I'm officially a lawyer now!

[northernsoul]

I just got sworn in this morning! Stay off the sidewalk, 'cause I'm licensed to practice law! Yeeee-ahhhh!

And I already need to get back to work.

[MrCoffee]

1. congrats!

job well done, sir (or ma'am, i'm not sure)! serve the profession well.

[northernsoul]

It's Sir Northernsoul, and

thanks for the positive wishes. My practice involves a fair amount of stickin' it to the man, so I'll try ot do DU proud.

[Call Me Wesley]

2. Congrats!

:woohoo:

Now, if you have a few free minutes, I have a question:
There's this, uhmm, let's say, person, who, in fact, for over three weeks now, deliberately and intentionally ... Nah, no worries! Congrats!

[northernsoul]

4. that'll be $200

}(

[Call Me Wesley]

8. Nope, I did ask for

free minutes! You'll hear from my lawyer! :rofl:

[Nickster]

3. Way to go! Congrats! n/t

[ceile]

5. Excellent!

:bounce: :toast: :woohoo:

[Lochloosa]

6. Congrats....now we can officially hate you

[SeattleGirl]

7. Congratulations to you!

:toast:

[BarenakedLady]

9. Congratulations to you

That's quite an accomplishment!

:yourock:

[av8rdave]

10. Congrats!!!

[Left Is Write]

11. Congratulations!

[underpants]

12. Hold still dammit

Just kidding!

Congrats

[eyesroll]

13. Yay!

Congratulations! :toast:

I'll officially be a lawyer in May of '09 (no bar exam here, so we get sworn in right after graduation).

[northernsoul]

16. no bar exam? What magical paradise is this?

Law school was tough, but the bar exam was !@#$!!! brutal!
Where are you?

[eyesroll]

19. Wisconsin. If you go to a WI law school, and practice here, you get

diploma privilege. It's kind of an incentive to keep talented young lawyers here, I guess.

I'm a 1L at Marquette. So far, so good.

[northernsoul]

23. good for you, hang in there

Wisconsin is wise not to inflict the bar exam on its JDs, I wish Minnesota would follow suit.

[MrCoffee]

18. are you one of those UND "lawyers"?

:hi:

[eyesroll]

25. Me? I'm a Marquette proto-lawyer.

(They call us lawyers, though...it's strange..."You're a lawyer, you need to be precise," etc. Well, if I'm a lawyer, can I skip the next two-and-a-half years and start working?)

[buddhamama]

14. Congratulations!

Give yourself a big ol' pat on the back. Best Wishes and thanks for using your lawyering to do good. :toast:

[myrna minx]

15. Congratulations NS!

:hi: How have you been?

[northernsoul]

17. Hey Myrna!

Stickin' it to the man is my business, and business is good! How are you?

[myrna minx]

27. I'm quite well.

I'm so happy for you! So, when can the good people of the Twin Cities expect to see your face roll by on the side of a bus? :rofl:

I'm so excited about November that I can't wait to celebrate. I'm hoping for a Bachman smack down but I think I'm a bit optimistic. :hi: I should check out the MN forum to see if anyone is getting together on election night. I haven't been to a meet-up on a veeery long time. :spank:

Take care, and congratulations!

[u4ic]

20. Way to go, northernsoul!!

Congratulations!!! :bounce: :toast: :bounce:

[Parche]

21. lawyer

Did you hear the one about the lawyer and the judge.........................


Anyway congratulations!!!!

[MrCoffee]

22. you need one of these now...

MrsCoffee got me one when i passed the bar.

[miss_american_pie]

24. Congrats!

:toast:

[trof]

26. Well GET OUT THERE AND CHASE DOWN SOME AMBULANCES!

Congratulations, you poor bastid.
My son-in-law is an attorney and I just could not put in the hours he does.
He's been at it about 7 years and it hasn't gotten much better.
All the best.

[mike_c]

28. "in ten years we're gonna have one million lawyers..."

"How much can a poor nation stand?"

Chorus:
In ten years we're gonna have one million lawyers
One million lawyers, one million lawyers
In ten years we're gonna have one million lawyers
How much can a poor nation stand

Humankind has survived some disasters for sure
Like locusts and flash floods and flu
There's never a moment when we've been secure
From the ills that the flesh is heir to
If it isn't a war it's some gruesome disease
If it isn't disease then it's war
But there's worse still to come, and I'm asking you, please
How the world's gonna take any more

The world shook with dread of Attila the Hun
As he conquered with fire and steel
And Genghis and Kubla and all of the Khans
Ground a groaning world under the heel
Disaster, disaster - so what else is new
We've suffered the worst, and then some
So I'm sorry to tell you, my suffering friends
Of the terrible scourge still to come

Oh, a suffering world cries for mercy
As far as the eye can see
Lawyers around every bend in the road
Lawyers in every tree
Lawyers in restaurants
Lawyers in clubs
Lawyers behind every door
Behind windows and potted plants
Shade trees and shrubs
Lawyers on pogo sticks
Lawyers in politics
In ten years we're gonna have one million lawyers
How much can a poor nation stand

In spring it's tornados and rampaging floods
In summer it's heat stroke and drought
There's Ivy League football to ruin the fall
It's a terrible scourge without doubt
There are blizzards to batter the shivering plain
There are dust storms that strike, but far worse
Is the threat of disaster to shrivel the brain
It's the threat of implacable curse

--Tom Paxton

[Nicole]

29. Congrats!

:toast:

[brook]

30. Ya need

to change your nic to "northernsoul, Esq.", no?

Congratulations. :toast: