Ryan Thomas was a professional magician, specializing in close-up card magic, long before he entered law school at Creighton University, where he is now a 2L. Now he's thinking about the intersection of magic and intellectual property law. Did we have anything to do with that? See some of Ryan's work here (yes, I have permission to post the video).
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