Overclaimthestrength ofyour caseInterruptthe judgeat oralargumentMake fontsmallerfor morespaceAssembleyour briefincorrectlyDon't knowthe recordinside andoutPrintbrief withlow tonerMakemarginssmaller formore spaceBury yourwinningargumentMake ajuryargumentAvoidansweringthe questionasked at oralargumentUselegaljargonUseLatinFree!Lots ofacronymsFree!Put downthe districtcourtjudgePut downopposingcounselDon'tappendstatutorylanguageTalk aboutpolicyratherthan lawBlockquotesaboundRequestextensionof pagelimitLongsentencesInterruptthe judgeat oralargumentMake thejudge/clerksearch therecordthemselvesOverclaimthestrength ofyour caseInterruptthe judgeat oralargumentMake fontsmallerfor morespaceAssembleyour briefincorrectlyDon't knowthe recordinside andoutPrintbrief withlow tonerMakemarginssmaller formore spaceBury yourwinningargumentMake ajuryargumentAvoidansweringthe questionasked at oralargumentUselegaljargonUseLatinFree!Lots ofacronymsFree!Put downthe districtcourtjudgePut downopposingcounselDon'tappendstatutorylanguageTalk aboutpolicyratherthan lawBlockquotesaboundRequestextensionof pagelimitLongsentencesInterruptthe judgeat oralargumentMake thejudge/clerksearch therecordthemselves

The Wrong Stuff Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Overclaim the strength of your case
  2. Interrupt the judge at oral argument
  3. Make font smaller for more space
  4. Assemble your brief incorrectly
  5. Don't know the record inside and out
  6. Print brief with low toner
  7. Make margins smaller for more space
  8. Bury your winning argument
  9. Make a jury argument
  10. Avoid answering the question asked at oral argument
  11. Use legal jargon
  12. Use Latin
  13. Free!
  14. Lots of acronyms
  15. Free!
  16. Put down the district court judge
  17. Put down opposing counsel
  18. Don't append statutory language
  19. Talk about policy rather than law
  20. Block quotes abound
  21. Request extension of page limit
  22. Long sentences
  23. Interrupt the judge at oral argument
  24. Make the judge/clerk search the record themselves