1 definition by O.W. Holmes Jr., III
1. A prison inmate who, despite having no legal education, studies law and argues for the rights of other inmates.
2. A lawyer who throws out any and all arguments, even blatantly wrong ones, for his client.
2. A lawyer who throws out any and all arguments, even blatantly wrong ones, for his client.
His lawyer said the defendant must have been the victim of a CIA mind-control experiment -- now that was a jailhouse lawyer argument.
by O.W. Holmes Jr., III January 21, 2009