Poor lawyers. They are the most important piece standing between freedom for us as Americans and falsely convicted of beating your step children. The truth is lawyers have always been a vital, noble profession in America. So what went wrong?

The answer is one-part human nature, one-part misunderstanding, and a whole-lotta-parts assholishnes.

If you look at what makes a good lawyer joke, the punchline usually revolves around the lawyer being related to greed. The connotation a lawyer projects in the past century has shifted to screwing people over: YOU, the government, someone else, old ladies, Jewish fellas, Christain fellas, rich, poor, whatever it doesn’t matter. What matters is that the perception in 2009 is lawyers are crooks.

So what about you? Do you feel that way? Do you like lawyer jokes? Do you think they are offensive and unfair? Do you think there is another angle relating to lawyers that makes a good lawyer joke? Share your comments below or post over on our forum!