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Anything, but not unnecessary!
  Posted on 19 Thu, Feb 2009, with tags: lawyers, humor, lawyer report
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As a lawyer, I’ve been called a lot of names in my career. I even have a few standard lawyer jokes, at the ready, to respond to the smirked attempt at humor “do you know the one about the lawyer and…” [pick your favorite vile creature]. I’ve learned to live with the ignominy.

But, today I received the ultimate sucker punch. A recent poll conducted for the National Council of Legal Advisers indicated that the general public feels that lawyers are ultimately [gasp!] unnecessary. We’re not evil, corrupt, expensive sharks. We’re not even the kill-joy, paper-pushers who put the kibosh on every good business idea. No, rather, we’re dinosaurs.

Dear readers, cheer me up. Surely there’s someone out there who believes that lawyers are useful for something—even if it’s just the butt of a joke.

--Judith Gliniecki

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