Happy Valentine's Day!

This Valentine’s Day postcard serves as an artistic expression of the heartwarming love that the general population often feels toward lawyers. A heavyset attorney, covered from head-to-toe in damning evidence, including no fewer than three murder weapons, sees a potentially large fee if he manages to obtain an acquittal. Through his tenacity, the lawyer will have his clients “discharged without fail.”

This postcard is part of a long, unflattering tradition of associating lawyers with greed. However, there's also the positive association of determination and cleverness: in spite of the physical evidence of his client's guilt, this lawyer will zealously argue on his behalf.

For more law-related postcards, all generally donated by law professor Michael Hoeflich, please visit our Rare Book Room exhibit, or check out the exhibit webpage.

~Written by our terrific intern, Alexa "Lexy" Bader (BC, College of Arts & Sciences, class of 2016).