Pomp and circumstance
So, I'm now, officially, Michael LoPrete, Attorney at Law. The ceremony was this morning--it's the one time you can swear at a judge and not be held in contempt!
It was a short, efficient (maybe svelte?) affair: we all said our names, introducing ourselves to the presiding judges. The most important of them took the opportunity to impart their wisdom to the group of new lawyers, congratulate us, and joke around with each other. We all stood, swore our oath, and were sent on our way. What's funny is that the entire affair was fluff--we weren't really attorneys, the handlers informed us just as the ceremony was about to begin, until we signed our names onto the oath, and that happened after the judges were done doing their thing.
It was a short, efficient (maybe svelte?) affair: we all said our names, introducing ourselves to the presiding judges. The most important of them took the opportunity to impart their wisdom to the group of new lawyers, congratulate us, and joke around with each other. We all stood, swore our oath, and were sent on our way. What's funny is that the entire affair was fluff--we weren't really attorneys, the handlers informed us just as the ceremony was about to begin, until we signed our names onto the oath, and that happened after the judges were done doing their thing.