Every profession has a dedicated meme page. Doctors, salespeople, even lawyers. And that’s the career that we’re covering today. It’s the people who go through at least three years of law school to then have a job that has them overworked, emotionally drained, and disillusioned with society. On the other hand, 27 of the U.S. presidents were previously lawyers. If that doesn’t scream prestige, I’m not sure what does.
Anyway, the page that we’re featuring today is the Lawyer Issues Instagram. It’s a place for funny and relatable content for lawyers and law students alike. I’m definitely no lawyer, but even I had a chuckle at many of these. So scroll down and see if you find them relatable, too!
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The Lawyer Issues Instagram page has 188k followers and is a trusty supply of fresh lawyer memes. This IG page, however, is not the only one in the Lawyer franchise.
There's also a podcast, Lawyer Interviews, which features conversations with all types of lawyers: from real estate, workers' compensation, litigation, and criminal defense attorneys.
The current host of the podcast is a corporate lawyer by day and stand-up comedian by night, Jeff Dylan. They cover silly cases like the toilet explosion in Florida lawsuit or the top three scariest comments a lawyer can get from partners.
Yet the podcast is not only entertaining but informative as well. Their content includes career advice for future lawyers, tips on how to pick clients and cases, and how to balance life and work better.
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You ready for some more lawyer jokes, pandas? In French, the word for "avocado" and "lawyer" is the same: "l'avocat." Louisiana firm Gordon McKernan Injury Attorneys used this to their advantage and concocted a whimsical billboard. It's a picture of an avocado with an attorney's face inside it and the words "L'avocat? It's good for you either way!"
There's a similar joke in season one of Marvel's Daredevil (previously on Netflix, now on Disney+). The two main characters, best friends and lawyers Foggy and Matt, are talking about what they will name their future practice. Foggy mishears the Spanish word "abocados" for "avocados," joking that they will name it "Nelson & Murdock: Avocados At Law."
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Have you ever wondered who're the most famous lawyers in U.S. history? Most sources online say it's Abraham Lincoln. Apparently, Lincoln wasn't a particularly good student of law, but he knew how to use other sources effectively. Perhaps that's because he was self-taught, like many lawyers of his time. However, he was very good in a courtroom, and people revered him for his ability to deliver good opening and closing arguments.
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Another prominent figure in U.S. lawyer history is Thurgood Marshall. He was the first African-American Supreme Court judge. Before his time at the Supreme Court, Marshall fought the Brown v. Board of Education civil rights case. The bill ended racial segregation in public schools, and Marshall continued to ensure the rights of all citizens, regardless of race.
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How can we talk about the most influential U.S. lawyers and not talk about Ruth Bader Ginsburg? The trailblazer for women's legal rights, sometimes also called RBG, took part in some groundbreaking decisions. In the case Reed vs. Reed (1971), Ginsberg argued that men shouldn't be favored over women as administrators of estates. The court ruled that "discrimination based on gender is not constitutional when naming the administrator of an estate."
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Another prominent U.S. lawyer is Johnnie Cochran, who had a lot of high-profile cases. The most famous undoubtedly is the O.J. Simpson case, where Cochran was the lead of the defense team. However, he also was a passionate civil rights activist and defended victims of police brutality.
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But who are the most prominent lawyers of today? One of them is the human rights lawyer Amal Clooney. She was part of many landmark human rights violation cases. She represented Yazidis against ISIS members and financiers for committing genocide.
She was also part of the legal team representing Armenia in the case involving the Armenian genocide. In recent years, she led a Legal Task Force on Accountability for Crimes Committed in Ukraine and is a member of the Working Group on Compensation for Damage Caused to Ukraine.
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Another famous contemporary lawyer is David Boies, the attorney who helped the U.S. government successfully prosecute Microsoft. His other cases include Hollingsworth v. Perry, a landmark decision that prohibited the Proposition-8 ban on same-sex marriage in California, and his loss in the Bush v. Gore case. Though, there are some "misfires" in his career, like representing Harvey Weinstein and the failed blood-testing company "Theranos" before their downfall.
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Gloria Allred is another American attorney that people might know from her high-profile cases against celebrities. Allred prides herself on being a "feminist lawyer" and a fighter for women's rights. She represented at least 28 women in the case against Bill Cosby, as well as the women who sued Tiger Woods in 2010. Allred also represented Jane Roe (Norma McCorvey) in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
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And how can we talk about famous lawyers and not mention the one that led the most prominent case of the 2020s? The attorney Camille Vasquez successfully defended actor Johnny Depp in the 2022 defamation trial and became a real star. After the win, Vazquez said she hopes to inspire fellow Latinas in their professional fields.
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