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Last-Minute Gifts For The Lawyers & Law Students In Your Life

A law professor's top 10 gift ideas for lawyers and law students.

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holiday-gifts-Christmas-presents-shopping-gift-guide-300x199Today, LawProfBlawg turns his attention to the last-minute holiday gift-giving craze.  All my shopping (and grading) is finished.  So, I can let some of these ideas out to the general public.  Here are my top 10 gift ideas (all links are affiliates):

  1. 1. Battlestar Galactica—The Complete Series. For the #NeverTrump person in your life, cheer them up by giving them the gift of binge-watching. Nothing cheers you up like realizing it could be worse.  Instead of the destruction of the world, your #NeverTrumper can realize at least it isn’t the destruction of multiple worlds, along with a horrible automated nemesis (okay, I suppose Putin is a close resemblance to a Cylon).
  1. Echo Dot. For the senior partner who at one point was a geeky junior partner who had “The Clapper” affixed to his lamp, here comes “The Clapper 2.0.”  With a few choice words such as, “Alexa, turn off light.  Alexa, turn off light.  Damn it, Alexa, pay attention and turn off the light,” your senior partner won’t have to roll over in bed and turn off the light.
  1. Neil DeGrasse Tyson. For the person in your life who believes that facts are like personal beliefs, and we’re all entitled to our own deeply held facts, maybe a good primer on the foundations of science and epistemology.
  1. Fighting. Have a friend in law school who loves to argue, now that they have successfully completing their first year?  This game allows you to argue with your friends about who would win in a fictional fight between superheroes.
  1. Pokemon. Do you have a friend who is STILL playing Pokemon Go and won’t let it go?  Then perhaps this Pikachu phone charger will do the trick.
  1. Orwellian Simulcast. Of course, the best gift is the gift of literature.  Give this gift to someone who has time to read (which means don’t give it to an associate).  Watch as they draw parallels between 2017 and the book.  Watch them use the word “Orwellian.”  Best yet, you can put the word “doubleplusgood” back in vogue.  Be sure to get the version with the Eric Fromm afterward.

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  1. Bar passage. The Pass the Bar board game is a staple. Always fun for law students.  DO NOT GIVE THIS GAME TO SOMEONE WHO DID NOT PASS THE BAR.  That’s just passive-aggressive.  Otherwise, pairs well with alcohol as a gift.
  1. Ignorance. Let’s suppose one of your colleagues is clueless.  Or perhaps your school is under the control of an evil dean, and your colleagues refuse to do anything about it.  Well, the three monkeys speak volumes about those who fail to comprehend or resist.  You can also wag it in front of students as they go over exams.
  1. Feminism. Do you have a senior partner who is, oh — how shall I put this delicately — a sexist pig?  Then why not give him the gift of feminism?  This book explains very well what it is like to be a woman suffering the affliction of mansplaining.  Don’t know what mansplaining is?  Well, let me tell you as a man, that I speak with authority on the subject of mansplaining.  Sit down and listen to me pontificate about it….
  1. Regulation. Sometimes law isn’t clear, and it is necessary to know where to draw the line.  With these wine glasses, it is crystal clear how much wine you should pour depending on the day you had.

There are other great gifts for lawyers out there.  I, for one, purchased all my family copies of my book.

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LawProfBlawg is an anonymous professor at a top 100 law school. You can see more of his musings here and on Twitter. Email him at lawprofblawg@gmail.com.

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