Law Song: Insurance Fraud #2

"There's a lot of ways to make money in this world. But I can't recommend insurance fraud."  Words to live by.

Law Music Video: Jury Duty

Most songs about jury duty are about miscreants trying to get out of it.  This one is different. It may be the most thoughtful one on the topic that I have heard.

Jury Duty

I took a bus all the way downtown,
where 100 of us sat around,
I waited till they called my name,
& they asked if I could fix the blame?
but I know I’ll be judged the way that I judge,
and that’s not usually pretty,
‘cause the measure that I choose is the 1 that they’ll use
when they face me for jury duty, jury duty..

so raise your hand if you recognize
the defendants in their Sunday ties,
as they try to shake the sins of youth,
while the lawyers tug-o’-war the truth,
but we know we’ll be judged the way that we judge,
and that’s not gonna be pretty,
‘cause the measure that we choose is the 1 that they’ll use
when they face us for jury duty..
once I found mercy sweet,
I threw myself at her feet,
& when I asked “am I cursed?”
she laughed: “you’re not the first, you’re not the first.. “

take the worst thing you’ve ever done,
make that moment your defining one,
who of us would get off Scot free?
I’ll tell you now, it sure as hell ain’t me,
‘cause I know I’ll be judged the way that I judge,
that can’t hardly be pretty,
‘cause the measure that I choose is the 1 that they’ll use
when they face me for jury duty,
we all know we’ll be judged the way that we judge,
(I need you to remind me),
that the measure that we choose is the 1 that they’ll use
when they face us for jury duty..

I took a bus all the way downtown
to the courthouse, where we sat around,
I waited till they called my name,
& they asked if I could fix the blame…

Law Song: So Sue Us

Not only is this an upbeat song to get students' brains going before class, it is actually a law lesson. Students don't often realize that having a cause of action doesn't mean much if the defendant is judgment proof.

Law Music Video: Swear to Tell The Truth

A rockin' and rollickin' blues number to get the feet tapping and heads wagging (signs of increased brain activity) before class starts.

Loving v. Virginia, The Movie

Click here (or see below) to see the trailer for the upcoming movie release (November) of "Loving," the story of Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter and their case that made Constitutional history.

For more resources on Loving v. Virginia, see this earlier post and the music videos below.

Trailer:



Music videos:

Justice Scalia's Dissents Put to Music

Somehow, I think that Justice Scalia would have been amused.

Appointed Forever

"I'm a federal judge and I'm smarter than you  - for all my life. . . "

Work Song

Law Song: Call The Police!

Nat King Cole:




Chevalier Brothers:

Marriage Defenders' Irony Song

From Roy Zimmerman and in light of yesterday's post . . .

Nebraska

Serial murderer and his baton twirling girlfriend face society's retribution.

Live:


Studio:

Insurance Sales Songs

Brutal honesty! Watch out for salty language like, "F**k Me!"  You have to cut the guy some slack, he's trying to make a living selling insurance on commission:



Love insurance salesman assisted by barbershop quartet wielding therapeutic canes and field hockey sticks:

The Business Enterprise Song

Partnership, Limited Partnership. Corporation or LLC - Which one will you choose?

Ethics: It's About the Brotherhood of Man.

Law is an expression of public policy decisions.  Sometimes the public policy intentionally permits less than laudable conduct.  The employment-at-will doctrine comes to mind as an example. To encourage employment, the law gives free reign to employers to dismiss employees - even if the grounds for the dismissal seem unfair. See posts: Fired For Racial Tolerance; Fired For Choice of Necktie; Fired For Wearing Orange Shirts.

Ethics, on the other hand, carry no such hidden agenda.  Ethical principles encourage doing the right thing, independent of considerations of expediency, efficiency, profit or other purportedly justifiable circumstance. In short, ethics is about the "Broterhood of Man."  As in:

There is a Brotherhood of Man,
A Benevolent Brotherhood of Man,
A noble tie that binds
All human hearts and minds
Into one Brotherhood of Man. 

Your lifelong membership is free.
Keep agivin' each brother all you can.
Oh aren't you proud to be
In that fraternity,
The great big Brotherhood of Man? 

Oh, that noble feeling,
Feels like bells are pealing,
Down with double-dealing,
Oh Brother! 

You, you got me;
Me, I got you, you! 

From "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying":

Daniel Radcliffe:


Robert Morse:


Matthew Broderick - click on image below:


Drew Carey:

Legally Blonde, The Musical

Harvard Professor Callahan educates his students: exploit your superior resources to take advantage of the weak, scruples are a flaw, and emotions make you weak.  The successful lawyer smells the blood in the water.

"Is it unfair, Oh, wait! I don't care"

"You're nothing until the thrill of the kill becomes your only law."

Is such a public perception of lawyers justified?