
Try these lines and get ready for this reaction.
Pickup lines generally walk the fine line between cheesily bad and actionably harassing. But the art of crafting pickup lines for a specific profession brings in a level of sad nerdism that makes it perfect fodder for lawyers and law students showing off their mastery of arcane (to the rest of the world) legal knowledge in a way that’s just funny enough to get them a pity lay.
The Law School Memes for Edgy T14s page asked members to provide their best lawyerly pickup lines and they didn’t disappoint. Here’s a collection of the best of the project:
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- Are you looking to tender some performance? Cause I’m ready, willing, and sufficient to satisfy.
- Hey girl, are you a bar review class? Because I would pay $3500 for you to talk to me for a short amount of time.
- Are your shareholders liable for your corporate debts? Because I’d like to pierce your veil.
- Are you intro to property law? Because I bet you can make me cry and waste countless hours of my life.
- Girl, I can sustain an objection for almost four hours.
- Westlaw and chill?
- Are you the country residence from Jacob & Youngs v. Kent? Cuz I’m tryna put a pipe in you.
- You must be a long arm statute cause you could grab me anywhere.
- Are you equity, cause I’ll make you come with clean hands.
- Oh baby, I’ll give you so much due process, standing will be the only issue.
- Are you the Court of Appeals because I’m tryna get overturned.
- I’m not in Big Law, but I got a big… Ego and Major Depression, please tell me I’m pretty.
- Is your name Lexis? Because you have everything I’ve been searching for.
- Are you confidential files? Because I’d like to examine you in camera.
- Girl, are you a burden shifting test? Cause what’s that butt for?
- Hi, are you my legal fees? Because you’re way too high and clearly taking advantage of me.
- Damn boy, is your ass Informal Rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act? Because I just had to Notice and Comment.
- Are you petitioning for cert? Because you’re appealing to me.
- If you’re Tompkins, I’m the Erie railroad cause I’m crushing on you.
- Something something dictum. Sleep with me.
- Are you a porter for Long Island Railroad? Cause you make my head spin.
- In my advisory opinion, after you see my dicta, you won’t have standing.
- Baby, if you were a contract, you’d be the fine print.
- I have the ability to turn the lawyer thing off and act like a normal human when I leave the office.
- Let me show you section 69 of my penal code.
- They call me Learned Hand for a reason.
- Maybe my special master can override your taint team.
- I’ll give you an excited utterance.
- I’ll make sure we observe Title IX and each get substantially equal playing time.
- I’m a lawyer, of course I can get you off.
- Hey boy. Is it true you last longer than a Scalia dissent?
- On a scale of 1 to America, how free are you tonight?
- Imma RAP that ass for the next 21 years!
- Hey girl, whaddya say we remove this matter to a forum more conveniens?
- Are you the Sixth Amendment? Cause I’d like to try you speedily and in public.
- Are you a restrictive covenant? Because I’d like to touch and concern you.
- I ask less questions than Clarence Thomas.
- I wish my law school has curves like you.
- Is your name Rodriguez, because I have a reasonable suspicion that you’re packing something, and I’d like to extend this interaction.
- Are you the Third Amendment, cause I’m thinking about quartering my soldier in your home.
- Are you a 3L? Cause I’d like to take a look at your outlines.
- Are you Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill? Because DAM.
- Want to test the bounds of Fox v. FFC…I can make you swear…on camera.
- They call me breacher cuz I always fail to substantially perform.
- Hey, I’m poly, expressio unius non est exclusio altius.
- Baby you’re thiccer than my ConLaw casebook
- *When they introduce you to their friend* “I’d like to make a rule 14a motion to join a third party?”
- Are you the commerce clause? Cuz there are no limits to what I would do with you
- I’m a lawyer.
Aw. That last one was some powerfully wishful thinking. Try something like:
“I call it Blackacre because I’ll convey it all to you, baby… remainder to your friend over there.”
That should work. As long as you don’t add “reverter to my wife.”
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