An associate blogger at Outside the Beltway takes note of the plan by the The Association of Trial Lawyers of America to change its name to The American Association for Justice. In an update, James Joyner notes:
And, presumably, we would have Association for Justice members on both sides of many if not most civil suits. So . . . both sides in each case are fighting for “justice.â€
Seems like a good time to tell one of my all-time favorite lawyer jokes.
An engineer, a mathematician, and a lawyer were arguing about the nature of God. The mathematician pointed to the order in the universe and concluded that, certainly, God must be a mathematician. Then engineer noted that God created the world in just six days, “surey a tremendous engineering featâ€.
The lawyer claimed that there was no question but that God was a lawyer. “How do you figure?†his opponents replied.
“What did God create the universe from?â€
“Why, out of chaos.â€
“And who created the chaos?â€
A lawyer dies and enters Heaven, where he is personally met by Saint Peter and is taken to his eternal resting place. On the way, they walk down a long corridor with small cells on each side which house all the departed Popes. The lawyer looks into the cells and finds that each is a simple, tiny room with a cot, a slight wooden chair and desk,on which is a Bible and above which is a cross.
On the other hand, the lawyer’s space is a palace, with marble stairs, golden fixtures, room after room of grandeur. Saint Peter notices that the lawyer seems perplexed and almost disappointed. “Is something wrong with your accomodations?” he asks the lawyer.
“Well,” the lawyer responds, “I am a little confused. All of those Popes, those holy men, are living in cramped, bare rooms, and here I am, given a home of unending beauty. Why”
“Simple,” says Peter. “Popes, we have dozens of. You’re our first lawyer.”