The Better Chancery Practice Blog

Six wicked verses on the practice …

Measuring Time

Remember sun, moon,
day, night, week, year? Now it’s all
six-minute increments.

Employment Rates

Well-meaning friends ask,
“What type law will you practice?”
Any type that hires

The Lawyer’s Spouse

That won’t work on me;
I’m not opposing counsel.
“Objection” my ass.

Cease and Desist

50 paragraphs,
300 commas, therefores,
Just to say: Stop it.

Conference Call

“This guy’s a dumbass,”
I said after hitting mute.
Oops. Didn’t hit mute.

Personal Injury Lawyer

Am ambulance wails.
“Shouldn’t you be chasing that?”
My friends are assholes.

From Poetic Justice: Legal Humor in Verse, by J.D. Dupuy and M.L. Philpott, 2013