The contenders for 2009 Big Law Word of the Year are not as hip as Oxford’s Word of the Year — a nod to Facebook’s influence, “unfriend” — but who said Big Law was hip?

As you will recall, those of you who voted last year declared the 2008 Big Law Word/Phrase of the Year to be some version of “poo poo,” with “stealth layoff” coming in a close second.