We’ve heard of sites like Stuff White People Like, which in turn led to a number of spin-offs like Stuff Black People Love and Stuff Educated Latinos Like.

Perhaps safer ground than engraining racial-based stereotypes is some self-deprecating humour about lawyers.

Hence, Stuff Lawyers Like.

Here’s their list to date:

• #10 – Reading e-Books
• #9 WordPerfect 5.1
• #8 Helping Others
• #7 NPR and Arguing with Kindergartners, Among Other Things
• #6 Covering Their Backsides
• #5 Federal Judges with a Sense of Humor
• #4 Wit
• #3 Big Words
• #2 Capturing and Keeping Clients
• #1 The ‘Lectric Law Library

And in case your ego needs boosting, just keep in mind that #56 on the popular site Stuff White People Like is lawyers.

A common characteristic amongst white people is the need to over analyze things, so they partake in activities such as therapy, writing a blog, or becoming an arts major. So its rather obvious why white people love lawyers so much as it is the one profession that has mastered the art of “over analyzing things”. Even though most disputes can be resolved through reason, unselfishness, and / or a google search, white people would prefer to take things to court or have something in writing. Lawyers are seen as the ultimate problem solvers and “the law” is seen as the be all, end all, of resolving all the world’s ills. In fact white people tend to have better relationships with their lawyers than with family members or friends. Please note that when around white people, that it is social suicide to admit or state that you don’t have a regular lawyer.

But perhaps the one main reason why white people love lawyers is the sense that they are giving back to the community. Most white people major in the arts, and law school is pretty much the only option for anyone with a BA that wants a decent paying job. Basically this love of the law is keeping the demand for lawyers much higher than it should be. So paying lawyer fees to settle the smallest problem, is the white person equivalent of Warrick Dunn building homes for low income families.

h/t Alli Gerkman of Denver, CO