U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey’s training for a career in the bar and on the bench did not start in law school.Blakey acted as an undergraduate at the University of Notre Dame and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before beginning his legal studies.He appeared on stage in plays that included “King Lear,” “Fiddler on the Roof” and “West Side Story.”Although he turned his attention to his legal career more than 25 years ago, Blakey said the lessons he …