Lawyer Reacts to Quirky Legal Memes!

[@LegalEagle]

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[@agent_w.]

nice

[@TheAussieLeo]

You have to laugh at the moment, or you'll just go crazy.

[@slinpy5684]

You look like a disney dad for the meme can i call you disneydad And is that legal or copyright to call you disneydad

[@elvinsahijdak5482]

You should have a patreon reward where you will defend the patron once in court. Maybe $50,000 a month?

[@Sableagle]

Laws broken: _Blood Diamond_

[@demonpniff]

Having been a court clerk for 20 years I appreciated your comments about treating them well. Luckily in my case the judge listened to me more than the lawyers.

[@Blutwind]

Court Clerks seem to be as mighty as Janitors. Be nice to them because while you think they have a lowly job they hold imense power to screw you over (Also its overall good to be nice)

[@bzuidgeest]

That comment is not restricted to court clerks. Treat the "little" people well. They are the ones that make stuff happen or worse not happen at all.

[@joycastle.]

@@bzuidgeest Make sure you're on good terms with the IT people. And with Office Management. But especially the IT people.

[@bzuidgeest]

@@joycastle. Lucky for me I am IT people :)

[@SleepySlann]

When I went to business school our sales teacher told us that secretaries and the like, where the ones with the most power in almost any organisation. He called them gatekeepers, since while they weren't the decision-makers, they could mostly shut you completely off from any contact with them. And even if you got through, the gatekeepers where the ones responsible for your first impression.

[@dusti6254]

“Merchant idea: magic eight ball lawyer edition. Would you all buy it?” Me: it depends

[@DrDeathpwnsu]

He should actually do this, and have them all say "it depends" but like in different ways, "technically it could go either way", "results could vary based on a number of factors", etc.

[@rovsea-3761]

You know not just lawyers say "it depends" all the time. :P

[@Rabbit-the-One]

Yeah, it depends on the price. Otherwise, yeah I'm getting that.

[@theexchipmunk]

@@DrDeathpwnsu YES. I would so by that one. And another for a Lawyer friend of mine as a Christmas present.

[@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT]

Might have to break a longstanding tradition and buy the merch, especially if it's offered in coffee mug form.

[@jampoptart1180]

"If you're watching this, you're probably an adult" Me, decidedly not an adult: *Probably. But probably isn't good enough.*

[@peacefulleopard8016]

Thank you you have blessed the Internet with your presence.

[@MateusDrake]

You're learning well, whatever's your age may be.

[@apathetic_aesthetics]

Same

[@四方八方]

same

[@brovid-19]

"Decidedly" _cut to you, a 47 year old man wearing clothing 20 sizes too small with a giant lolipop and a little beanie cap that has a propeller on it_

[@chocobochicken]

"2 hours ago" read as "2 hours from now." Guess they weren't kidding about skimming the reading.

[@ShelbyZealand]

Yes! Objection! You (meaning Devin) read that incorrectly! I declare a mistrial. *pours glass of water to overflowing level* :-D

[@nctpti2073]

Saw that too :D

[@shawndodson5556]

I noticed that. I shall submit a motion to dismiss.

[@Tyrope]

I would like to provide further evidence of this not happening once, but twice. Clearly we're seeing a pattern here, not just mere coincidence.

[@edwardnygma8533]

@@Tyrope Objection! A pattern requires at least 3 instances before being considered as such.

[@marc-andreservant201]

Opposing counsel doesn't get to speak to the judge in your absence. The clerk does. Be nice to the clerk.

[@stevie1862]

“you deserve good boxer briefs” me a 20 yo woman: you know what, yes i DO

[@shaan__real]

everyone deserves good boxer briefs

[@Fawkesbelladonna]

They are very comfortable

[@KanadianKaiser]

Recently switched boxer brands; a comfortable breathable pair will probably let you conquer thw world

[@bluezitrone9731]

Heck yeah XDD

[@bhuvigoyal2107]

Him: if you’re watching this channel you’re probably an adult Me a thirteen year old girl 👁👄👁

[@ObjectiveCosta]

OBJECTION: The filing at 12:36 was read as “2 hours from now”, when it read “2 hours ago”. The court surely must re-review the meme in question!

[@RGC_animation]

Lol true

[@TheLocomono9]

I caught that too

[@t-1156]

HOLD IT: The message of the meme stays fundamentally the same, as a consequence this court's assessement of this meme stays correct!

[@portatochips]

@@t-1156JUDGEMENT: The court finds this meme *NOT GUILTY.* Court is adjourned.

[@Dysan72]

@@t-1156 OBJECTION there is a fundamental difference the original wording is an impossible task, while the re-interpretation is merely an difficulty task.

[@dylanvickers7953]

“Law School doesn’t teach you how to be a lawyer” Me, a freshly graduated new working middle school teacher: *solemnly nodding in solidarity*

[@eiriankageno]

Elementary school teacher agreeing. Though not new anymore, I remember.

[@toppersundquist]

This sounds so much like engineering. Engineering school doesn't teach you how to be an engineer, you kinda learn that on the job. I haven't used 90% of what I learned at university, but I've REALLY drilled into that other 10%. That said, the vast majority of what I've learned and actually use could totally be on the job training. Huzzah!

[@GummieI]

I think that is true for most jobs really

[@asherandai1000]

In my experience school in general doesn't teach you how to do anything.

[@parmeiladhevi8602]

4 years English teacher here. Your comment speaks to my wounded soul. My teaching practicum days still haunt me.

[@maplezyrup]

As a current med student: Yes, they literally told me "You are brilliant and you will change the world. Here's a white coat." Of course that was followed up with "here's 100 pages of reading you have an exam on it tomorrow," but the attitude in that meme is spot on.

[@brovid-19]

They literally told me "You are brilliant and you will change the world. Here's a white coat." _man, it sure is hard to move my arms in this thing. And why do they have pillows on the walls, are these people insane?"_

[@Dragonking-vp4sx]

@@brovid-19 hol up

[@eliblaney]

first year med student here: this is still super accurate a year later

[@Aaa-bi8ly]

@@brovid-19 You ended up in an OLD zone of those? I got a free apartment!

[@quiquaequod322]

Your magic 8-ball has to have at least one "The bailiff will tackle you," and a "I'll see you in court."

[@alucard347]

Now that's a fantastic idea!

[@yoyo51010]

Plus not legal advice

[@Ostentatiousnessness]

“Now, I am not your lawyer, but…”

[@rekipstar]

D4 in the 8 ball side 1: It depends side 2: The bailiff WILL tackle you side 3: I'll see you in court side 4: This is not legal advice

[@Dandelion_Stitches]

"Everyone hates lawyers until you need one." Most people still hate them then, they just need them and feel that much angrier about it.

[@annaeverette8960]

You're the second person who said this, and it begins to scare me a little :o ...but not enough to give up the magic ball :D

[@Takerial]

I think for a lot of people. It just has to do with the feeling of having to pay large amounts of money for something that seems to be made unnecessarily complicated with no guarantee that what you're doing will actually work but you're still expected to pay.

[@anomaloustick4471]

Same thing with cops

[@w415800]

In my experience Lawyers had been a godsent in avoiding long ques and paperwork in civil proceedings, I think Car Salesman and Real Estate Agents are much worse human beings, lawyers for all of their faults and failings, are actually on your team.

[@Ilias2]

666 likes

[@dimerization]

I knew a guy in college who never cited anything in his papers and professors kept failing him and he was perpetually super mad about it which still blows my mind 10yrs later

[@joshurlay]

I can see how this would happen if their ego was big enough that they didn't see the importance

[@divaalfirman3295]

"I hate citations why can't you just trust me" Every college student felt that :(

[@Yumi_Jay]

I had to write a paper on one of my courses regarding psychology and school age children (I'm going back to school to be a teacher). It wasn't fun trying to make sure I input my citations correctly after 6 years when I last attended college. Turns out my citations were correct.

[@brenndanmcdonaugh1672]

My heart goes out to you friend

[@Tim.Stotelmeyer]

Also people claiming election fraud and anti-vaxers.

[@loganmckevett5364]

@@Yumi_Jay Did you try using citation machine?

[@Quinntus79]

Takes me back to my historical research paper. On the plus side, I'm now pretty confident in my skill with Turabian citation.

[@MWSin1]

Law school teaches the most valuable skill a lawyer can have: how to pretend to do 34 hours of work in a single day.

[@SarahElisabethJoyal]

You remind me of the joke about the young lawyer who dropped dead and told St Peter "How can I be dead? I'm still so young." "Well how can that be? According to your billable hours you're at least 90."

[@bradofwales]

@@SarahElisabethJoyal I believe that is already in one of legaleagle meme or lawyer joke video which was pretty good how the joke has a bit of truth to it.

[@SarahElisabethJoyal]

@@bradofwales thanks for reminding me that I really need to go back and watch all of the meme videos again 😁

[@hasanmuhammad6651]

Ling ling : _Pathetiqùe_

[@mineduck3050]

They can offest that number with all the negative-hours they've done in their public defender 'work'.

[@ticklord]

The real takeaway is be kind to literally anybody you interact with. Usually gets you a lot farther than being a jerk

[@vivien9451]

17:58 "if you're watching this, you're probably an adult" Me, 16, not interested in ever becoming a lawyer, watching this at 2:30 AM...

[@thenacho6354]

Literally same but it's 1 am

[@pepe-gfv2]

Well I'm 20 but I'm studying engineering so it's not like I'm becoming a lawyer either lol

[@complexcompound7227]

18 years old biology student here. Lol

[@BAVR28]

13,i dont even know what i want to be yet,i just like memes

[@fallingstar4990]

Same

[@olgierdvoneverec4135]

I was not in either Med or Law, but shared campus with them and the few times I actually heard, "I haven't slept in 2 days and I have to go to the hospital to do some practices where I'll just stand around and won't be allowed to touch anything" was not from the law students.

[@isaacm6052]

Duh, trials don’t happen in hospitals.

[@LocalPest]

@@isaacm6052 they shared a campus with both med and law students

[@Bilbobobpie]

@@isaacm6052 I got the joke

[@isaacm6052]

@@Bilbobobpie Thank you sir.

[@stormcloudsabound]

@@isaacm6052 Where was the joke? I think I missed it 🤔🤔

[@Roozyj]

"Discussing the readings without having read the readings" is what I did in theatre studies, to such an extend that one of my professors actually thought I was one of the most hard working students in his class. In reality I spent every seminar with half an hour of avoiding eye contact while other students answered questions, so I could get a grasp of what the seminar was even about. After that, I started asking very specific questions to fill in the blanks, which made it seem like I had read the whole text and was being critical about it xD

[@Pekkhum]

You should become a CEO, with those skills!

[@Roozyj]

@@Pekkhum Hm, doubt xD I don't really see myself as a leader. I'm becoming a teacher though.

[@Pekkhum]

@@Roozyj as a teacher you'll need to read the text, but as a CEO you can say anything as long as it sounds good to your audience. 🙃 Teaching is wonderful though. Here hoping you get your chance.

[@Roozyj]

@@Pekkhum Haha, that's true xD Thanks :) There's a big need for German language teachers over here, so I'll probably have a lot of job security. It's a nice change of pace after 2 art studies :P

[@Mike-px6pg]

"The citations are important, and although you may not see the citations, they are definitely there." - my next paper!

[@JustAnotherShopaholic]

😂😂😂

[@danuttall]

Citations are important for law, but they are also crucial for academic papers as well. Leave those out and you get accused of plagiarism.

[@brovid-19]

LOL

[@Thraim.]

“Ask not the -elves- *lawyers* for advice, because they will tell you both 'yes' and 'no'.” ― -J.R.R. Tolkien- *me*

[@anthonyitaliano7316]

I don't get it

[@ruthdeckman9781]

Lol that's great!

[@nicholasavasthi9879]

@@anthonyitaliano7316 In the Lord of the Rings novels Frodo asks an elf for advice while traveling to Rivendell, and receives an answer that is more of a wise sounding dodge than an actual answer, which he responds to by saying “Ask not the elves for advice because they will tell you both yes and no”.

[@cxfxcdude]

Username and Profile pic checks out

[@JohnSmith-ex8iw]

@@nicholasavasthi9879 er, it was the other way around. The elf told Frodo some advice about wizards, and then Frodo retaliated with "Do not ask elves for advice, for they will tell you both yes and no"

[@drkirkland79]

I can't believe corgis became the favourite dogs of lawyers when Legal Beagle was right there!

[@aRealAndHumanManThing]

yeah, but corgis can look extremely judgy, so they're able to train defending smb at home

[@sonicpsycho13]

Start of school as an engineer: "If a doctor screws up, one person dies. If an engineer screws up, hundreds of people die." *start montage of buildings & bridges collapsing.*

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

Well damn

[@AmandaBarncord]

I can verify this. When I studied chemical engineering, one of my profs spent a whole class detailing the aftermath and costs of a plant explosion (his wife worked for OSHA). His point at the end of the class: “Don’t rely on your memory! Look it up! Your ego is not worth someone else’s life!” *pounds table*

[@Hanmacx]

I saw a joke about an engineer class going onto a plane for flight The Captain said they built this plane after the students work All the students try to leave the plane The Professor is calm saying "no problem, we never get of the ground"

[@andrasbiro3007]

One of the reasons I became a game developer instead of a nuclear reactor engineer. Kinda regretted though, because I learned not to trust other people's work.

[@Najolve]

"If a programmer screws up, he does the same error n times (or until crtrl+break finally works)."

[@DETERNET]

Objection: Host read meme 16 as the assignment is due 2 hours from now, when the text plainly says it was due 2 hours ago, which is objectively funnier.

[@mygalsiii]

owww you beat me to it!

[@isidoreus]

I can't believe this made it past the edit... by a lawyer...

[@quintonmartin27]

THANK YOU! this has bugged me for so long trying to find someone who actually caught it.

[@SraTacoMal]

I'd pay to see his reaction when he turns it in 4 hours late.

[@daniellewallace1996]

I love when Legal Eagle and Dr. Mike reference each other in their videos. It makes me happy.

[@Sleeping_Insomiac]

When I started med school, it was more like, "Welcome, here's a white coat, don't mind the stains, behind this door is a corpse for you to cut up, and you better know the name of anything your scalpel touches."

[@lurac5710]

I don't understand.

[@SpairM]

@@lurac5710 exactly, that’s the joke

[@neivilde.1242]

me in high school: i hate citations why can't you just trust me?! me now: that's a big citation needed my guy

[@tinkeramma]

My biggest problem with citations is all the little details and formatting. I'm happy with enough information to go internet searching and find the source myself.

[@neivilde.1242]

@@tinkeramma yeah its very long and tedious to do, but i get why it's needed. hate doing it tho

[@bennyton2560]

source: This was revealed to me in a dream

[@digifox_]

*PLOT TWIST!* LegalEagle is actually 25 years old and law school made him look older. The perk to this is that he looks really cool and people will be more likely to agree with him because he looks trustworthy. The downside to this is that he's in crippling debt and he chose to go to law school,

[@pas-giaw6055]

Yes

[@smort123]

"I've been in the industry for 20 years, or at least it feels like 20 years."

[@torgranael]

@@smort123 That checks out. Every other profession requires experience from when you were a toddler. May as well add lawyers.

[@AdumbDriver]

No lol, he's actually 67

[@shannon890]

Oh I would believe it, as a law student this is 100% believable

[@wafelsen]

On the meme about med school vs law school: 1) Many med schools do give you a white lab coat on your first day & have a whole ceremony about it that is somewhat congratulatory. 2) My wife, when a med student said that if you ask a normal grad student to memorize the phone book he says "why?" but if you ask a med student to memorize the phone book he says "by when?" so there's that.

[@nicholasballesteros4448]

Me, a lawyer: it’s important to tell me the truth because I need to be adequately prepared for your bond hearing. Defense client: *lies to me about a single crucial detail which entire bond argument encompasses* Also defense client when bond is denied: *pikachu face*

[@fieryweasel]

"Oh, well...I mean, technically yes, the prosecutor is right, but I really don't want that to be the case. You're the lawyer, just object a lot - I want to get out of jail."

[@murasaki848]

From the movie Legal Eagles: "An attorney has to know the truth. Whether he attacks it or defends it, the truth is the touchstone of his trade. That`s tricky, because clients often lie..."

[@iamReddington]

"Toss a coin to your lawyer." LOL! I need more of this.

[@V3x0r]

Personal experience tells me it was a hell of a lot of coins.

[@KasranFox]

i think the best part of this is your really genuine laughter as you read the memes, there's something heartwarming about it

[@thepetermullins]

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY COINS I'VE TOSSED TO MY LAWYER?!

[@The.Stalker]

Bro, same

[@Sableagle]

Use those chunky Euro coins, and throw them _hard._

[@mrroboshadow]

@@Sableagle trust me they are not as chunky as you think

[@immortalasirpa8117]

Can you give me the case number? As the court reporter, I'll just read back through your testimony and give you the exact figure lol....I'm not trying to diss you my friend. Loved your comment. It's just that I spend a huge amount of time writing down testimony where people rant about exactly how much money they've paid in attorney's fees. Down to the penny, which really twists the court reporter's brain after awhile..... 🤯

[@MomirsLabTech]

Toss a coin to your Witcher instead. You get much more.. practical results that way.

[@89Keith]

"Everyone hates lawyers until they need one, then who y'ah gonna call" A good hitman; it's cheaper and somehow less morally repugnant :p

[@yellowsnow230]

Oh SHIT

[@18Hongo]

As the exchange in "Only Fools and Horses" went: Del: "Why didn't you seek professional help?" Manager: "You mean a psychiatrist?" Del: "No, I mean a hitman!"

[@DiranJiru]

My sister said she wanted to be a lawyer. I told her she was gonna have to learn her latin. Nobody at the family table believed me.

[@scottwpilgrim]

Ergo, your sister was blindsided by the many Latin terms?

[@bezretmet]

requiescat in pace for your sister

[@catelynh1020]

How can you expect to do summons if you don't have your latin prepared? Just candles and a pentagram isn't enough

[@romainsavioz5466]

@@catelynh1020 well it depends

[@colejosephalexanderkashay683]

latina est gaudium et utilis

[@matesafranka6110]

The shark meme reminded me of when I was doing my internship at the hospital, and my supervisor asked me why I want to become an assistant pathologist (= the person who cuts up dead bodies for autopsy). I told him I really wanted to be a butcher, but I like animals too much.

[@benny_lemon5123]

🤣

[@cpcoultertweedles7216]

Be nice to your clerks, your receptionists, your janitors, your maintenance workers and your cleaners. People in those sorts of roles can make your lives easier, or they can make your lives hell. Nothing worse than having your maintenance requests 'mysteriously' end up at the bottom of the priority list.

[@abijahdixon2771]

This should have wayyy more likes

[@gwillis01]

The French have a word for it: "staircase wit" All those stunning, entertaining, amazing stories that you could have told your friends at the party that only occur to you as you are going up the stairs to your bedroom to sleep in your bed.

[@livin4thelamb499]

Oooh what is this word in French? I want to start using it 😆

[@gwillis01]

@@livin4thelamb499 I can tell you that the French word for staircase is escalier

[@gwillis01]

The French word for story is histoire My Google skills failed me I could not find the special French word that means staircase wit

[@livin4thelamb499]

@@gwillis01 no worries dude 👍

[@rekipstar]

i thought it was spirit of the elevator

[@emilmullerv3519]

“Everyone hates lawyers until you need one. And in that moment...” You hate them even more

[@annaeverette8960]

:(

[@damaskito]

Sustained

[@aalegalfocus]

and the lawyer hates the client too, later wishing s/he had never taken on the case....

[@celestesimulator6539]

@@aalegalfocus *they

[@nanoblast5748]

"Those bastards!"

[@baileycarter5141]

Legal Eagle: "...If your watching this channel, your probably an adult..." Me, a 13 year old girl who is insanely bored: "OBJECTION!"

[@theakatsukiduck1164]

Same but boy

[@phyto12]

You’re

[@thomasryan7987]

@@phyto12 No-one like grammer nazIs

[@baileycarter5141]

@@phyto12 Hmm, yes. I realized that. Didn't need you to correct me. You could have used that time to....go to your local park, or make something, or teach English.

[@phyto12]

@@baileycarter5141 your comment took longer to say than mine lol

[@RadicalEdwardStudios]

I suspect the doctor thing is more like "here's your coat, here's your residency, now just so you know ... every single one of you is probably gonna kill somebody"

[@Chyeld]

When I worked in HRIS for a hospital, every year we would have a new set of residents around July and every year VP of HR would remind us to try not to get sick till October or so...

[@shai5651]

You never collapse a lung TWICE.

[@niemannicole]

Its a little of both, we definitely got the you're all brilliant heres a white coat on first day of med school, but day 2 was haha enjoy the hell that is memorizing everything ever for expensive exams. But yeah we were all told that we might kill someone someday... Good luck. Its not likely to happen the first month or two because you get watched very closely, around September/October is when you have less careful supervision

[@oenrn]

My first day of med school one of the professors said: "just remember, no matter what you do, every single one of your patients is going to die eventually." So yeah, that was fun.

[@jeffreymontgomery7516]

Personally, I'd like to get a doctor OR a lawyer who has gone beyond the need to practice all the time and is finally ready! :)

[@natedog526]

I shed a tear for anyone who was going to school for anything during these times.

[@mikeharrison1868]

Yeah, language students who had their years abroad cancelled... :-(

[@caleb_güero]

The fact that someone owes more now than they did when they graduated, even after paying for years, is an absolute disgrace and should be shoved in the face of lawmakers.

[@legendaryfrog4880]

"Look at how long something is before you start reading it". I do this all the time with technical manuals lol

[@Blutwind]

To be fair the longer the technical manual is for any utility the better it is to read it ^^"

[@celiashen5490]

That was a major step of my high school homework. {bone deep sigh} I'm not even a lawyre

[@jlokanis]

This is how I decide if I should watch a KZbin video. Unless it is Legal Eagle...

[@Yumi_Jay]

This is how I decide on how long my lessons are in each unit before I commit to studying each day.

[@unbelver]

@@jlokanis The inverse applies to LockPickingLawyer's vids. The long videos are the interesting locks. "Ooh, a 5 minute video! That must be a difficult lock to pick!"

[@icepicmusic4324]

12:37 the ending of the joke actually said “due two hours ago”, not “two hours from now” making the joke even funnier and a little more outrageous lol

[@guyver441]

Yes, I was going to object.

[@gjithqka.kalonn]

This channel is a lifesaver for me. I'm literally passing ESP Legal English with flying colours thanks to the various terms I've learned here.

[@alpacalyps1464]

The magic 8 ball should also include synonyms of "it depends" like: maybe; yes, but possibly no; no, but possibly yes; possibly; and "who knows?".

[@albertnormal6834]

"Ask a Lawyer"

[@scottwpilgrim]

"As your legal representative, I advise you to shut the hell up."

[@aurora5481]

"This is not legal advice."

[@mattbritton6222]

Yes, but only under very specific circumstances. Otherwise, no.

[@moremiaj4786]

I dont like being dissatisfied and so, will not buy it. Because the answers would be so unsatisfactory.

[@AskMia411]

Now I need a full parody cover of "Toss a coin to your lawyer"

[@serene1172]

“Toss a coin to your lawyer, Oh country of lawsuits ...”

[@alyceavary5542]

Agreed!! Who knew #LegalEagle was a fan of #TheWitcher???

[@HurrikanEagle]

I'd like to toss a coin to this comment!

[@josephlck]

What I remember from my first days of med school is firstly being told a third of us will marry the person to our right (a totally wrong - I married the girl on my left and the bloke on my right is one of my best friends). We were also told the average doctor saves 13 lives in their career - and that's not counting the ones you bump off!

[@ariesearthdragon]

Ah, but the professor was correct. In your sample, 1/3 DID marry the person to their right. You, specifically, were just a part of the 2/3 that did not.

[@alterego9082]

Can we get longer version of this " Toss a coin to your lawyer..."?

[@hp22h78]

Legal Eagle Solo Album when?

[@TazorNissen]

He takes copy right cases.. I doubt it, hehe.

[@mrroboshadow]

@@TazorNissen wouldnt it fall under parody and there for fair use?

[@alterego9082]

@@mrroboshadow i think so, but the law in EU is different then in US so I have no actual knowledge to back it off

[@DeclanMBrennan]

Or how about "Toss a dime to the law student"? kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX6Zk4h_ZqZsntE

[@TheresNoGhost]

I graduated last May with a bachelors in computer science, and quarantine started during spring break so we came back as remote courses. Found out none of my computer science doctorate professors could figure out how to upload lecture videos to literally anywhere on the internet.

[@kwanarchive]

We don't use software, we only just write it.

[@unclecreepy4185]

OBJECTION! Not understanding the Gru meme at 10:14. The 4th panel is Gru looking back at the 3rd step in confusion because the 3rd step doesn’t make sense. He’s like, who put that there? Since the case is dismissed he can’t file sanctions, so he’s confused at who put that step there. (In the film the girls put in their own panel when he’s explaining his moon stealing plan).

[@Taurusus]

My sister-in-law is in her final year, and we were all sitting down with beers the other night when someone threw a hypothetical law question her way. Man, I was so happy when she said, "It depends..." I was like, Oh girl you're a real lawyer now! I would 100% get her a LegalEagle "It Depends" magic 8-ball as a graduation present.

[@michaelgamboa8458]

Today in law school with LegalEagle: "11 probably comes before 12 but I'll have to check case law" Damn case law be wild

[@kurankeikun]

"Although you might not see the citations, they're definitely there." Very apt for the meme you all chose, "I hate citations why cant you just trust me." Lol.

[@JMulvy]

"it depends" is also the defacto response from web developers, programmers, and IT people.

[@scottwpilgrim]

I also hear, "It might just be dumb enough to work" a lot.

[@davidcovington901]

I found a tiny error. "Because everyone hates lawyers, until you need one." No, plenty of people dislike their own attorney, with cause.

[@graylinshowell7051]

I dunno, I like the attorney representing the landlord I'm suing. I'm reasonably sure I've learned more watching this channel than this lawyer knows.

[@starwing0]

@@graylinshowell7051 well a lawyer’s job is not to win cases, but to bill you for the most amount of hours he/she can

[@unreasonable-man.bsky.social]

My hatred for lawyers who remain lawyers is insignificant next to my hatred for lawyers who become legislators.

[@graylinshowell7051]

@@starwing0 A lawyer has a duty to be a zealous advocate for his client! This lawyer has zealously not filed documents with the court more than once and told me on a recorded call that his client admitted intentionally damaging my property to try to get me to settle. He's making this litigation go really quickly for me. He's bad on both fronts.

[@portmoneul]

@@graylinshowell7051 you can't possibly be that lucky. Nobody is that stupid. No?

[@8cladgamer210]

I need a full version of “Toss a coin to your lawyer”

[@amkmarie]

What I've learned from watching this video: Law school seems to be filled with professors who know a lot about law...and next to nothing about pedagogy

[@aalegalfocus]

the professors typically practiced law for 1-2 years before making a beeline for academia.

[@Gigator]

Coming from a German university background: that is true for all university professors. Teaching if viewed as a biproduct.

[@mordekaisworld7636]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 toss a coin to your lawyer🎶 got me dying over here.

[@rodefshalom]

“Everyone hates lawyers, until you need them. Then who ya gonna call?” A lawyer. And I still hate them.

[@WouterStekelenburg]

You leave law school $250000 in debt, but then you still have to learn how to be a lawyer on the job... somebody should sue'em.

[@achftw]

Yeah, but you have to learn to sue them first, then in court they could argue that it obviously worked as you are practicing law.

[@eduardolins5391]

@@achftw hire someone who went to a different law school than yours then you sue theirs

[@dubious6718]

The benefit of living in a country with almost free education is that when you finish school you have almost no debt and the debt you have has a very low interest, so its not a priority to pay. Most people end up with about $30k in debt, not related to study cost, but living and partying.

[@jasont340]

Sounds like trying to sue city hall probably not going to work out.

[@katherinemorelle7115]

I just don’t get why American law school is set up the way it is. Aussie law school will at least teach you enough to get you started. That includes how to research, how to write, how to form arguments, how to cite cases properly, etc. Also, we have assignments as well as exams, and our lectures are recorded so we can watch or rewatch at our convenience. No need to rely on a fellow student and hope they take decent notes. It’s just a much better system.

[@amwfan88]

I covered a first-degree murder trial once where it was clear the defendant committed the crime. The defense knew they had no defense so the best they could do was argue that it was second-degree murder and not first-degree. In opening arguments, the defense attorney literally said something to the effect of, "Find my client guilty, but don't find him guilty of first-degree murder." I actually had to listen to my audio recording multiple times to make sure I heard that correctly.

[@sabrinaschell4938]

I love your love of Marshall in How I Met Your Mother. I have always said that is the most accurate depiction of law school and the progression through the legal field of any tv show ever.

[@hi00118]

I really appreciate the second meme lmao. I’m in an election law class right now and we recently were assigned Buckley v Valeo. The ENTIRE majority opinion, all 50 pages of it. And yes this is during an entirely virtual 2L year...

[@gufosufo337]

F

[@autohmae]

I'm glad someone is looking at it, it 'only' changed the course of the US politics completely and thus the US and probably the world.

[@adamgreene187]

The Toss A Coin bit was just a thirst trap, wasn't it? Effect achieved, sir. Effect achieved.

[@vissenekku]

"Seeing the shark makes me want to go to the beach." Are you... okay?

[@Starfloofle]

he seeks time among his people

[@mahjongasaur7099]

There's a part of me that hopes that Mack Weldon hasn't ever actually been a sponsor, and he's just a REALLY big fan of theirs.

[@SCRandall]

Why is that? Are they kind of a sham?

[@darknight10000]

@@SCRandall It's just a joke based on how enthusiastic LegalEagle is when talking about them.

[@idontneedaname318]

bruh i audibly gasped when he sneezed and change into something that _isn't_ a suit and/or blazer. first time ive seen his forearms

[@jeffreypierson2064]

You need to go back to early COVID posts. He was sitting at the beach, being filmed by his friend. IRC, he was wearing a polo and shorts.

[@Karen-pk3uv]

Same, it was odd

[@queenrhubarb1676]

I’m an anthropology major and for one of my classes it was a required class where we were going to talk about Bigfoot, UFO’s and conspiracy theories, but instead we read these really long court cases. I don’t know why, but that’s literally all we did. The description of the class even said that we would talk about Bigfoot.

[@FiveTrenchcoats]

We're going to need a full version of "Toss a Coin to Your Lawyer" ASAP. Serenade me, Law Father.

[@LunaMoth_Love]

Court daddy

[@juanlennon7592]

@@LunaMoth_Love Penal Code Papa

[@cindyhill9091]

OMG, as a former paralegal with a sister who was the head clerk of the county & district courts, I can tell you that being mean to the clerk can cause sooooo many problems! It's much easier to kiss their asses and get what you need. 1 minute of kindness reaps loads of rewards.

[@aalegalfocus]

true, clerks/staff can really stand in the way of getting things done smoothly.

[@happydays1918]

Me: I want to be a lawyer! Watches this video Also me: You know what, never mind

[@maishakhan3641]

True, me too

[@CocoCece08]

Paralegal student, and I agree.

[@Vladimyra85]

I would absolutely buy the Legal Eagle "It Depends" Magic 8-ball.

[@ladosis5596]

Here in my country people have to work for a year in a legal aid clinic and most law students work as paralegals during law school, to avoid the " I don't know sh*t about f*ck phenomenon". As a physician with five years of clinical experience *before* graduation, I agree with this approach.

[@alexlandherr]

As programmer in training I’m a bit surprised at how similar the responses are when people say “Can I ask you about this?” And I say “It depends on lots of details”…

[@randomist1984]

The clerk is the grease that makes the wheels turn? Reminds me of that old saying "beware of the toes you step on today, they might belong to the person who's arse needs kissed tomorrow"

[@manowarkill67]

#19: Same rule we teach in Improv. "Never leave them wanting less"

[@chloe_3787]

Sometimes while I’m watching Alex Cabot and Casey Novak on Law and Order, I think about how awesome it’d be to be a prosecutor wearing a power suit. Then I remember I don’t actually want to go through the hell of law school.

[@ksasidhar2980]

Those dad jokes is really the most important peice of the pie

[@TazTheYellow]

Some cross-occupational humor for when you're with your chemist friends, but you can't have battery without a salt.

[@JustAnotherShopaholic]

😅😅😅

[@thatguyintherain3168]

Dont throw sodium chloride at people, that counts as a salt. kek

[@anurag_verma_youtube]

8:41 "You graduate from law school you don't know anything" (from legal eagle) I've also heard "When you graduate from software engineering college you don't know anything" (from some programming tutorial guy on KZbin) Also heard (from a numberphile video) "When you graduate with a maths degree you don't know a lot of math" So when does exactly know things when you graduate

[@KamiRecca]

"Law school doesnt teach you to be a lawyer." Put that sentance in any other occupation and see what happens. "Medical school doesnt teach you to be a doctor" Scary "Mechanical school doesnt teach you how to be a car mechanic" Unsafe "Veterinarian school doesnt teach you how to be a Veterinarian" Sad "Clown school doesnt teach you how to be a clown" So very true.

[@GlueC]

Yeah, but high school was pretty accurate.

[@Starfloofle]

This is kind of the problem with our education system overall.

[@KamiRecca]

@@Starfloofle Agreed.

[@drops2cents260]

@@GlueC Dude, if you didn't learn how to get high in high school, something _really_ went wrong during your education. ;-)

[@kaboomsihal1164]

Medical school absolutely does not teach you how to be a doctor. It teaches you how to learn how to be a doctor once you graduate. And that's coming from someone at a uni that prepares us super well and gives us a ton of practical experience.

[@InvisiblerApple]

"Probably isn't good enough" is the best summary of reasonable doubt I've ever heard. Although I've never set foot in a courtroom.

[@DukeSaiko]

How is it okay for THE supreme court to have this rule in which cameras are prohibited thus making hearings less open, less trustworthy? I just can’t comprehend that.

[@V3x0r]

Yes! Let us see all the corrupt backhand dealings they're involved in.

[@innocuoushappenstance6259]

4:05 Citing stuff just makes me get sucked down the rabbit hole of looking at where the info came from, finding more sources, getting interested, spending hours reading them, having to do more citations, finding new sources... At the end it's like "paper? What paper?"

[@benjamincretsinger1198]

Objection Legal Eagle you miss read the Med vs Law School meme the reading was due 2 hours before you were assigned it

[@SuperS05]

12:25

[@aprylvanryn5898]

Was looking for this comment. Guess I don't have to make it

[@autohmae]

Glad I wasn't alone on this one.

[@MagicTrixor]

Ditto

[@benjamingardner3314]

@@SuperS05 Way to cite

[@angelasimpson5581]

If you create a Magic 8 ball that only says “It depends,” I’d buy one from you for my dad who’s a lawyer

[@Peteman]

I have a trick for the mask and glasses thing: with the mask over the bridge of your nose, put the glasses over the mask. It can help keep the glasses in place and the air doesn't fog up your glasses.

[@robyngwendolynshiloh5277]

The transition from video to advert is so smooth, only a lawyer could come up with the idea

[@garrettstephens91]

From my experience, people mostly hate Lawyers because they are really expensive and they sometimes defend people who do bad things.

[@Walawalacookie]

We live in a world where one of the most charismatic people on youtube is a Lawyer. These are strange times my friends, strange times indeed.

[@Raz.C]

From someone who lives in an advanced nation (Australia), it's very hard for me to imagine how awful it must be to live in a place where you have to pay for your tertiary education. It seems like a lot of lives would be wasted that way. People who are more than capable of becoming an engineer/ lawyer/ doctor/ whatever, but simply can't afford to pay for university. That's the kind of thing you'd expect in a third world nation and I really don't understand why it still happens in the usa...

[@wraitholme]

Unfortunately, most of the time when you get state-funded education, the quality drops. The best teachers and the best facilities are _expensive_, and that's how you get places like MIT and Harvard.

[@Raz.C]

@@wraitholme While that might be true in the usa, the exact opposite is true here (and the rest of the developed world, I expect). You see, the pay-for-it universities here like, for example Duke uni, are not taken seriously as educational institutions because they'll let ANYONE enrol, as long as they can afford to pay for it. The prestigious universities like (my uni) University of Queensland, or University of Sydney, etc, are much harder to get into, only admitting a certain number of students per year and only those who have the grades for it. The tuition is paid for by the government (though you can pay it yourself if you like and with a 25% discount if you pay outright), though in either case, the university still gets paid and so does everyone who works there. There's no drop in quality and everyone has the chance to become whatever they want to be- as long as they're intellectually capable.

[@wraitholme]

@@Raz.C Sure, there's always going to be universities at the top of whatever the local pile is, and I'm sure a system based around exclusivity and scholarships will keep quality up... But with all due respect to the Universities of Queensland or Sydney, they aren't exactly Harvard, Oxford or MIT :P And for what it's worth I'm not American, so I'm not defending them out of the usual US conditioned patriotism. I'm just saying what I've seen, and if you have state-funded education then you better hope it's one of the state's highest priorities, because now you're competing for budget with things like defense, or ministerial luxury cars and housing. Not a lot of people who make it into higher-level politics have the kind of mind that cares about someone _else's_ benefit.

[@Raz.C]

@@wraitholme The universities I mentioned are consistently in the top 5 universities in Australia. So 'Yes,' they are the Australian equivalent of Harvard or Oxford. Though the latter two are more well known because there are more american and British movies and shows that mention/ explore them. If you look at how much a nation's universities contribute to world knowledge, you'll find that american universities have fallen behind most developed nations.

[@eji74]

@@Raz.C American universities do have minimum standards for enrollment, they do not just "let anyone enroll if they can afford it." The problem is the public school system is pretty much garbage, especially in the big cities, and when these students get to college, many can't hack it. This, IMO, is a major contributor to American universities not named MIT, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon or Johns Hopkins - private institutions with high enrollment standards - are falling behind. And we have people who actually want to lower the standards even more, when we should be doing the exact opposite. I'm completely fine with raising enrollment standards for universities, while steering those who may not achieve those standards but still want a higher education or learn a skill to community colleges or trade schools.

[@EmpressMermaid]

Having worked in law offices I can verify that the one person you do NOT want pissed off at you is the court clerk.

[@absolutless]

The image of the supreme court has been taking some hits recently, regardless of what Breyer wants to believe.

[@CameronHuff]

My thoughts as well. I consider the Supreme Court to be major sus at this point.

[@YingofDarkness]

The second Congress pulled the stunt they did with the newest judge my opinion of them went straight down the shitter. It used to be you could at least pretend they were the only unbiased court in the US. Don't even have that illusion anymore.

[@turma8eac]

As a law student who has been having classes through the pandemic, it’s really not as bad as you think

[@firefox5926]

1:11 i mean i would love to know how exactly it costs so much .. ideally an itemized expense list with justifications for the charged about

[@johanrunfeldt7174]

3:52 the judge is the King, the court clerk is the Queen, the lawyers are applying for the position as court jester.

[@Henoik]

"They were going to win the judge over, and they just keep talking" This is true in life in general. I remember when I was working in sales, the thing that made most salesmen fail was that they couldn't shut up.

[@MijmerMopper]

I've had this as a customer service employee. Sometimes policy is a wee bit vauge and there's some judgement needed on my end. And sometimes a customer goes from being given a new product free of charge to being politly told to die mad about it real fast.

[@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj]

I don't know what Doctor Mike said, but having been to medical school I can confirm that at least in Canada the "You're all brilliant to even have gotten hear and you're all going to change the world" is mostly accurate.