Happy 450th Birthday, Will!

Today is the day we celebrate the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth. To mark the occasion, check out these books in the Gallagher Law Library collection.

Our most recent titles:

• Shakespeare and the Law: A Conversation Among Disciplines and Professions, edited by Bradin Cormack, Martha Craven Nussbaum & Richard Strier. Classified Stacks, PR3028 .S53 2013
• A Thousand Times More Fair: What Shakespeare's Plays Teach Us About Justice, by Kenji Yoshino. Classified Stacks, PR3028 .Y67 2011
• Shakespeare and the Law, by Paul Raffield & Gary Watt. Classified Stacks, KD612 .S53 2008
• The Law in Shakespeare, by Constance Jordan & Karen Cunningham. Classified Stacks, PR3028 .L39 2007

And our oldest title: 

• Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements Considered, by John Campbell, Baron, & John Payne Collier. Classified Stacks, PR3028 .C3 1859

To find even more, just go to the catalog, and type in the keyword shakespeare. To find books located here, use the facets on the left hand side and limit to Gallagher Law Library.

Happy Birthday to the Bard!

King Lear in Law School

Have you heard about the King Lear productions in Prof. Karen Boxx's Transmission of Wealth class?

They're fun, but they also teach some important lessons about estate planning and help students develop some valuable lawyering skills. See Karen E. Boxx, Shakespeare in the Classroom: How an Annual Student Production of King Lear Adds Dimension to Teaching Trusts and Estates, 58 St. Louis U. L.J. 751 (2014).

Prof. Karen E. Boxx	William Shakespeare. Image taken from: Abraham Wivell, An Inquiry into the History, Authenticity, and Characteristics of the Shakespeare Portraits, etc. (A supplement.)" (1827). Available via the British Library's Flickr photostream.See this post.