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Inside Legal Blogs[By The Judge]

So how does it feel to be back at work after the holidays? Now that you’re back at your desk, facing your computer, are you trying to avoid working by

daydreaming about eating leftovers? Or are you one of those lucky law school students still on winter break, sitting at home, trying to find ways to waste

time? Either way, you’re making the right choice by reading this article; there’s no better way to waste time and avoid work. Okay, I take it back; there

probably are better ways. However, while you’re reading this article, you can pretend you’re being responsible by keeping up with current legal events.

What could be more important than that (besides eating leftovers, of course)? Read on to relish the random news of the week.

I know quite a few litigators who put a great

deal of time and effort into calculating their

courtroom mannerisms. They carefully

plan how they will walk, talk, and move.

Litigators waste a lot of time daydreaming

about cross-examination. (It’s sad but true.)

Do you know where the best place to stand

during a cross-examination is? According to

an article posted on The Illinois Trial Practice Weblog, it’s actually best to walk around

during cross-examination-just in case you

were wondering.

Isn’t it wonderful to waste time thinking

about all the things you would rather be

doing than working? You can daydream

about eating, sleeping, drinking…sounds

great, right? Well, it is, as long as you don’t

actually start acting out your fantasies in the

office, especially if those fantasies involve

sex. I’m sure the prosecutor I read about

on How Appealing has now thoroughly

learned that lesson. This particular attorney

got caught in a stall in the courthouse’s

women’s restroom with a legal assistant. He

was arrested for trespassing and forced to

resign. On a side note, the legal assistant

was not arrested, as she had a “valid right”

to be in the women’s restroom. Does that

seem unfair to anyone besides me?

Some of us daydream about eating. Others

have higher aspirations such as, say, to

own small towns. If you fall into the latter

category, you’ll be interested to know that

Holy City, CA, is for sale. On May It Please the Court, I learned more than I ever wanted

to know about the history of Holy City. Did

you know that it was founded by William

Riker (not of the USS Enterprise), a thrice-

divorced palmist/necktie salesman who

kept in touch with Hitler? I sure didn’t, but

somehow, now that I do, the name Holy City

just doesn’t seem to fit.

That’s all I’ve got. So now you have two

options: you can either get to work or go

back to wasting time. Considering that you

took the time to read this article, it’s really

not so hard for me to guess which option

you’re going to choose. See you next week!