In this case, "petard" means "crazy analogy that doesn't make sense"

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Why don't courtroom dramas show what being a lawyer is ACTUALLY like?

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It's like the Stockholm Syndrome or something. I'm being completely serious, here.

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We took third at the Thurgood Marshall Constitutional Law competition! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go pract- I mean, go enjoy free time? What?

Oh please, like we all knew this joke wasn't coming since I started this comic.

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I was originally going to include the quote that drew my ire, but then I realized that misinterpreted quotes on punitive damages were BORING

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This has been T-Rex's Friendly Guide to Not Getting Kicked Out of The Law

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I'm fairly sure that my tax book writers only include information like this to try to keep us remotely interested in the subject.

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Sadly, the judge didn't take kindly to T-Rex's party hat.

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And we're back from Spring Break!

T-Rex and Utahraptor are SURPRISINGLY ACTIVE in their class.

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Sigh. Ryan North, you have GOT to stop preemptively stealing my ideas. Wait, what's that? He's already griped about preemptive stealing of ideas? OH COME ON.

Anyway, spring break is next week for me, which means it's spring break for J.D. Comics as well! Comics will resume on March 29th! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Klasic Comix: If you tell me that this isn't law related, I will just tell you ALCOHOL IS ALWAYS LAW RELATED

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"Cheerio, good chap, might I ask for a cup of tea while plotting law student insanity in the future?"

What IS the deal with civil law jurisdictions anyway?

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I think I've now established that both D and Utahraptor like baking when stressed/studying. It's a very well-fed group of friends.

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Ha, 'cause normally the saying is that something knows BEST?? Get it? GET IT?!

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Her stage name was Chesty Love and apparently her implants weighed 10 pounds each! That is a HIGH amount of tax deduction per pound.

As promised, we now return you to your regularly scheduled dinosaur shenanigans

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Comic FAIL

Moot court brief and no sleep means no J.D. Comic! We will hopefully resume our regularly scheduled shenanigans tomorrow.

Curse that King and convenient Earlship.

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Ok, that's just a lie. T-Rex totally meant to brag.

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Sigh, this is one of those comics where I had a brilliant punchline yesterday but didn't write it down.