If the Color Fits, Wear It: Redefining the Female Lawyer's Uniform

"Someone who wears black when nobody's dead!" That's how wannabe lawyer Elle Woods described the archetypal attire for female jurists in the catchy melody "What You Want" from the 2007 Broadway musical, Legally Blonde: The Musical. Lyricists Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin judiciously assessed the wardrobe proclivities of those in this traditionally fashionless vocation. I am all-too-familiar with the boring black lawyer's outfit: on the first day of Professional Responsibility -- a required ...