# Law school question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-school-question/145615>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 30, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-school-question/145615 "2002-12-30T04:41:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**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:** [December 30, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-school-question/145615/21 "2002-12-30T19:32:17Z")

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Same goes for litigators.

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-school-question/145615/22 "2002-12-30T22:12:21Z")

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I am a litigator and I, obviously, disagree.

When I say “complex” legal work, I don’t mean legally complex; I guarantee I’m not qualified for that. Rather, I am referring to the basic understanding of legal concepts that we lawyers take for granted but which most laymen would have no cause to learn (like the elements of tort liability, the duties of a fiduciary, the fact that neither punitive contractual provisions nor gift promises are enforceable, subject-matter jurisdiction, specific vs. general intent, crap like that).

–Cliffy

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**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:** [December 30, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-school-question/145615/23 "2002-12-30T22:50:07Z")

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Pur two litigators in an empty room and an argument will break out. 😉

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-school-question/145615/24 "2002-12-31T15:58:48Z")

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No it won’t!

😉

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-school-question/145615/25 "2002-12-31T16:51:12Z")

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They’ll only fight if somebody’s paying!

😃

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