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Halloween Ideas: Is Just Being a Lawyer Scary Enough?

sexy prosecutor.jpgWith Halloween around the corner, we imagine you may be desperately brainstorming costume ideas for next week. While clients may accuse you of being blood-suckers all year long, we know better.

A few years back, we knew of a paralegal who donned tighty-whities over his suit, and spent the bulk of the Halloween night explaining that he was a “legal brief.”

We went searching for other legally-themed costumes, and found “lawyer costume ideas” on Costumezee, including “sexy prosecuter [sic],” pictured at right.

She looks more like sexy school girl in high heels. Where’s the ever-present cup of coffee and boxes of discovery?

Curious as to what “sexy public defender” would look like? Check it out, along with more Halloween costumes, after the jump. We invite you to offer better ideas for costumes in the comments.

Apparently, to change sexy prosecutor into sexy defense attorney, you just add stockings and glasses.
sexy prosecutor public defender costumes.jpg
Which would you rather be: judge or sexy judge?
judge sexy judge costume.jpg
Or you could go as the lawyer seeking to be president. From HalloweenCostumes.com:
obama mask costume.jpg

Scary. Very scary.

How are you dressing this year? What’s the best legally-themed costume you’ve ever seen?

Lawyer Costume Ideas [Costumzee]
Deluxe Obama Mask [HalloweenCostumes.com]

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1 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:15 AM

These pretzels are making me firsty!

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2 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:15 AM

These pretzels are making me firsty!

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3 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:16 AM

NO FAT CHICKS!

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4 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:20 AM

I personally prefer the sexy Judge Halverson costume complete with frying pan.

Triggy

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5 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:23 AM

I know! Take a normal job and add "sexy" to it, and just make the uniform unnaturally revealing... and add stuff like fishnets and long boots.

I must be the first one to have this idea. I'll make a killing.

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6 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:23 AM

I'm personally just throwing a toilet seat around my neck and going as the economy

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7 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:23 AM

I'm personally just throwing a toilet seat around my neck and going as the economy

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8 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:24 AM

I bet Lat will dress up as a sexy defense attorney for Mystal.

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9 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:26 AM

I'm going to dress up as an Acorn voter, which means that I'm going to arrive at the party multiple times throughout the night.

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10 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:26 AM

I'm going as a fatassed blogger who can't spell. But sexy. (With fishnets.)

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11 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:27 AM

I think the ATL staff should dress up as authors and journalists.

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12 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:30 AM

i'm going as dick fuld. i have a suit, and a sign that says "Where's MY BAILOUT"

- Me So Corny

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13 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:33 AM

#4 - I'm an attorney in Vegas and I am SURE that I will see someone with a rented wheelchair scooter, a fat suit, a judge outfit, with a frying pan and some fake eggs in it somewhere here around Halloween...

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14 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:35 AM

I'm staying in halloween night to job search online and prepare cover letters.

*furiously eats candy corn while proofreading resume*

- really nervous T-14 1L

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15 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:36 AM

I tried the sexy prosecutor look last year, but my sack kept slipping out of my thong.

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16 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:38 AM

6, 7: I'll piss on you.

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17 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:42 AM

13 -- If you do happen upon such a person, please take a picture. Nothing better than some Halverson pics.

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18 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:43 AM

That sexy prosecutor is giving me a boner.

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19 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:46 AM

really nervous T-14 1L--- your costume can be to dress up as someone who's actually been laid before.

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20 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:46 AM

Damn, Lat looks so sexy in that skirt. So sexy.

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21 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:49 AM

really nervous T-14 1L, if you follow 19's advice, you shouldn't dress like MysTTTal.

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22 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:51 AM

I'm going as Barry Soetoro or Joe the Plumber.

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23 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:51 AM

unlike really nervous T14, i will dress up for halloween...as a V10 hiring partner. then i will give myself an offer...if only it was true:(

*shaves head and gains forty pounds in preparation for halloween costume*

-nervous T-10 1L

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24 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:53 AM

5 - LOVE IT!

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25 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:54 AM


Let's change nervous T-10 1L's name to Not Smart Enough for T6, because that's what he is.

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26 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:54 AM

I hate you nervous T-10. I really really do.

UVA2L

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27 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:58 AM

UVA2L: You only hate nervous 1L because he is going to be more successful than you. Nervous 1L is the perfect prototype for firm life...neurotic and obsessive.

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28 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:59 AM

Gator Fan (Jean shorts, no teeth, poor grasp of English language, etc.)

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29 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:01 PM

I am going to wear a polo shirt with a full popped collar and sweet pair of madras shorts. Suck it.

Giggitty Giggitty

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30 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:01 PM

23, brilliant.

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31 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:03 PM

If these costumes were really "sexy" they would not be available in "large".

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32 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:03 PM

This article is a few weeks late. Halloween costume buying is pretty much over; the only people still looking are at Yale and Harvard, and they're screwed because people at the lower schools have already laid claim to what few good costumes were available this year.

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33 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:08 PM

But at Yale and Harvard, the quality of their costumes will only be rated pass, or no credit.

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34 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:08 PM

32- Genius!

Now what I wear to work everyday will be appropriate...

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35 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:08 PM

I'd like to see Kash in all of these costumes. Even the Obama one, although she might be cold with just that mask on.

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36 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:08 PM

I have a big tongue. My tongue is very big. I hate my big tongue. Why can't I have a normal size tongue?

Tongue

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37 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:10 PM

I'm going to dress is rags, all disheveled, like I'm homeless because I just lost my job. When asked by others, I'll explain that I'm a former Heller attorney.

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38 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:11 PM

i will dress up for halloween...as a V10 hiring partner. then i will give myself an offer...*shaves head and gains forty pounds in preparation for halloween costume*
__________________________________________

Remember to don some fishnets and high heels after gaining the 40lbs and shaving your head, so that you can be a "sexy" V10 hiring partner.

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39 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:13 PM

37 -- don't you mean Skadden DC associate?

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40 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:17 PM

Either that (what I mentioned in 37), or I'll wear my pants around my ankles with a dildo in my ass that has a sign on it saying, "Partner," and I'll explain that I'm a first year associate. Although, in reality, I guess I'd be wearing that at the office that night, since I won't be free to go to a halloween party.

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41 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:18 PM

I too am a hater of the nervous T-10 bucket of mansuck.
Please kindly remove yourself from this life.

SMULS 3L

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42 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:21 PM

19, then I guess 14 won't be dressing up as you....

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43 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:22 PM

what a shitty piece of filler this blog post is. You better be working on some more layoff dirt!

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44 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:23 PM

What's a SMU? Is it something to worry about?

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45 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:26 PM

You could go as me, corrupt governor trying to become president, I mean, vice president. That would require a massive influx of money from the RNC, a portion of which you must use to buy your youngest daughter a $1000 purse.

Sarah Palin

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46 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:28 PM

Anyone remember that obese woman who become physically attached to her toilet seat after spending the better part of a year never leaving her bathroom?

The costume is obvious and has the sexy built right in.

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47 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:29 PM

39, can you back that up? I don't work for Skadden, but they are solid; I don't believe they are cutting and running.

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48 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:34 PM

Hey 46--the boyfriend who left that girl on the toilet for a year just hit the lottery--for the second time! So any girl going with the toilet seat stuck to her ass can add to the fun by having their significant other go dressed up like The Million Dollar Man or maybe the guy from Monopoly.

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49 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:36 PM

We could all go as nervous T10 1L....

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50 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:37 PM

48 - nice

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51 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:40 PM

49 - where would you find a gian douche though?

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52 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:41 PM

I will be attending this year's festivities as The Ass of Cravath, complete with a line of CWT and Schulte associates following me with the 3ply to wipe at will.

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53 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:43 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4rUiV_Hh74

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54 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:44 PM

51
I think paper mache is the answer.
49

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55 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:46 PM

53: awesome. "Sexy Jesus" or "Sexy Lincoln" are the best. And, as a matter of fact, I would love to "four score" with Ms. Lincoln, despite the beard.

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56 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:51 PM

28- believe you meant "Dawgs" fan. One night at the Landing for FL/GA should show you that.

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57 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:12 PM

I had friends who dressed up as Harvey Birdman and his female counterpart. Very cool, except the wings were a little ridiculous.

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58 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:15 PM

The Gator Fan costume isn't complete unless the Jorts are accentuated with a Tebow jersey and Jesus sandals.

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59 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:24 PM

Halloween. The one night a year all girls dress slutty.

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60 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:32 PM

i'll be going as a socially able, well-adjusted professional with adequate free time and the respect of my peers and elders.

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61 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:32 PM

i'll be going as a socially able, well-adjusted professional with adequate free time and the respect of my peers and elders.

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62 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:42 PM

What about the slutty pumpkin?

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63 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:42 PM

You could dress like a homeless man and claim you are a heah-hunter

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64 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:52 PM

Devi's Advocate. Figure it out.

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65 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:20 PM


Kash, I love you. Thanks for sharing your Halloween pics.

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66 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:27 PM

Guys in my high school used to dress up as a sexy defense attorneys all the time. No big deal.

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67 Posted by Kate 2008 | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:35 PM

The easiest is a devil: wear horns and a sexy red outfit, carry a pitchfork.

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68 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:10 PM

I can second the Skadden DC comment! They've laid off staff attorneys AND associates! If Elie would get his head out of his ass, he'd follow up with the firm. Hell, I sent an email to him MONTHS ago with a tip regarding staff attorney layoffs. I could put him in touch with current staff attorneys who know all about the layoffs and several people who were laid off within the same week or two.

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69 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:06 PM

Threadwinner: 61.

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70 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:10 PM

yes.....it is.

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71 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:38 PM

During first year of law school, buddy and I finally escaped the library at 9pm and rummaged through his closet for costumes on the way to a party. Each put a suit on backwards, and went as Bakke & Bakke, reverse discrimination lawyers. God, law students are annoying... (got laid after the party by a dental assistant from Reno, though, so there's that...)

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72 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:24 PM

71- Re: "Dental assistant from Reno"
Do you mean unemployed, liar, meth-addict, or white trash?

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73 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, October 24, 2008 9:45 AM

Speaking of sexy prosecutors and dressing up to play judge, y'all should check out the Louisville race for district court judge--King v. Holton.

King is a rich party girl and inexperienced prosecutor with her daddy's expense account for the campaign and some interesting skeletons in the closet; Holton is Kentucky's first blind judge, family guy with a cute guide dog who I've never heard anything bad about (except the obvious, how can he see evidence being authenticated or judge the demeanor of witnesses).

Included in the mix this week was local news breaking the story that King might be getting disciplined for calling her boss in the County Attorney's Office a "fucking cunt bitch." That's after drug allegations and 911 calls after fights with her boyfriend(s).

Can someone please call her and tell her that Judge Halverson is looking for a job advising judicial campaigns? I'll give you $5. :)

I feel sad for Holton since he can't watch all this unfold on the news.

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74 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, October 24, 2008 10:41 AM

I can't believe nobody else did this (or has mentioned it or something similar)

At UPenn from at least 2002-2005 (and beyond?), a group of students threw a "Tortfeasor's Ball" each year - the idea was to have everyone show up as tortfeasors (e.g. a person dressed as a Morton's salt can, accompanied by a friend dressed as a Duracell battery...assault and battery), but others took this concept outside the realm of torts (I remember someone showing up as "International Shoe"). Yes it was corny, but turnout increased every year and the costumes got more and more ridiculous - I know I forgot the best ones...

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