Hoagy Carmichael

Musician

JD, Indiana U., 1926

Why mess around with conveyancing

when you've got "Heart and Soul"?

Nicolas Copernicus

Astronomer

JCD, Ferrara, 1503

Having seen the canonical heavens,

he decided to measure them.

Howard Cosell

Sportscaster

JD, NYU, 1941

Oliver Wendell Douglas

Farmer (Green Acres)

Harvard School of Law

Chose fresh air and chores

over Times Square & stores

Pierre de Fermat

Mathematician

University of Orleans, Law, 1630

Choosing between law and math

was as easy as 2 + 2.

William S. Gilbert

Lyricist

Called to the bar, 1863

One can do a jury trial,

or a "Trial by Jury"

Julio Iglesias

Singer

Law Cert., Cambridge, 1968

Karl Keating,

Catholic Apologist

JD, Univ. San Diego

Q: "So has being a lawyer has

helped you as an apologist?"

Keating: "Not in the slightest."

Tony LaRussa

Baseball Manager

JD, Florida State, 1978

In baseball, stealing is a virtue.

Henri Matisse

Artist

To think, it all started

as doodles in law lecture notes.

Robert Parker

International Wine Expert

JD, U. Maryland, 1973

Ever wonder why he named his

newsletter, "Wine Advocate"?

Otto Preminger

Film Director

Austrian Law Degree, 1928

"Curtains would do wonders for this barracks.

You will not be getting them." Stalag 17.

Harlan Sanders

Entrepreneur

Practiced law without a degree,

fried chicken without a skillet.

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Composer

St. Petersburg School

of Jurisprudence,1859