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Christmas Gifts For Lawyers: From The Mundane To The Sublime

By Dan Filler

Was I the only one slightly taken aback by an email from West touting the legal publisher as a producer of "perfect holiday gifts"?  Admittedly, they only imagine their books are well suited to "legal professionals".  Still, I'm suprised they actually detailed a web designer to the task of producing a West Holiday Gift page.  I don't want to be too harsh on the folks from Thomson.  The ad features three reasonably giftable items:  Black's Law Dictionary, Uncle Anthony's Unabridged Analogies: Quotes and Proverbs for Lawyers and Lecturers, and an appointment book.  Still, at a hundred smackeroos, Uncle Tony is a little pricey for my holiday budget -- even with West's generous free shipping offer.   Here's a cheap alternative: send your best lawyer friends a link to Bartleby.com - home to Bartlett's quotations.  And now that you've saved the $100, surf over to For Counsel.  Find a pair of shark boxers, a prenuptial agreement tie, or even some well-aged lawyer themed first day covers.  For a mere $75, you can purchase an original I Dreamed I Swayed The Jury...in my maidenform bra ad.  Now that'll suprise even the most placid legal professional!

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on December 03, 2008 (boomark / email).