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Mad Lib: A Day in Court by Christine Nierenz 
1. Name of litigator employed in your office, or if there are none, any attorney will do 2. Adverb_______________________ 3. Name of famous celebrity_______________________ 4. Name of legal motion_______________________ 5. Past tense verb_______________________ 6. Verb ending in –ing_______________________ 7. Verb_______________________ 8. Plural noun_______________________ 9. Group of people_______________________ 10. Noun_______________________ 11. Name of place_______________________ 12. Past tense verb_______________________ 13. Past tense verb_______________________ 14. Formal title designation, such as "The Honorable…"_______________________ 15. Name of co-worker in your office_______________________ 16. Name of trial component_______________________ 17. Answer a magic eight ball might give you_______________________ 18. Name of second celebrity_______________________ 19. Plural noun_______________________ 20. Plural noun_______________________ 21. Type of lawsuit_______________________ 22. Verb ending in –ed_______________________ 23. Name of different type of lawsuit_______________________ 24. Latin phrase_______________________ 25. Name of legal procedure or trial component_______________________ 26. Name of place_______________________ 27. Noun_______________________ 28. Name of emotional or psychological condition_______________________ 29. Name of liquid_______________________ 30. Past tense verb_______________________ 31. Verb ending in –ing_______________________ 32. Name of physical ailment or symptom_______________________ 33. Group of animals_______________________ 34. Verb ending in –ing_______________________ 35. Name of place_______________________ 36. Past tense verb_______________________ 37. Second group of animals_______________________ 38. Latin phrase_______________________ While working at the office one day, I received a phone call from (1), who was calling during a recess from a court hearing. (1) began the call (2): "This is unbelievable! At the beginning of the hearing, (3) entered his/her appearance for the opposing party! I immediately moved for a(n) (4), but the Judge only (5) at me. When the Judge did that, my client began (6), and then the Bailiff tried to (7) my client into the jury room, which was filled with (8) and (9). At that time, the Judge banged his (10), and yelled, "Order in the (11)!" The Judge then called a Bench conference while the court clerk (12) the coffee and water. At the Bench, the Judge said, "The conduct of counsel in this case has been (13). I want you two to straighten up. I am therefore ordering that this trial begin immediately, and you begin addressing me as (14) (15). (1) asked, "May we begin with (16)?" The Judge then picked up his magic eight-ball and shook it, and the answer was (17). Then he told us to proceed.
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