April 9 is International Be Kind To Lawyers Day

Horace Rumpole is one our favorite fictional lawyers.

Yes, friends, tomorrow, April 9, will be International Be Kind To Lawyers Day. The website that was dedicated to this microminiholidayette seems to have fallen by the wayside -- times are tough for lawyers these days, too -- but we encourage celebration nonetheless.

And how should one celebrate Be Kind To Lawyers Day? Buy your favorite barrister a bottle or send a nice card? These are nice gestures, certainly, but wholly unnecessary. Instead, just pay your lawyer's bill. (Thank you.)

Tuesday will also be Winston Churchill Day, commemorating the day, 50 years ago (April 9, 1963), on which Sir Winston was made an honorary citizen of the United States.

And Tuesday will also be Cherish an Antique Day. If your lawyer is old enough, we suppose you can combine these two observances....