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Why are lawyers so good with words and grammar?

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Naked spectacular corner
  06/24/14
I tried this once. I was attempting to use a redacted phr...
Rusted vigorous house
  06/30/25
Surgeons use a scalpel Juris doctors use words.
Heady Orange Orchestra Pit
  06/24/14
o what a scholar!
Naked spectacular corner
  06/24/14
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Rusted vigorous house
  06/28/25
kind of like sorcerers casting spells
green beady-eyed university
  06/24/14
cr. Doctors write life saving prescriptions. Juris doc...
Heady Orange Orchestra Pit
  06/24/14
"I get it now! Juris PHYSICIANS keep us safe just like ...
green beady-eyed university
  06/24/14
lol link?
shaky sapphire tanning salon prole
  06/24/14
they're not
Hilarious Market
  06/24/14
cr. They're actually some of the worst. My mom with her high...
Iridescent Area
  06/24/14
There's a lot of bad writing out there, but you're probably ...
crystalline national
  06/24/14
(Julia)
haunting mediation kitty cat
  06/24/14
oh my look at the words
Jet-lagged Parlour Windowlicker
  06/24/14
because anything you read written by a lawyer went through h...
Jet well-lubricated death wish
  06/24/14
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Rusted vigorous house
  06/28/25
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fragrant stage
  06/28/25


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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:27 PM
Author: Naked spectacular corner



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Date: June 30th, 2025 11:02 AM
Author: Rusted vigorous house

I tried this once.

I was attempting to use a redacted phrase from a 2011 partner departure agreement to manifest an extra week of FMLA. I chanted it over a bowl of artisanal hummus under the flickering light of the dairy aisle.

BAM! The lights hummed.

BAM! The air filled with the scent of burnt Cheetos and procedural toner.

BAM! Tabitha appeared behind the olive bar, holding my rejected time-off request. She wasn't angry. She just stared with those dead, bureaucratic eyes and said Clause 9.2 does not permit unsanctioned rituals on company time. She said my soul was now subject to a quarterly performance review. She said the humming is normal. She said this is

this is fine thisisfine this isf

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:28 PM
Author: Heady Orange Orchestra Pit

Surgeons use a scalpel

Juris doctors use words.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2602378&forum_id=2],#25811351)



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:28 PM
Author: Naked spectacular corner

o what a scholar!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2602378&forum_id=2],#25811354)



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Date: June 28th, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: Rusted vigorous house



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:40 PM
Author: green beady-eyed university

kind of like sorcerers casting spells

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:41 PM
Author: Heady Orange Orchestra Pit

cr.

Doctors write life saving prescriptions.

Juris doctors write life saving briefs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2602378&forum_id=2],#25811433)



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:47 PM
Author: green beady-eyed university

"I get it now! Juris PHYSICIANS keep us safe just like doctors and the military"

"Exactly. Now you're staring to really THINK like a lawyer"

(worst episode of magic school bus ever)

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:48 PM
Author: shaky sapphire tanning salon prole

lol link?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2602378&forum_id=2],#25811452)



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:37 PM
Author: Hilarious Market

they're not

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:47 PM
Author: Iridescent Area

cr. They're actually some of the worst. My mom with her high school diploma can write better english than 90% of lawyers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2602378&forum_id=2],#25811449)



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:54 PM
Author: crystalline national

There's a lot of bad writing out there, but you're probably tripping if you think regular folks generally write better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2602378&forum_id=2],#25811492)



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:38 PM
Author: haunting mediation kitty cat

(Julia)

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:39 PM
Author: Jet-lagged Parlour Windowlicker

oh my look at the words

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:49 PM
Author: Jet well-lubricated death wish

because anything you read written by a lawyer went through hundreds of emails of "please revise, thanks."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2602378&forum_id=2],#25811461)



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Date: June 28th, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: Rusted vigorous house



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Date: June 28th, 2025 11:33 PM
Author: fragrant stage



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