Spooky season is upon us, and you know what that means: Above the Law’s annual Halloween costume contest will soon be here.
For more than a decade, the ATL editors have solicited legally themed costumes from our readers, and we’re continually impressed with how creative lawyers and law students can be when when it comes to bringing the law to life.
As a little reminder, here are some of the very best winning looks from past years of the contest: Assault and Battery (2010), Grandfather Clause (2011), Original Intent (2012), the Donald J. Trump College of Law (2016), The Bluebook (2017), Brett Kavanaugh’s calendar and his beer (2018), and the totally adorable Ruth Baby Ginsburg (2020).

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Stay tuned next month for instructions on how to submit your fabulous legally themed Halloween costumes. We look forward to judging you!
Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter and Threads or connect with her on LinkedIn.