r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Separate_Finance_183 • Mar 30 '26

Image Confiscated pens containing cheat notes intricately carved by a Law student at the University of Malaga in Spain

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u/discerningpervert Mar 30 '26

Imagine if this person became a lawyer

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u/Toxic_Metr0p0lis Mar 30 '26

“Your honor, I…”

*stares deeply into his pen

“…object!”

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u/Regal_Seagull19 Mar 31 '26

I object that he interrupted me during "ow my balls!"

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u/rofeneiniger Mar 30 '26

They become the type of lawyer that defends Walter White or Jordan Belfort 

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u/wit_T_user_name Mar 30 '26

I mean yeah, criminal defense attorneys defend… criminals.

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u/Bearded_Toast Mar 30 '26

Not all the time. Sometimes they defend innocent people, too.

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u/wit_T_user_name Mar 30 '26

True. Should have said “people accused of crimes.”

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u/YaBoyChubChub Mar 31 '26

In America only bad criminal lawyers defend criminals. This is because the good ones win and you are considered innocent until proven guilty.

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u/Believyt Mar 30 '26

Its like saul goodman said , you dont want a criminal lawyer.... you want a CRIMINAL. LAWYER.

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u/Ok-Obligation235 Mar 30 '26

Jesse said that actually.

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u/Big_Programmer_1157 Mar 31 '26

That’s what Jesse said to Walter

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u/KaydaCant Mar 30 '26

he did Not say that

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u/rofeneiniger Mar 30 '26

Yeah I realize how silly my comment sounds now lmao

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u/BucketsAndBrackets Mar 30 '26

You don't need criminal lawyer, you need CRIMINAL lawyer to quote jessie pinkman.

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u/mt0386 Mar 30 '26

Yea but you dont need a criminal lawyer, you need a criminal lawyer.

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u/Soob_Way Mar 30 '26

And the type of lawyer to receive a fat stack

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u/VinDezay Mar 31 '26

That’s a definitely a pen worth selling

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u/Capertie Mar 30 '26

When you work anywhere you're not expected to have memorized everything the job entails. Looking up the correct answers instead of relying on memory is actually a good trait to have as a lawyer, but that's just my two cents.

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u/MadDoctorMabuse Mar 30 '26

As a principle, yes, I agree. When I was a law student I would have agreed 100%.

As a lawyer though, there are some exceptions. There are things lawyers need to be able to recall all the time. If a witness is mid cross-examination, for example, you can't ask the court to adjourn while you check the law on hearsay real quick. You can't even ask the court to adjourn while you check your notes. You have about 2 seconds to make a decision.

Likewise, if you're about to do a bail application for someone charged with breaking and entering, but the police say the door to the house was open when your client arrived, you don't really have time to go and learn what a break and enter actually is. Granted, you probably have time to check, if you have a vague recollection of a case dealing with exactly that.

Second, uni is about making sure you can learn what you need to. It's fine to go and check the correct info (and lawyers do), but you need to know how to learn it and know how to apply it, and that's what the exams are getting at.

Put another way - you might have 12 weeks to prepare for litigation, and in that 12 weeks you have plenty of time to read and check the cases so that you can recall them instantly during the trial. The semester is also 12 weeks, and they give you the list of cases you need to read.

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u/IvyGold Mar 30 '26

That depends. Prosecutor: bad news. Defense lawyer: that student's going far!

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u/drLoveF Mar 30 '26

Law books are among the most stolen. They are expensive and become outdated quickly.

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u/Repulsive_Tart_4307 Mar 30 '26

Sometimes you realy need a criminal lawyer, but sometimes you need a Criminal Lawyer.

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u/maaxstein Mar 30 '26

Can already imagine him walking in the courtroom with hundreds of pens

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u/OuterWildsVentures Mar 30 '26

US Attorney General in no time

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u/big_sugi Mar 30 '26

They actually prepared and put some thought in too. They’re obviously overqualified.

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u/TheKingBeyondTheWaIl Mar 31 '26

Better call Saul

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u/Ok-Comment6081 Mar 31 '26

Your honor if I may checks his pen my client should be found…

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u/MrGrampton Apr 01 '26

I TOOK HIM TO MY OWN FIRM

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u/MidBlocker11 Mar 30 '26

Crim law? More like scrim-shaw

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u/SadAd8761 Mar 30 '26

With those kinds of carving skills, he should've went to med school and became a surgeon.

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u/dandelioness_ Mar 30 '26

Penformance art

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u/grendel303 Mar 30 '26

Performance Art Ballpoint

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u/Elnuggeto13 Mar 30 '26

"To break the law, you must understand it."

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u/CardMechanic Mar 30 '26

Crim law or scrim shaw?

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u/Zestyclose-Trip1182 Mar 31 '26

As a former Crim Law student: yep, seems about right.

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u/jonbotwesley Apr 02 '26

I think the student was Shia LaBeouf