match we would be, and I was starting to sift my way through the pile of “going to [...]

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Legeeke Discussion: #7 Unrealistic Expectations

by Joshua Auriemma March 19, 2009 Legeeke

This thread is for the discussion of the Legeeke Comic #7: Unrealistic Expectations. Apart from being a semi-joking cautionary tale to the 0Ls, this strip was donated to the Public Interest Law Fund Auction at the Penn State University Dickinson School of Law.  The auction read, “have your likeness featured in a Legeeke: A Legal [...]

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We Aim to Please – Part 1

by Joshua Auriemma February 27, 2009 The Lighter Side

We at Legal Geekery are so intent on giving our readers exactly what they’re looking for that we’ve decided to launch a new segment devoted to your questions.  How does one get selected to be featured in this new segment, you wonder?  It’s simple.  All you have to do is find Legal Geekery via a [...]

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9 Reasons Why Law School Is Great

by Mr. X February 10, 2009 Law School

I understand that bashing law school is a favorite activity of law students, but as a response to Josh’s prior post — I present to you the 9 Reasons Why Law School is Great.

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If This Guy Can Do It … A Bio Of NYU Law Dropout Demetri Martin

by Mr. X February 9, 2009 The Lighter Side

Demetri Martin is funny, check it out.

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9 Reasons Not to Attend Law School

by Joshua Auriemma January 3, 2009 The Lighter Side

To preface, this is sort of a joke.  I say sort of, because I think there are some people who are just made to go to law school, and this probably won’t and shouldn’t deter them.  It’s mostly a warning to those people considering law school for lack of anything better to do.  With that [...]

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Top 6 Most Ridiculous Depositions

by Joshua Auriemma September 10, 2008 The Lighter Side

I can’t take credit for the idea behind this post. My awesome civ pro / con law professor / research adviser devoted the end of a civ pro class to watching some of these crazy depositions while we were studying discovery rules. Without further adieu, I give you the Top 6 Most Amusing Depositions. 6. [...]

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You Should Probably Skip Palsgraf Day

by Joshua Auriemma July 17, 2008 The Lighter Side

It wasn’t my goal to mimic xkcd (though he is awesome) — I just can’t draw.

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Malicious Company Naming

by Joshua Auriemma July 2, 2008 The Lighter Side

I’m working a bit late to get some additional material for my research adviser (read: boss) and while researching Terms of Service Agreements, I came across the case Van$ Money Pie Inc., 47 U.S.P.Q.2d 1020 (N.D. Cal. 1998). For some reason, I’m just not used to seeing symbols in case names. At first I thought [...]

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