Lawyer jokes subject of lecture at Law School
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Vanderbilt News Service
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Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "Marc Galanther, author of Lowering the Bar: Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture, discussed his research into the increase and changing tone of jokes about attorneys throughout history, and what these jokes say about our culture, in a lecture Feb. 21 at Vanderbilt Law School." Jokes from the 1980s onwards reflect a rise in the level of scorn towards lawyers, paralleling the increasing volume and complexity of laws in society.
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Lowering the Bar: Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture, Lawyer jokes
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Vanderbilt University podcast episode.