Legal Knowledge Quotes

A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.

Both Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev have law degrees but they do not know what the rule of law means.

Juries are not qualified to judge questions of law, but they are very capable of judging questions of fact.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

I was quite convinced that I didn't want to be a lawyer. But I felt that law school would be a useful way to understand public policy and to understand business in this environment.

Woman should hasten to repair her ignorance of the country’s laws and needs, by a thorough knowledge and acquaintance of those which govern her and affect humanity.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Ignorantia legis neminem excusat

Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she knows.

I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am.

I'm trying to demystify the whole process. Make it simple, make it palatable. I want people to have respect for the law, and I want to educate people on the basics of the law.

… the magistrate should know what law he is to administer, that the subject should know under what law he is to live.

As a lawyer and a former prosecutor, I know the limits of the power and authority of the president. I know what is legal and what is not.

The law faculty see no reason why any young woman who in respect to character and acquirements fulfilled the Conditions applicable to male students, and who chose to attend the law lectures in good faith for the purpose of becoming acquainted with the laws of her Country, should be denied that privilege.

The law as a profession has provided me with more satisfaction than I ever dreamed.

The man who does not know the nature of the Law, cannot know the nature of sin.

I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something.

There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent as knowledge of laws.

Incidentally, Boies, I'm sure, is a very fine lawyer.

Every man should know something of law; if he knows enough to keep out of it, he is a pretty good lawyer.

There is no presumption in this country that every person knows the law: it would be contrary to common sense and reason if it were so.

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because they're making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse in any country. If it were, the laws would lose their effect, because it can always be pretended.

The only thing I learn on a daily basis from law school is that I disliked it and the law so much that it's constantly this fire at my heels.

One of the reasons I love the law is because I was raised in family - my grandfather was a lawyer, but more importantly, my grandmother was his secretary. And she taught me that lawyers were some of the most civil, most courteous - and in those days, most courtly - people that she knew.

I can't see that it's wrong to give him a little legal experience before he goes out to practice law.