Trump wants, at least metaphorically, to “kill all the lawyers.” The line is delivered by an insurrectionist and bad man in “Henry VI, Part II.”
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Trumps Wants to “Kill All the Lawyers”
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Trump’s Lawyers as Wormtongue
Trump’s indicted lawyers may follow the trajectory of Wormtongue in “Lord of the Rings.”
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Marc Antony for the Prosecution
Federal court judge Thomas Thrash, Jr., drawing on years of experience as a trial lawyer, explains why Marc Antony makes a better case than Brutus does.
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The Bard Could Improve Lawyer Behavior
A judge makes his case about how Shakespeare can improve lawyer professionalism.
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Shakespeare in the Courtroom
A Georgia judge is guided by Shakespeare and sometimes cites the Bard in his rulings.
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Dickens Puts Lawyers on Trial
Charles Dickens was especially severe on lawyers, who show up in 11 of his 15 novels.
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Dorothy’s Advice for Lawyers
Film Friday In a 2006 commencement address to the University of Richmond Law School, John Douglass outlined how The Wizard of Oz can serve as a guide for lawyers. His brother Brent, husband of Carter Douglass whose children-in church poem I published two weeks ago, alerted me to it, and since it fits this blog […]
