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Trump’s Lawyers as Wormtongue

By Robin Bates | Published: August 28, 2023

Trump’s indicted lawyers may follow the trajectory of Wormtongue in “Lord of the Rings.”

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Kill All the Lawyers? Nope, We Need Them

By Robin Bates | Published: October 12, 2016

A district judge reflects upon what lawyers and judges can learn from Shakespeare, including “Othello,” “Merchant of Venice, “Hamlet,” “King Lear,” most of the history plays, and others.

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Marc Antony for the Prosecution

By Robin Bates | Published: September 24, 2014

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

By Robin Bates | Published: April 17, 2014

A judge makes his case about how Shakespeare can improve lawyer professionalism.

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Shakespeare in the Courtroom

By Robin Bates | Published: April 16, 2014

A Georgia judge is guided by Shakespeare and sometimes cites the Bard in his rulings.

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Dickens Puts Lawyers on Trial

By Robin Bates | Published: February 9, 2012

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

By Robin Bates | Published: March 4, 2011

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 […]

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