An ordinary woman trapped in a lawya's body sinning her way around the neighbourhood. Nimble sins only.
Arabella Mansfield ( 1846 – 1911), became the first female lawyer in the United States in 1869, admitted to the Iowa bar. She made her career as a college educator and administrator. Despite an Iowa state law restricting the bar exam to males, Mansfield had taken it and earned high scores. Shortly after... Continue Reading →
Solicotter and Bearrister
Defence lawyers, prosecution lawyers, bewigged and bewildered using their legal minds to wage justice in the sometimes tyrannical world of truth and power in the criminal courts. It's in the long, sometimes 'bloody' battles of the court room, with zealous advocacy, that defence lawyers speak truth to power. Zealous advocacy without regard to gender,... Continue Reading →
Patience and an eye for historical detail belongs to the creator of these detailed miniatures. The barrister's chambers and lodgings include chattels and comforts like law books, chaise lounge or day bed, crocheted knee rug or blanket. side table, wine in wine glasses, barrister's trunk/chest behind bed head, wall sconce, candles, candle... Continue Reading →
Aaviks Art's Legally Red
Still on the topic of creative handmade art work I share this miniature Judge or Barristers Chambers in a wooden shadow box. Tools of the trade in the box include things like the black robe or gown, the white jabot/bands, the wig, a shelf with hangers, law books and a plant, the diploma... Continue Reading →
If, like me, you're an ailurophile, you'll enjoy 'Glogirly, tails of two funny cats and their girl', a blog about cats and so, so much more! I mean it. Much more. OK, so you're wondering why Lily the Judge, fully robed in her black gown, jabot and full bottomed wig, is a dog and... Continue Reading →
Hands off Judges in their full-bottomed wigs. Not to see, to hear, to speak. Is this legal art about power to the jury, the fact finder? Via Christies a full-bottomed wig of black curled horse hair possibly circa 1660 With typed paper label 'Wig worn by man who died 1664, it was found in the original... Continue Reading →
Legal Legal Eagles ROBERT DICKERSON (born 1924) Two Barristers Conversing at a Table offset lithograph ed. 11/500 signed lower right: R. Dickerson 32.5 x 27.5cm Barristers' Meeting Dickerson Art ROBERT DICKERSON (1924-2015) Three Lawyers pastel signed lower right 19 x 28.5cm ROBERT DICKERSON (born 1924) A Barrister and his Client offset lithograph ed. 11/500... Continue Reading →
"pass the magic pudding please" Another lawyer who changed hats for food. Clarissa sums up the visit to her past, “I think I’m quite glad I gave up the law books for the recipe books.” TITLE: Barristers at Lincoln’s Inn NUMBER: Series 3, Episode 4 ORIGINAL AIRDATE: September 23, 1998 SETTINGS: Unusually, this episode opens... Continue Reading →
Bewigged. Frog Barrister. Shiny and green including slimy green barristerial fingers! Handsome, confident and ready. Perhaps even smug. Could it be Captain Cook? George Washington or a smug Robespierre? Definitely not Rumpole of the Bailey. Definitely the Captain Cook look! Heavy lidded, big jowled, bulging belly. Barristerial green frog in cravat (jabot) and powdered wig. More Horace Rumpolean, perhaps,... Continue Reading →
At first blush one might think it was a flock of sheep but, no, just the gathering of 2015 Silks or Queens Counsel (QC) in full bottomed wigs at the Silk Ceremony. The judicious full-bottomed powdered wig perfectly suited to a woolly sheep judge. Chuckled when my Australian friend, Cindy, who lives in Minnesota, USA, judiciously observed... Continue Reading →
