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I always read "it is so ordered" out loud in an overdone valley girl voice:
It is SO ordered!
In my jurisdiction, subpoenas state in all caps: “HEREIN FAIL NOT AT YOUR PERIL.” I always read it in my head in a pirate voice. 😂😂😂 It’s important to keep your sense of humor in this job.
We have some of the most anachronistic jargon, it's wild. And lawyers take themselves so seriously, I like meeting the ones with a sense of humor.
I just got promoted to counsel and also have been binge watching Star Trek The Next Generation in lockdown. I like to amuse myself imagining telling associates to “make it so” in a very serious voice all the time next year. (Whether I’ll actually bring myself to do it is a separate question.)
The judge I clerked for quoted Yoda to motivate me. “Do or do not, there is no try.”
I always read KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS like a town crier.