Lawyers, I see you. I know what you’re doing in this pandemic. You are viewed as a place of intelligence, information, and direction. Your colleagues and clients likely turn to you for guidance as our world spins in uncertainty.
That means that you have stories. Confidential, attorney-client privileged, awesome, virus-themed stories.
Legal Madness is collecting submissions (of all kinds) during the month of May.
What is Legal Madness? Last year, NYU Law School’s Engelberg Center and I gathered anonymous stories of in-house counsel, turned the tales into scripts, and hired actors to perform the monologues on stage. The first Legal Madness was a sold-out theatrical event that took place in New York City.
Even while being socially isolated, we are scaling the production.
Please submit your two-sentence, two-paragraph, or two-page real-life scenario via our private submission form on www.legalmadness.party. Don’t pressure yourself … just click and send. Typos are my favorites. And we are not looking for law review or Great American Novel-quality writing. We are looking for truth, levity, weirdness, and heart. We all need that more than ever.
Thanks for all you do, lawyers, and nonlawyers. Keep safe, keep healthy, and keep hope. The theaters will reopen and we will laugh together.
Sarah was the General Counsel / first Lawyer at Etsy and Vroom. She’s a co-founder of The Fourth Floor, a creator and producer of Legal Madness, an NYU Law School Engelberg Center fellow, a board member, an investor, and a speaker. You can also find Sarah hammering silver, eating candy, and chasing her child. sarahfeingold.com.