# Finally, I can honestly say ... IAAL **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972 "2009-10-24T16:47:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/21 "2009-10-25T04:40:22Z")
Fucking lawyers. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/22 "2009-10-25T05:47:55Z")
Congratulations, Spoons! You are a lawyer, and you are in my province! Here comes the free legal advice! Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/23 "2009-10-25T07:49:14Z")
Lawyer in training (2L) here. Congratulations! I remember the thread where you and I both posted that the most satisfying thing weā€™ve ever done was get into law school. Glad to see you made it through. Nice work. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/24 "2009-10-25T22:46:24Z")
Congratulations **Spoons**! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/25 "2009-10-26T01:41:07Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Of course, now that youā€™re a lawyer, the only lawyerly advice you can offer anyone on the board is to find a lawyer. šŸ˜ƒ Now heā€™s gonna have to use TINLAB, an acronym I made up which means ā€œThis is not legal advice, butā€ šŸ˜› (Yeah, from what I hear, that isnā€™t enough to get you off the hook. Disclaimers are good enough for non-lawyers, but apparently not for you guys.) Anyways, congrats, Dude(tte)! ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/26 "2009-10-26T03:26:45Z")
Hey, congrats! That is not an easy journey, I hope you are very proud of yourself, deservedly so. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/27 "2009-10-26T03:34:14Z")
Congrats **Spoons**!! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/28 "2009-10-26T07:28:25Z")
Congratulations. Will you practice in Lethbridge? What are the areas of law that you focus on? And now to really important stuff ā€“ do you ski at Fernie? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/29 "2009-10-26T13:28:56Z")
Thanks, folks! Sorry I didnā€™t get back sooner, but it was a busy weekendā€“there were a couple of local celebrations in honour of the event. And there was a great surprise that my wife had set up without me having any idea: she made sure that a dear old friend from my days in Ontario was in attendance to help celebrate. It was great to see him again and we spent a lot of time catching up. As to the type of law that Iā€™ll practice; well, so far, itā€™s been pretty generalā€“Iā€™ve got a little of everything among my files. Given my druthers, though, Iā€™d like to concentrate on employment law. Other favourite areas include landlord-tenant issues, and matters that involve human rights (many employment issues seem to overlap into the human rights sphere). I did enjoy studying constitutional law in law school, and volunteering in the criminal law area of our schoolā€™s legal clinic; but unfortunately, the firm where Iā€™ll be practicing does nothing in these areas. Still, I can keep an eye on doings in these areas, and who knows? I may get the chance to practice them in the future. We (that is, my wife and I) will be staying in Lethbridge, and Iā€™ll be practicing here. So far, my impressions of the local bar are that itā€™s fairly collegialā€“in a small city with a correspondingly small bar, everybody seems to know everybody else, which is nice. And **Muffin** , I donā€™t ski; but I can assure you that there are many superb golf courses that keep me busy here in southern Alberta. Okay, letā€™s see what my first full day as a _real_ lawyer will be like. Thanks again folks! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/30 "2009-10-26T15:00:12Z")
Within a few hours of Fernie, but donā€™t ski? And been made a lawyer? Thatā€™s a double whammy to the soul. šŸ˜‰ Try not to get sued on your first day. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/31 "2009-10-26T15:19:22Z")
Congratulations, counselor! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/32 "2009-10-26T17:04:49Z")
Spoons, to keep track of career satisfaction, you should start keeping count of your hugs per day ratio on files that you have sole carriage. Youā€™re going to be able to help make some of your clientsā€™ lives better ā€“ some times a great deal better. Do a good job, and every once in a while a client will glom onto you. Forget the money you earn, forget the precedents you help set. The hugs per day ratio is what it all comes down to. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/33 "2009-10-26T19:59:56Z")
Should your username now be **Spoons, LLP**? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972/34 "2009-10-26T22:49:59Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Should your username now be **Spoons, LLP**? šŸ˜ƒ I think **Spoons, Esq**. has a certain ring, myself. šŸ˜ƒ No, I wonā€™t be changing my username any time soon. But, **Cat Whisperer** , your post made me smile. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-i-can-honestly-say-iaal/514972.md?page=1)