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5 ways chess can make you a better law student and lawyer

  • Written by Mark Kende, Professor of Law, Drake University
Legal battles require the same skills seen at the highest levels of chess.Elnur/Shutterstock.com

Paul Morphy was a 19th-century New Orleans chess prodigy who was the de facto world chess champion during much of his short life. He rarely lost when he played throughout Europe and the United States. He was also a lawyer who graduated from what is now...

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