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Why did the lawyer write a joke book? (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Why do so many of us tell jokes about lawyers, and what does it say about our society? Marc Galanter, a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Law School, began looking into the phenomenon about a decade ago and has written a book about it, Lowering the Bar: Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture, which he’ll discuss Wednesday at Books & Books in Coral Gables.