Quick,
what
do
Legos
evoke
in
your
mind?
Childhood
nostalgia?
Pain?
It’s
hard
to
think
of
anything
else
if
you’ve
ever
stepped
on
a
1×1
barefoot.
It
may
take
a
few
hours
of
brainstorming
to
think
of
Legos
as
a
ticket
out
of
Wall
Street
lawyering,
but
that’s
only
if
you’ve
never
heard
of
Nathan
Sawaya.
His
work
speaks
for
itself,
but
it
never
hurts
to
have
an
unexpected
answer
to
the
eventual
“What
can
you
do
with
a
law
degree
besides
Biglaw?”
that
inevitably
gets
asked
every
once
in
a
while.
The
Guardian
has
coverage:
[Nathan
Sawaya]
made
a
living
out
of
building
sculptures
from
Lego
and
his
work
has
been
shown
in
100
cities
and
24
countries,
attracting
millions
of
visitors.
But
you
won’t
find
any
Lego
in
Nathan
Sawaya’s
home.
Call
it
work-life
balance:
“I
love
what
I
do,
but
it
is
a
job
…
not
a
hobby,”
the
50-year-old
American
artist
says.
Trust,
his
Lego
art
is
a
lot
more
complex
than
what
you’re
used
to:
You
ever
see
a
person
create
art
with
a
medium
and
wondering
if
you’ve
been
doing
something
wrong?
You
aren’t
the
only
one.
Despite
Sawaya’s
excellence,
he
got
a
cease
and
desist
order
from
Lego
early
on
in
his
sculpting.
Artistic
liberties
or
not,
gotta
be
careful
with
those
trademarks.
Happen
to
be
in
Melbourne
any
time
soon?
You
should
check
out
“The
Art
of
The
Brick”
in
person.
Bound
to
stay
in
your
city
because
of
a
mandatory
in-person
policy?
Sucks
to
suck,
but
as
you
think
about
the
side
gigs
you
can
do
to
keep
you
afloat,
it
may
be
a
good
idea
to
walk
through
a
toy
store.
You
never
know
when
or
where
inspiration
can
hit.
The
Wall
Street
Lawyer
Who
Quit
To
Make
Lego
Art:
‘It
Is
A
Job,
Not
A
Hobby’
[The
Guardian]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.