Write that Down...

It must be the impending end of my time in law school but over the past few weeks I've been watching a number of law/lawyer-focused movies.

One of the things I've learned you can do as a 3L is find the time to reinstate the old Netflix subscription.

My choices have ranged from Inherit the Wind to The Verdict, to A Few Good Men, to probably a few you’re less familiar with. They're not all the most amazing movies ever scripted but I'm enjoying the courtroom drama. Not many comedies in this genre for some reason. Oh well, Legally Blond serves just fine.

The thing I enjoy most, however, about seeing lawyers portrayed on film, is that while the courtroom procedure often leaves something to be desired in terms of accuracy, some really great, powerful lines are often delivered. To whit:

"I may be rancid butter but I'm on your side of the bread."

"I strenuously object?" Is that how it works? Hm? "Objection." "Overruled." "Oh, no, no, no. No, I STRENUOUSLY object." "Oh. Well, if you strenuously object then I should take some time to reconsider."

"This is a sales pitch. It's not going to be won by the law, it's going to be won by the lawyers."

"My dad hated lawyers. You might think I became one just to piss him off, but you'd be wrong. Did piss him off so much though that when he heard he fell off a ladder and didn't know who to sue first."

"The truth? I thought we were taking about a court of law. Come on, you've been around long enough to know that a courtroom isn't a place to look for the truth."