First, Let’s Kiss All the Lawyers

Thursday is Love Litigating Lawyers Day. This is easy in California, where there is one lawyer for every 180 or so people. This means that you’re related to one or live near one or are frequently in the cereal aisle with one or are, alas, employing one. So we won’t print any lawyer jokes (Q: What’s wrong with lawyer jokes? A: Lawyers don’t think they’re funny, and nobody else thinks they’re jokes.) and suggest you spend the holiday watching movies of the profession: “To Kill a Mockingbird” (good lawyer), “The Devil’s Advocate” (bad lawyer) and “Liar Liar” (humorous lawyer), with Jim Carrey, at right. (Q: How can you tell when a lawyer is lying? A: His lips are moving. OK, that really isn’t funny.)