{"id":9936,"date":"2008-09-13T21:04:24","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T02:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/?p=9936"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:20","slug":"20-for-a-beautiful-lawyers-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/09\/13\/20-for-a-beautiful-lawyers-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"$20 for a “beautiful lawyers” calendar?"},"content":{"rendered":"

.. \"\"<\/a> . . $19.95 Beautiful Lawyers Calendar<\/a> . . \"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a> . .<\/p>\n

A<\/strong><\/em>t f\/k\/a<\/em>, we give our calendars away<\/a> for free — even when they showcase lawyers showing a little skin or acting up in barefeet. Here, for example, are details from the months of June and August 2008, as seen in our downloadable fka<\/em> Haiga Memories Calendar 2008<\/a>. [Click the images to view — and print out — the full calendar page for each month, featuring the Giacalone Kids, circa 1950.]<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> [June ’08<\/a>] . . our calendar beefcake . . [Aug. ’08<\/a>]\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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You can imagine, therefore, our surprise to learn that some folks in Massachusetts are charging<\/a> $19.95<\/a> apiece<\/em> for their so-called Beautiful Lawyers Calendar 2009. According to the Beautiful Lawyers<\/a> website, the calendar will feature “12 exceptional lawyers, some your colleagues… many well known attorneys… All selected from a huge nomination pool . . . All players in their own right, each with a unique story\u2026 full of style and spirit!” Not convinced yet to shell out twenty bucks? Read on:<\/p>\n

“The 2009 Beautiful Lawyers Calendar is designed to navigate behind the scenes at some of America’s top law firms, most prestigious businesses and government offices. To present the lawyers at those businesses and institutions as they are in their relaxed environment\u2026 pursuing their passions… the person behind the power suit.”<\/p>\n

Attorney Howie Altholtz teamed up with the advertising Agency Allen-Roche Group Inc., and David Yas, publisher of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly to create and market the Calendar. For even more details, see Bob Ambrogi’s report at Legal Blog Watch<\/em><\/a> (Sept. 10, 2008); David Yas’ publisher’s weblog<\/a> at Mass. Lawyers Weekly<\/em> (September 8, 2008); and the article ‘Beautiful lawyers’ calendar to raise cash for charity<\/a> (Boston Business Journal<\/em>, May 30, 2008;).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Of course, merely owning this fine piece of barristerial wall candy might not satisfy your need to bask in the glow of Boston’s legal establishment. Cheer up, there’s more: for a mere $75 donation, you’re invited to attend “the hottest Calendar release party<\/a> of the year,” on October 1, 2008, at the Revolution Rock Club, in Boston. Being fervid fans of Calendar Release Parties, the entire f\/k\/a <\/em>Gang is naturally disappointed that we won’t be able to make it to Boston for the Big Calendar Event.<\/p>\n

Not convinced? If schmoozing with and gazing at Boston’s hottest lawyers still won’t get you to open your wallets, don’t forget that “A portion of the proceeds will benefit Greater Boston Legal Services and other selected beneficiaries.”<\/p>\n

\"\" By now, we’ve surely melted the hearts and opened the checkbooks of even the most cynical of our audience members. Nevertheless, <\/span>it’s Saturday night, and Prof. Yabut<\/a> is home alone again without a date. That might explain his continuing, cranky reaction to all this beautiful news. With his change purse grasped tightly in both hands, Yabut asks:<\/p>\n