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Lawsuit! the Board Game

I was recently sent a copy of Lawsuit! The Board Game. They describe the game as follows:

is a fun and educational game for adults and children ages 6 and up. Players experience and learn about the law in a fun way as they make their way through law school, past the bar exam and into their own law practice and the courtroom. It's a game for the whole family, and friends too!

It’s a simple game that kids can play. The rules are on a single side of one piece of paper. It’s basically like ‘Life’ with a legal twist. You move from the beginning of the board to the end with the cards giving you an advantage or send you back. Depending on the results of the spaces you land on, you will make money by bringing lawsuits or settling cases or spend money on staff, office equipment, CLE’s…

The first thing that I noticed was the ‘Attorney of the Year’ was the one that made the most money. Hmmm……There were also some setbacks for forging court documents and also sanctions for not getting along with opposing counsel. I didn’t think those were the most appropriate, but in the space of the gameplay they weren’t nearly as offensive as I thought.

We played a game with four people in about 15–20 minutes. The gameplay was very simple and a lot of fun. The first game I came in last place and the second game I won. When you land on the appropriate squares you can bring a lawsuit. Sometimes it will direct you to a Settlement card or an Appeals card.

As I said before, the game reminded me most of the game of ‘Life’, but instead of picking up children, you bring lawsuits. While I don’t think this game is a re-enactment of practicing law, it was fun to play, brought up a number of issues in practicing of law (like the cost of equipment and staff) and was entertaining.

We will play it again.

Full post as published by South Carolina Trial Law Blog on August 24, 2008 (boomark / email).