Bathroom humor

During Finals, Even The Toilet Paper Can Offer A Moment Of Clarity

Yes, it's an entire story about toilet paper...

A Biglaw Bathroom Blind Item

We know how you love blind items. And we know how you enjoy potty humor. So let’s mash up these two categories, to generate a Biglaw bathroom blind item….

The Race to the Courthouse (Bathroom)

In the past week or two, our bathroom coverage has exploded. We've written about a law firm and a law school experiencing toilet shortages, a law school that has a sense of humor when selling naming rights to its bathrooms, and a law firm that wants its employees to follow proper restroom etiquette. If you're tired of the toilet humor, stop here. But if you want to see a funny sign from a courthouse bathroom, keep reading....

Adventures at Low-Ranked Law Schools: Don’t Call It a ‘Toilet,’ They Don’t Even Have Toilets

Elie Mystal has never been a fan of U.S. News obsessing over how much money law schools spend on their facilities, but maybe all you need to know about the difference between top law schools and not-so-hot law schools really does come down to toilets. At Harvard, they name them after rich alumni. At North Dakota Law School, they barely have them....

San Francisco Firm Sends Awesome Officewide ‘Restroom Etiquette’ Email

The San Francisco branch of a national law firm delivered an office-wide email concerning “restroom etiquette.” The email is hilarious, and if nothing else, impressively thorough. They thought of everything. The missive covered tips for masking awkward bathroom noises, suggestions for choosing a urinal, and an emphasis on the ways bathroom behavior can affect your professional reputation. Let's see which firm has (toilet) water on the brain....

True Story: Harvard Law Sells Naming Rights to Its New Bathrooms, and a Berkeley Law Professor Couldn’t Be Happier

A Harvard Law School building contains the Falik Men's Room. No, we didn't make that up....

Which DLA Piper Office Operated Under Third-World Conditions?

You know how people make jokes about DLA Piper having offices in all sorts of random places and Third World countries -- er, developing nations? Well, if you like those jokes, you are going to love this story. At one DLA Piper office, they ran out of running water. No water to wash your hands, no water to flush the toilets. But the associates still had to show up for work. Can you guess which office?

Size Matters: Gerard Depart-Two

Who among us does not love bathroom humor? No one, however, wants to live a poop joke. And, according to a conversation that columnist Valerie Katz had with two small-firm attorneys, they are doing just that....

Bathroom Etiquette for Lawyers

Welcome to Above the Law’s remedial skills class for current and aspiring attorneys. Here, we will trying to help people who were so busy studying in law school or servicing clients that they missed some crucial life lessons along the way. Today we’ve got a special lesson for all of you who were raised in […]

Caption Contest Finalists: Stalling?

Last week, we gave you a photo from Georgetown Law School of a bar exam studier whose performance anxiety appeared to extend to the bathroom. We asked for captions for the photo and you showered us with them. We’ve chosen our favorites, after the jump. Check them out and vote for the best. (We’ll flush […]

An Explosive Federalist Society Lunch at Michigan Law?<br><em>And another scatological law school tale at UT.</em>

You’d think those in the law would know by now not to send out embarrassing emails. But a Federalist Society officer at the University of Michigan Law School, whose name we’ve replaced with a pseudonym, seems oblivious. Apparently, Fed Soc served up some E-coli tainted lettuce at a recent lunch: Subject: [lawopen] Fed Soc Lunch/ […]