Judge didn't let us join the county, because he thought it was the plaintiff's motion to make. But, the uber-liberal defenders of the indigent in the boiler room succeeded in staving off possession and a monetary judgment. Go us! Celebrating at Skybar!
Boiler Room is the New Sweat Shop
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day. - Calvin (as in, Calvin and Hobbes)
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
Trials scheduled!
Look we did get you into the courtroom! And more trials scheduled before the end of the summer. Looks like someone's practice certificate is more useful than Terrel's hanging in our office.
Wednesday, July 03, 2013
I can haz cupcake!
Despite some people here not providing birthday cupcakes for everyone yesterday, we have cupcakes today. They're not homemade, but they're still awesome.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
10am ice cream time
Ever setting the highest standard for treats, today the Boiler Room is enjoying a selection of home made ice cream. Visit quickly, grovel hard and we might even share.
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
For further mocking pleasure:
Also, the Bunker and Birdcage interns continue to disappoint with their lack of blogging. Should we leave them at the jail when we go on our upcoming field trip as punishment?
Field Trip
The Boiler Room spent much of the morning out the office. We set up a mobile advice center in a local public housing development before heading to City Hall where a number of tenant grievances were filled.
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Keeping busy
Monday, June 03, 2013
Visits from friends
Monday, May 20, 2013
The Boiler Room Pig has been Gentrified
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Field Trip
Some locals mistook us as hostile and one unfortunate attorney was placed in the stocks.
Quickly we took over the local seat of justice and secured her freedom.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Press release!
One of our lawyers filing the case...you may not be able to feel it, but you could cut the anticipation with a knife |
(N.B. The housing interns are all the other authors on this blog)
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
5 Day Pay or Quit?
Heard you got evicted from your room this morning and were kicked out for this badass class action/housing law meeting. Heard it never even happened, too! What a tough break. But hey, if you need any free, NON-legal representation, we're here for you. We know tons about housing law and are apparently less expendable than some of the other interns...
Monday, June 04, 2012
At least we keep all our posts up
Fortunately, I was able to copy the post before it was taken down, and personally we at the Boiler Room think it would be a crime against humanity to allow it to go unread by the total 7 shared viewers that the two blogs have. Therefore, for your reading pleasure, here is that incredibly nice post:
Since we really don't do that much work, especially when compared to the Boiler Room, I figured I'd sit down and write a short post. This is a pretty important post in my opinion, and I'd like to set a few things straight. I would like to apologize for any perceived slight or challenge to the Boiler Room's dominance. Really, in the LAJC blog rankings, there's no question as to which comes out on top. We're incredibly grateful to have the Boiler Room to look up to and to use as a shining example of not only what a Legal Aid blog is supposed to be, but what perfect interns look like as well. They really have it all put together. I mean, just look at that stellar group of individuals. Always impeccably dressed, they put the business into "business casual". The dulcet Scottish and Zimbabwean accents are perfect for putting clients at ease and turning roaring opponents into mewing kittens. The feedback that has already come in has their clients not believing that they aren't lawyers (even though the Boiler Room interns compete oh so professionally to see how many times they can make that disclaimer), and indeed, since they aren't allowed to give legal advice, most clients desperately seek their advice in other non-legal matters, including fashion tips, voting preferences, and really just general life-guidance. Really, they are less interns and more life coaches, for everyone who comes into contact with them. Their record speaks for itself: within the first day they had already closed a case, and we can only guess that they must now be in the hundreds. How many times have we watched them on their way to the kitchen and just reveled in awe at their magnificence? We can't even imagine what glorious child Baby Mama is going to bring into the world, being incubated in such an amazing room with those five amazing individuals. We hear "I Am Not a Lawyer" has actually finished memorizing the entire Virginia code, and the other intern has created fifteen new Lean Cuisine recipes in his spare time that actually taste good and can fill a normal person's stomach. Basically, what it boils down to (see what I did there?) is that we just wanted to tell the world how amazing it is to work just down the convoluted hall from such a spectacular group of people, a group that we feel proud to look up to as mentors, who we can only hope will share some of their comprehensive knowledge about the law, and really the world.
Thank you Boiler Room, we feel proud just saying we breathe the same air as you do.
(Please note we mean no disrespect to the Birdcage in this post, we realize you guys are better than us too.)