Title: Lowering the Bar

Source/Sponsoring Agency: Underhill, Kevin

URL: http://www.loweringthebar.net/

Date Checked: 7/27/2012      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 4/2/2012

Topics: Legal Profession

Other keywords: Legal humor

Contents: "Lowering the Bar" is a blog containing a treasure trove of "legal humor." It is authored by Kevin Underhill, a partner in the San Francisco law firm office of Shook, Hardy & Bacon. Much of the material is of the inadvertently humorous (rather than intentionally funny) variety. The frequent posts often tell humorous legal stories culled from news stories and case reports, but there are also several collections. For example, there is a collection of Comical Case Names, and the Case Law Hall of Fame gathers LOL-worthy quotes from court opinions. The Attorney Ad gallery has many tongue-in-cheek lawyer ads that might just prompt readers with a sense of humor to engage the advertiser (like the famous Chicago billboard "Life is Short. Get a Divorce."). There are also links to Mr. Underhill's essays which were written and published in the law journal The Green Bag, "If Great Literary Works Were Written by Lawyers." Reading through the blog will certainly make you smile and sometimes chuckle, and law faculty can find material that will lighten the atmosphere in class.

Author of Annotation: S. Leers