In court, jurors are admonished by the judge at every recess not to discuss the case or form any opinions until the case is given to them for deliberations. Of course, there is no such limitation on the public. Robert Shapiro admonishcasecourt share on social
During my undergraduate training at UCLA, I was studying finance and securities; my particular interest was with mutual funds. Wanting to get into a high position at some of the companies that were doing that, I knew that law would be useful. Robert Shapiro companyfinancefund share on social
I was interested in getting courtroom experience. When I was a young lawyer, the only way I could get real courtroom experience was in the criminal law field. Robert Shapiro courtroomcriminalexperience Change image and share on social
I think that one of the motivating factors was in my last year of law school: we had a competition, and I won the competition; it was judged by several of the federal judges at the time. I got a tremendous amount of encouragement to pursue litigation from them at the time. Robert Shapiro amountcompetitionencouragement share on social
Not only did we play the race card, we dealt it from the bottom of the deck. Robert Shapiro bottomcarddeal Change image and share on social
The Vietnam War was causing people to get drafted; I had received a deferment to finish my undergraduate education, and in order to continue to get a deferment, you had to go to graduate school. Robert Shapiro causecontinuedeferment Change image and share on social
