Lawyer Makes Ethics Entertaining
A lawyer with a love of theater has combined his appreciation for entertainment with his interest in ethics.
Jack Marshall tells the Washington Post he thinks ethics can be entertaining. He runs a business, ProEthics, that offers legal and ethics training courses using professional actors and musicians to help deliver the message.
The courses might include rewritten rock songs or satires of television shows that present ethical dilemmas. “The whole point is to put people at ease, so they’re not just sitting back and falling asleep,” Marshall told the newspaper.
The words to Don McLean’s “American Pie” become a lesson in “the day my ethics died.” The Beatles song “A Day in the Life” becomes a lesson in zealous representation called “A Day in Court.”
Marshall has always loved the theater. He formed a student theater group when he attended Georgetown University Law Center. Later he ran a professional musical comedy troupe that did legal and political satire.
Marshall’s business isn’t the only one to combine legal training with entertainment. Some companies offer continuing legal education programs in exotic locations, while others give lawyers an after-hours opportunity to golf, ski or relax at a spa, the ABA Journal reported in its March issue.
