Salutes to Overreaching Lawyerdom

In its 1999 “Legal Follies” review, California Lawyer magazine mentions an Internet bulletin board visited by more than 50 attorneys a day “to share salary information and trade complaints.”

Name of the bulletin board: L.A. Greedy Associates.

MORE FOLLIES: In its year-end review, California Lawyer also salutes these cases:

* A failing law student sued Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, claiming she was not adequately warned that she might flunk out. The magazine quoted her lawyer as saying, “The school was aware that people with LSAT scores like hers tend to have a minimal chance of becoming lawyers.”

* Leaders of the Little Country Church of Hollywood claimed unsuccessfully that they could not be evicted by the property owner because their late minister gave them a license to use the facility “until Jesus comes again.”

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L.A. INSULT(S) OF THE DAY: Carol Martinez saw a reference to L.A. in an Alaskan newspaper’s caption, though the photo appeared to show the city where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars. What’s it called? Oh, yes, San Francisco. And Tom Bratter saw a reference to Chicago in a Georgia Tech publication’s caption, though the photo appeared to show L.A., that toddlin’ town.

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WE WON’T TELL--HONEST: Bruce Stark of Seal Beach spotted a not-so-secret facility while traveling through England (see photo).

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Steve Harvey can be reached by phone at (800) LA TIMES, Ext. 77083, by fax at (213) 237-4712, by e-mail at steve.harvey@latimes.com and by mail at Metro, L.A. Times, Times Mirror Square, L.A. 90053.