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Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
By Derrick Carman
August 13, 2024
Like many academically inclined children of the '80s and '90s, I spent a fair amount of my youth with my friends in a basement playing Dungeons & Dragons. Equipped with a stack of reference books, pencil and paper, and a collection of polyhedral dice, we dreamed up all sorts of wild adventures.
It's not as sad as it sounds, I promise. We had a blast. Now, 25-plus years later, I still play D&D as often as I can. And thanks to the miracles of modern technology, I still play with some of those same people from middle and high school.
This hobby helped pave the way for my career as a lawyer, and particularly as a litigator by providing foundational skills and practice that translate seamlessly from the tabletop to the courtroom.
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