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Seeking to approve Neil Gorsuch, Senate Republicans will likely vote on 'nuclear option'

Apr 6, 2017, 9:20 am CDT

Can changing how we measure lawyer performance unlock diversity?

Apr 6, 2017, 8:30 am CDT

Facebook's bid to protect customer information in criminal probe fails in top New York court

Apr 6, 2017, 8:00 am CDT

Law firm and its name partner are using the courts for 'their own self-aggrandizement,' suit says

Apr 6, 2017, 7:30 am CDT

Two UC Irvine law profs announce they are running for Congress

Apr 6, 2017, 7:00 am CDT

Tesla responds to lawsuit by claiming it has no duty to design a fail-safe car

Apr 5, 2017, 4:39 pm CDT

Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Tent City jail is closing

Apr 5, 2017, 3:07 pm CDT

Have you ever quoted a song lyric or poem in a legal submission?

Apr 5, 2017, 1:44 pm CDT

Title VII protects gay workers, 7th Circuit rules; Posner backs 'interpretive updating' of old laws

Apr 5, 2017, 11:54 am CDT

Law review author says she isn't bothered by Gorsuch's use of similar sentences in book

Apr 5, 2017, 10:40 am CDT

Squire Patton Boggs announces alliance with Trump's personal lawyer

Apr 5, 2017, 9:15 am CDT

In the Magazine

From the April 2017 Issue

Legal Logjam

Immigration court backlog grows to more than 540,000 cases

Loving, Then and Now

Movie gives new significance to landmark ruling

Question of the Week

Have you ever quoted a song lyric or poem in a legal submission?

Bob Dylan is the most-cited songwriter in U.S. judicial opinions, law prof Philip N. Meyer writes in the April issue of the ABA Journal.

"And these citations are not merely add-ons or throwaways providing appellate judges and Supreme Court justices with the opportunity to display stylistic flair or pop culture literacy," Meyer writes. "Indeed, just the opposite: Dylan's lyrics are intrinsic to the judicial reasoning in appellate opinions."

This week, we'd like to ask you: Have you ever quoted a song lyric or poem in a legal submission? Or quoted sources beyond the law? If so, why did you? If you'd never make a popular culture reference in a legal brief, tell us why not.

Reply in the comments.

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