By: Timothy P. Flynn

Recently, a WSJ Law Blog post described law school in six words. The post was inspired by a law professor at Marquette University Law School who, in turn, was inspired by the master of lean prose: Ernest Hemingway.

After all, legal prose should be concise and to the point. Simple declarative sentences should be the rule in legal papers.

Hemingway is said to have once won a bet by writing a story in just six words.  His contribution, scribbled on a bar napkin, was:

• For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Here is what the WSJ's blogger came up with to describe various facets of law school:

• For sale: law degree, no promises.
• Three years later, they weren't ready.
• You'll get hired, so they claimed.
• "But I'm tenured", the professor replied.
• The former dean pleaded not guilty.

Here is our contribution:

• Legal profession: not easy to enter. 
• A divorce lawyer? Are you sure?
• Top tier law school: good salary.
• Tier Three law school: huge debt.
• Cooley Law School; marketing in action.

To the law students and legal professionals out there among our readers, post your law school "stories" to our comments.

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