On the face of it, there doesn't seem to be much that is
amusing about the law. Certainly, there is not much humour to be
found if you are on the wrong side of it. Stern judges, imposing
courtrooms, the overhang of serious traditions, not to the mention
the copious amounts of tedious paperwork and bureaucracy associated
with administering the law... not much to laugh about there.
Yet so many of Australia's best loved comedians are lawyers
by training, or at least, lawyers by education. The list is endless
– Shaun Micallef was an insurance lawyer for ten years before
becoming a full-time comedian; Rebel Wilson is a University of New
South Wales law graduate; Anh Do a law student who abandoned his
studies to become a comedian; the cast of The Chaser
studied together at the University of Sydney law school; Tom
Gleisner and Santo Cilauro met as Melbourne University law students
working together on the Law Revue. Other notable Australian
comedians who started out as
