The Legal Wanksta

Associates are like Victorian children: they should be seen but not heard. #lawtwitter

Gut instinct is inexact, it's human, it's flawed, and yet it's all we got. It's informed by who I am and what I have seen in life, so here I am before you to answer your questions. Please make them count. Thank you." #lawtwitter #appellatetwitter #scotus

The decisions I will write - no matter how many pages - are all post-hoc rationalizations and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Judicial philosophies are simply things judges invented to make them feel better about their use of gut instinct.

Here is what I wish judges would say in their confirmation hearings: "I, like every judge, decide my cases based on what I think is fair. This is informed by my life experiences. Then I find a legal justification for the result.

@qi_no_more @ConsumerReports @nytimes ha! I'm too old-school. Duly noted, sir.

When did it become ok to start sentences with "And"? I have seen it in @ConsumerReports, the @nytimes, and in drafts from by boss. So it is ok in briefs now too? #lawtwitter #appellatetwitter

Which world do you live in? #alternativefacts @CNN: Trump's Positive Virus Test Creates Fresh Upheaval @FoxNews: Trump, first lady send messages of calm, resilience from White House after testing positive for COVID @nytimes: Trump and First Lady Test Positive for Coronavirus

Oh, yay, not only do I get to worry about the election, I also get to worry that I have a stress disorder! I'm always excited about something new to worry about!!! refinery29.com/en-us/2020/09/…

Why do lawyers do the "twenty-four (24) month period" thing? I was taught that amounts over ten are written with the actual numbers. Is a holdover from the days of paper when twenty-four was less easily forged into twenty-eight than 24?

So notorious. 😭 R.I.P. #RBG

@MollyHuff317 Truer words have never been said. But law school also does really teach you how the world works. I didn't feel like an adult until I went.

@roleary654 *#meaux 🐮

Chattel reminds me of french cattle... #UnnecessaryAssociations #LawSchool #Moo

@Shayne_Kearney great job! 👏 Those are terrifying.

Survived my first cold call🥳🙌🏽🍾 #lawschool #week4

@TonyFishDrone I love that you love your case law! I truly feel like the only way I finished my reading 1L year was to skip all indented quotations, all citations, and definitely all the case notes after the decision. It was a little choppy but eh, I got the general idea! 🙃

I need to get better at not getting distracted by reading the cases cited by the cases cited [&etc] by the case I'm reading. I'm ending up way afield sometimes. #1L #lawstudent

Can I cite this as doctrine on my Contracts midterm? #1L

@qi_no_more I'm so conflicted about where to put Coffee Endangerment in the hierarchy of 2020's existential threats. I'm thinking around #3, but then I feel the #FirstWorldProblems guilt.......

The day Eminem ever goes on a celebrity edition cooking show is the day I just take a long walk into the ocean.

Mary J. Blige & Gwen Stefani put out Christmas albums. Snoop had a reality show. 50 cent declared bankruptcy. Ja Rule was a wannabe influencer w/ Fyre Fest. Britney, Mariah, Christina Aguilera & Usher all had or will have Vegas residencies. What is going on?!

Nelly is going to be on Dancing w/ the Stars? NELLY?? I'm devastated. 😭 Remember "I, I am #1. Two is not a winner and 3 nobody remember?" Doesn't this guarantee that Nelly will go down in history as a 3??