Here's an article I wrote several years ago for my law school alumni magazine. I begin:
A comic's nightmare is to realize the whole audience is composed of engineers, police, or lawyers. These three professions are reputed to be low on the sense-of-humor scale. Funeral directors are often ranked down there, too. And law firms often have the quiet somberness of a mortuary.—not much merriment goes on in busy law offices.
Fun and play are often considered unprofessional, yet absence of humor is a problem for the legal profession. Merry barristers are successful lawyers. Humor has many extraordinary benefits for people practicing law—three are briefly described here.
Fun and play are often considered unprofessional, yet absence of humor is a problem for the legal profession. Merry barristers are successful lawyers. Humor has many extraordinary benefits for people practicing law—three are briefly described here.
Click to read the rest of "Law Firm Levity Is Good for Your Health" (Santa Clara Law, 2001, winter/spring).
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