{"id":135508,"date":"2025-10-20T10:43:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/20\/get-ready-atls-legally-themed-halloween-costume-contest-will-be-here-soon\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T10:43:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:43:52","slug":"get-ready-atls-legally-themed-halloween-costume-contest-will-be-here-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/20\/get-ready-atls-legally-themed-halloween-costume-contest-will-be-here-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Ready: ATL\u2019s Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest Will Be Here Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"197\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/3D-printing-2-300x197.jpg?resize=300%2C197&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"707267\" class=\"wp-image-707270\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spooky season is upon us, and you know what that means: Above the Law\u2019s annual Halloween costume contest will soon be here.<\/p>\n<p>For more than a decade, the ATL editors have solicited legally themed costumes from our readers, and we\u2019re continually impressed with how creative lawyers and law students can be when when it comes to bringing the law to life.<\/p>\n<p>As a little reminder, here are some of the very best winning looks from past years of the contest: the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2016\/11\/atls-legally-themed-halloween-costume-contest-the-winner-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Donald J. Trump College of Law<\/a> (2016), <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2018\/11\/atls-legally-themed-halloween-costume-contest-the-winner-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s calendar and his beer<\/a> (2018), <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2020\/11\/atls-legally-themed-halloween-costume-contest-the-winner-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ruth Baby Ginsburg<\/a> (2020), and <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2023\/11\/atls-legally-themed-halloween-costume-contest-the-winner-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Warhol\u2019s Soup Law<\/a> (2023).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"365\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Halloween-Donald-Trump-Law-School-300x365.jpg?resize=300%2C365&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-441934\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/Halloween-Contest-3-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517133\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"375\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/Halloween-Contest-4-300x375.jpg?resize=300%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517134\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"428\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/Ruth-Baby-Ginsburg-Halloween-2020-300x428.jpeg?resize=300%2C428&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-713144\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/11\/image001.jpeg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"391\" width=\"620\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/11\/image001-620x391.jpeg?resize=620%2C391&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"image001\" class=\"wp-image-1012161\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stay tuned for instructions on how to submit your fabulous legally themed Halloween costumes. We look forward to judging you!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-441281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/get-ready-atls-legally-themed-halloween-costume-contest-will-be-here-soon-5\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Ready: ATL\u2019s Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest Will Be Here Soon<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/3D-printing-2-300x197.jpg?resize=300%2C197&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"197\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/3D-printing-2-300x197.jpg?resize=300%2C197&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"707267\" class=\"wp-image-707270\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spooky season is upon us, and you know what that means: Above the Law\u2019s annual Halloween costume contest will soon be here.<\/p>\n<p>For more than a decade, the ATL editors have solicited legally themed costumes from our readers, and we\u2019re continually impressed with how creative lawyers and law students can be when when it comes to bringing the law to life.<\/p>\n<p>As a little reminder, here are some of the very best winning looks from past years of the contest: the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2016\/11\/atls-legally-themed-halloween-costume-contest-the-winner-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Donald J. Trump College of Law<\/a> (2016), <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2018\/11\/atls-legally-themed-halloween-costume-contest-the-winner-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s calendar and his beer<\/a> (2018), <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2020\/11\/atls-legally-themed-halloween-costume-contest-the-winner-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ruth Baby Ginsburg<\/a> (2020), and <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2023\/11\/atls-legally-themed-halloween-costume-contest-the-winner-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Warhol\u2019s Soup Law<\/a> (2023).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"365\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Halloween-Donald-Trump-Law-School-300x365.jpg?resize=300%2C365&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-441934\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/Halloween-Contest-3-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-517133\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/Halloween-Contest-4-300x375.jpg?resize=300%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-517134\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"428\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/Ruth-Baby-Ginsburg-Halloween-2020-300x428.jpeg?resize=300%2C428&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-713144\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/11\/image001.jpeg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"391\" width=\"620\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/11\/image001-620x391.jpeg?resize=620%2C391&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"image001\" class=\"wp-image-1012161\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stay tuned for instructions on how to submit your fabulous legally themed Halloween costumes. We look forward to judging you!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-441281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#6b181f0a08022b0a09041d0e1f030e070a1c45080406\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. 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