Top 10 reasons you might be a redneck lawyer

by Daniel Malouf

Tired of trying to land that dream job with a prestigious downtown firm? Perhaps the fact that you chose UI Law over other schools indicates that you might well be cut out for something a little, shall we say, different? Consider if any of the following apply to your situation:
10. You are willing to accept bushel of potatoes and half a dozen chickens as retainer.
9. You are embarrassed to park rusty old truck next to fancy cars at Menard Law building.
8. Your suit jacket hangs from gun rack as you drive to interviews.
7. You wish real estate finance class dealt more with double-wides… an’ such.
6. You can hardly wait to show off that belt buckle in a courtroom someday!
5. Rather than scope out a big firm in a big city, you scope out office space near trailer park near [insert Deary, Weiser, Bonner’s Ferry, or former logging town of choice].
4. You’ve ever studied the big game proclamation during class.
3. You’ve ever considered leaving a note on a professor’s door, saying “Please don’t call on me in class today; I’m not prepared because I went steelhead fishing all weekend.”
2. You think chasing an ambulance with a tractor sounds like great fun.
1. You think that if you ever become a judge in your home county, it’ll be easy money- especially since you’ll hardly ever hear a case because you’ll constantly recues yourself on account of being related to one or both parties.