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Book SynopsisKarpal Singh is widely regarded as Malaysia’s best criminal and constitutional lawyer. His sudden death on 17 April 2014 in a horrific car accident – just a month after he was convicted of sedition in the High Court – shocked and saddened Malaysians to the core and left a deep void in the country’s legal and political landscape. Karpal was a fearless advocate for justice and a defender of human rights in South East Asia and has appeared in the Privy Council in London on a number of occasions before such appeals were abandoned by Malaysia. He is renowned for his defence of many people from many nations who have faced the death penalty under Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act. In recent years, one of his biggest achievements was his successful defence of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on two charges of sodomy in 2012. On the night he died, Karpal was still fighting for Anwar, who had been convicted once again of sodomy, and seeking to reassure him. He told the Opposition leader in a telephone call he would do his best in the prosecution’s `fast-tracked’ Federal Court of Appeal. Indeed, Karpal had Anwar’s files with him in his vehicle when the fateful crash occurred. In this edition with a new foreword by Karpal’s son, Gobind Singh Deo, veteran journalist Tim Donoghue completes the biography of Malaysia’s tenacious and principled lawyer-politician

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Book SynopsisNicholas J. McBride is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He is (with Roderick Bagshaw) the author of Tort Law, now in its sixth edition.Table of ContentsPreface About the author Publisher acknowledgments PART ONE. THINKING ABOUT STUDYING LAW Letter 1 What is law? Letter 2 Five reasons for studying law Letter 3 Defending the law Letter 4 Why not do something else? Letter 5 Is law for me? PART TWO. PREPARING TO STUDY LAW Letter 6 Two hard truths Letter 7 On free speech Letter 8 Means and ends Letter 9 Acts and omissions Letter 10 The many and the few Letter 11 The harm principle Letter 12 Justice and rights Letter 13 How to argue Letter 14 On doing the LNAT PART THREE. STUDYING LAW Letter 15 General tips Letter 16 Avoiding problems Letter 17 Making the most of your time Letter 18 Using a textbook Letter 19 Reading cases Letter 20 A brief history of law reporting Letter 21 Making sense of statutes Letter 22 Getting through articles Letter 23 Making the most out of where you are PART FOUR. WRITING LIKE A LAWYER Letter 24 How to write an essay Letter 25 How to write a problem answer Letter 26 Writing a dissertation Letter 27 Revising for and doing exams PART FIVE. AFTER STUDYING LAW Letter 28 Moving on APPENDICES Appendix A A mini-dictionary of law Appendix B End notes Index

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Book SynopsisNEW EDITION: Essential Magistrates' Courts Law is the independent expert publication that is invaluable for practitioners and students alike.

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Book SynopsisWith a new preface by the author, this reissue of Thomas Sowell''s classic study of decision making updates his seminal work in the context of The Vision of the Annointed , Sowell, one of America''s most celebrated public intellectuals, describes in concrete detail how knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout modern society. He warns that society suffers from an ever-widening gap between firsthand knowledge and decision making,a gap that threatens not only our economic and political efficiency, but our very freedom because actual knowledge gets replaced by assumptions based on an abstract and elitist social vision f what ought to be. Knowledge and Decisions , a winner of the 1980 Law and Economics centre Prize, was heralded as a landmark work and selected for this prize because of its cogent contribution to our understanding of the differences between the market process and the process of government. In announcing the award, the centre acclaimed Sowell, whose contribution to our understanding of the process of regulation alone would make the book important, but in reemphasizing the diversity and efficiency that the market makes possible, [his] work goes deeper and becomes even more significant.

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Book SynopsisDrafting is designed to equip trainee barristers with the requisite skills to draft high-quality legal documents across all areas of practice. The manual contains practical advice on the skill of drafting in a number of legal settings, including contract, tort, and criminal proceedings.Each chapter contains numerous examples accompanied by detailed commentary on the key features of the draft. Exercises are included throughout the manual, offering the opportunity to practice and perfect your own style of drafting.Digital formatsThis edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the authors' extensive experience in practice, Evidence is an excellent introduction to the principles underpinning the law of evidence. Key rules are explained clearly, while the practical approach equips students with a sound understanding of relevant evidential rules.

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Book SynopsisBlackstone''s Police Manuals 2025, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone''s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing a NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the three volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2025 syllabus.Blackstone''s Police Manual Volume 1: Crime 2025 covers areas including Homicide, Sexual Offences, Fraud, State of Mind, and Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2025 edition has been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law, as well as revised keynotes on important areas and improved structuring to aid revision.Also available in the series are: Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2025 and Volume 3: General Police Duties 2025.Blackstone''s Police Manuals are also available as part of our online Blackstone''s Police Manuals and Q&As service: http://www.blackstonespoliceservice.com

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Book SynopsisSolicitors'' Accounts provides a user-friendly guide to a subject that often poses serious problems for students unfamiliar with the principles and practice of accounting. It provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of all areas required by the Solicitors'' Regulation Authority for business accounts and solicitors'' accounts on the Legal Practice Course, including full coverage of double-entry book-keeping and final accounts of sole owners, partnerships and companies. It also deals with the Solicitors'' Accounts Rules and the practical application of these in solicitors'' accounts, including property and probate transactions. Each chapter starts with an overview of the areas to be covered and also states the learning objectives the student should aim to achieve. Contextual examples are used throughout the chapters demonstrating how the principles of accounting should be applied to situations in practice. At the end of each chapter there is a checklist of the key areas students must Table of Contents1. Introduction to solicitors' accounts and basic bookkeeping ; 2. The Trial Balance ; 3. Final accounts ; 4. Adjustments to final accounts ; 5. Further adjustments to final accounts ; 6. Partnership accounts ; 7. Basic accounting concepts and trading accounts ; 8. Company accounts ; 9. Group companies and consolidated accounts ; 10. Interpretation of accounts and accounting ratios ; 11. Basic solicitors' accounts ; 12. Transfers and mixed money ; 13. Value added tax ; 14. Financial statements and property transactions ; 15. Deposit interest and interest payable to clients ; 16. Probate transactions ; 17. Further transactions ; 18. Short answer questions and revision questions on solicitors' accounts

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Book SynopsisUnsure what skills employers are looking for or how best to develop and demonstrate them? With coverage of the core academic, practical, and transferable skills that can be gained during your studies,Employability Skills for Law Students will help you develop the employability skills you need to pursue your chosen career on graduation.Trade ReviewA must buy for any law student determined to make their mark on the legal job-market - I highly recommend it * George Laurencin, Head of Employability, School of Law and Social Sciences, University of East London *If you are thinking of starting an undergraduate law degree, or have already started it, you should seriously consider buying a copy of Employability Skills for Law Students. * The Student Law Journal *If you spend some time reading the tips, you will be better prepared and maximise your prospects of a successful outcome. At less than £30, Employability Skills for Law Students is a very worthwhile investment. * The Student Law Journal *Table of ContentsPART I: UNDERSTANDING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS; PART II: IDENTIFYING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS; PART III: BUILDING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS; PART IV: FOCUSSING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS; PART V: DEMONSTRATING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

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Book SynopsisAn unprecedented account of social stratification within the US legal profession. How do race, class, gender, and law school status condition the career trajectories of lawyers? And how do professionals then navigate these parameters? The Making of Lawyers' Careers provides an unprecedented account of the last two decades of the legal profession in the US, offering a data-backed look at the structure of the profession and the inequalities that early-career lawyers face across race, gender, and class distinctions. Starting in 2000, the authors collected over 10,000 survey responses from more than 5,000 lawyers, following these lawyers through the first twenty years of their careers. They also interviewed more than two hundred lawyers and drew insights from their individual stories, contextualizing data with theory and close attention to the features of a market-driven legal profession. Their findings show that lawyers' careers both reflect and reproduce inequalities within society wTrade Review"[The Making of Lawyers' Careers] disputes law firms' explanation for why women and minorities disproportionately leave law firms before partnership consideration. . . . [their] data provides important insight into why current efforts to improve diversity in the legal profession are plateauing." * Trial Magazine *"The Making of Lawyers’ Careers is essential reading for lawyers, law students, and anyone interested in the practice of law, lawyers’ careers, and the impact of law and lawyers on American culture and politics. Every chapter is a gem . . . In recent years, some law schools have supplemented the required legal ethics or law governing lawyers class with various offerings about the legal profession, law practice, and lawyers’ careers. The Making of Lawyers’ Careers should be a required reading in these types of classes. Indeed, it ought to become a cornerstone of every lawyer’s library." * Jotwell *"This in-depth examination of diverse attorneys’ career journeys presents a remarkably nuanced analysis of data, individual narratives, and the patterns that emerge between them. The result is a textured map that allows leaders to holistically identify—and address—the mile markers and roadblocks that propel or impede a diverse lawyer’s career." -- Robert Grey | president, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity“This massive study of lawyers’ careers—the most ambitious and comprehensive ever undertaken—is marvelously revealing, not only of the structure of the profession but of the felt experience of being a lawyer in 21st century America.” -- Robert W. Gordon | Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsNote on Authorship Part 1 Introduction 1 Introduction: The Making of Lawyers’ Careers 2 From the Golden Age to the Age of Disruption: Setting the Context for Lawyers’ Careers in the New Millennium Part 2 The Structure of Lawyers’ Careers 3 Change and Continuity in the Legal Field: From Walled-Off Hemispheres to More or Less Mixed Hierarchical Sequences 4 Race, Class, and Gender in the Structuring of Lawyers’ Early Careers 5 Two Hemispheres Revisited: Fields of Law, Practice Settings, and Client Types Part 3 The Narratives of Lawyers’ Careers 6 Moving Up and Moving On: Careers in Law Firms 7 Rethinking the Solo Practitioner 8 Moving Inside: Practicing Law in Business Organizations 9 Commitment, Careerism, and Stratification: Careers in Government, Nonprofits, and Public Interest Organizations Part 4 Inequalities of Race and Gender 10 White Spaces: The Enduring Racialization of American Law Firms, with Vitor M. Dias 11 Student Debt and Cumulative (Dis)Advantage in Lawyers’ Careers 12 Hegemonic Masculinity, Parenthood, and Gender Inequality, with Andreea Mogosanu Part 5 Public Roles and Private Lives 13 Dualities of Politics, Public Service, and Pro Bono in Lawyers’ Careers, with Ioana Sendroiu 14 Lawyers’ Satisfaction and the Making of Lawyers’ Careers, with Ioana Sendroiu Part 6 Conclusion 15 Conclusion: Structure and Agency in the Making of Lawyers’ Careers Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisLegal skills are an important and increasing part of undergraduate law degrees as well as postgraduate vocational law courses. This fully updated fourth edition continues to bring together the theory and practice of these skills in an accessible and practical context. The authors draw on their experience of teaching and of law in practice to develop the core skills taught on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Skills covered include: â written communication; â mediation; â opinion writing; â drafting; â advocacy; â interviewing; â negotiation; â legal research. The text also considers the professional and ethical context of legal practice, provides an insight into the legal services landscape as well as offering valuable careers advice. Diagrams and flow charts help to explain and develop each skill and each chapter ends with suggestions for further reading. A Practical Guide to Lawyering Skills is essential reading for all undergraduate and vocational law students seeking to develop the necessary skills to work successfully with law in the twenty-first century. Table of Contents1: Foreword by The Secret Barrister; 2: Chapter 1: Legal Writing: Basic Principles, Planning, Plain English and Presentation; 3: Chapter 2: Legal Writing: Applying Writing Skills – Letters, Memoranda, Briefs, Attendance Notes, Reports and Minutes; 4: Chapter 3: Legal Research; 5: Chapter 4: Practical Legal Research; 6: Chapter 5: Opinion Writing; 7: Chapter 6: Legal Drafting: Planning, Structure and Content of Formal Documents; 8: Chapter 7: Advocacy; 9: Chapter 8: Interviewing/Conferencing Skills; 10: Chapter 9: Negotiation; 11: Chapter 10: Mediation: The Process and Practice of Mediation as a Form of Dispute Resolution; 12: Chapter 11: Ethics; 13: Chapter 12: Legal Services Landscape; 14: Chapter 13: Careers, Employability and Commercial Awareness; 15: Index

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Book SynopsisArtificial intelligence and technological advancements are continuously transforming the discipline of law in contemporary times. This book offers practical insights to the reader as to how technology is influencing the judicial and criminal justice system throughout the world. It includes case studies explaining and depicting real time application of legal technological advancements from different countries. â Examining how data-driven approaches, such as big data analytics and data mining, are revolutionizing legal practices, including legal research, case prediction, and decision support systemsâ Investigating the use of artificial intelligence technologies, such as chatbots, virtual assistants, and document automation, in legal processes, including contract review, legal document drafting, and client interactionâ Exploring how blockchain technology is being implemented in areas such as smart contracts, evidence management, and secure data sharing, enhancing transparency, security, and efficiency in the legal fieldâ Addressing the ethical considerations and challenges associated with the use of AI in the legal profession, including issues of bias, privacy, accountability, and the need for ethical frameworks and guidelinesâ Analyzing the potential influence of emerging technologies, such as quantum computing, internet of things (IoT), and augmented reality, on legal practices, court proceedings, and dispute resolution mechanismsThe book is useful for researchers, scholars and practitioners working in Law & Technology and Information Technology.

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Book SynopsisBecoming a lawyer is about much more than acquiring knowledge and technique. As law students learn the law and acquire some basic skills, they are also inevitably forming a deep sense of themselves in their new roles as lawyers. That sense of self  the student's nascent professional identity needs to take a particular form if the students are to fulfil the public purposes of lawyers and find deep meaning and satisfaction in their work. In this book, Professors Patrick Longan, Daisy Floyd, and Timothy Floyd combine what they have learned in many years of teaching and research concerning the lawyer's professional identity with lessons derived from legal ethics, moral psychology, and moral philosophy. They describe in depth the six virtues that every lawyer needs as part of his or her professional identity, and they explore both the obstacles to acquiring and deploying those virtues and strategies for overcoming those impediments. The result is a straightforward guide for law stuTable of Contents1. Introduction and Overview; 2. Motivation and Professional Identity; 3. Competence as a Professional Virtue; 4. Fidelity to the Client as a Professional Virtue; 5. Fidelity to the Law as a Professional Virtue; 6. Public Spiritedness as a Professional Virtue; 7. Civility as a Professional Virtue; 8. Practical Wisdom as a Professional Virtue; 9. Professional Identity and the Future of the Legal Profession

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Book SynopsisAs one of only nine women in a class of 500 at Harvard Law School when she enrolled in 1956 and one of only four female Supreme Court justices in the history of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is frequently viewed as a feminist trailblazer and an icon for civil rights. Ginsburg has always been known as a prolific writer and speaker. Now, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words offers a unique look into the mind of one of the world’s most influential women by collecting 300 of Ginsburg’s most insightful quotes. Meticulously curated from interviews, speeches, court opinions, dissents, and other sources, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words creates a comprehensive picture of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her wisdom, and her legacy.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction Part I: The Law The Law and Constitution Lawyers, Judges, and the Practice of Law The Supreme Court Women and the Law Part II: Civil Liberties: Free to Be You and Me American Rights and Values Equal Justice under the Law The History of the Women’s Rights Movement The Rights of Women Part III: A Life of Her Own Memories of a Long Life Friends, Family, and Other Influences Life Lessons Milestones

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Book SynopsisMichael Ratner (1943–2016) was one of America’s leading human rights lawyers. He worked for more than four decades at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) becoming first the Director of Litigation and then the President of what Alexander Cockburn called “a small band of tigerish people.” He was also the President of the National Lawyers Guild. Ratner handled some of the most significant cases In American history. This book tells why and how he did it. His last case, which he worked on until he died, was representing truth-telling whistleblower and now political prisoner Julian Assange, the editor of WikiLeaks. Ratner “moved the bar” by organizing some 600 lawyers to successfully defend habeas corpus, that is, the ancient right of someone accused of a crime to have a lawyer and to be brought before a judge. Michael had a piece of paper taped on the wall next to his desk at the CCR. It read: 4 key principles of being a radical lawyer: 1. Do not refuse to take a case just because it is long odds of winning in court.2. Use cases to publicize a radical critique of US policy and to promote revolutionary transformation.3. Combine legal work with political advocacy.4. Love people. Compelling and instructive, Moving the Bar is an indispensable manual for the next generation of activists and their lawyers.Trade Review“If you care as deeply and passionately as Michael Ratner, the suffering of the oppressed forces you to become a radical.” — Chris Hedges “He was fearless. He was outraged by outrageous things. He was inventive when the law stopped short of providing justice. And working with Michael let you experience the exhilaration of taking the law to places where it had never been.” — Peter Weiss, former vice-president of the Center for Constitutional Rights “Driven by love and compassion, Michael Ratner was the most tenacious and brilliant of lawyers” — Amy Goodman “A fascinating read that covers much radical U.S. history.” —Ajamu Baraka “Reading Michael Ratner’s Moving the Bar shows just how unusual he was in the crowded room of radical lawyers… especially when other radical lawyers fell by the wayside, and opted for money, fame and notoriety.” — CounterPunch “An honest, poignant, sprawling, remarkable, and inspiring account” — LA Progressive “One of America’s foremost human rights lawyers” — The Guardian“[A] lively, thoughtful and remarkable memoir” — Morning Star “Inspiring” — Mondoweiss“Concise and easy to read for all who care about justice… Candidly offers a glimpse of the thoughtful soul behind the legal legend.” — The Indypendent“A beautiful and compelling account from one of the leaders of the legal left” — David Cole, The Nation“A vivid memoir of a storied attorney” — The Progressive“The memoir of a great constitutional lawyer” — Radio Woodstock“A valuable guide for activists and attorneys looking to use the law as part of larger movements for justice” — Against the Current

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Book SynopsisIn the summer of 2008 Kimberley Motley quit her job as a public defender in Milwaukee to join a program that helped train lawyers in war-torn Afghanistan. She was thirty-two at the time, a mother of three who had never travelled outside the United States. Through sheer force of personality, ingenuity and perseverance, Kimberley became the first foreign lawyer to practise in Afghanistan and her work swiftly morphed into a mission - to bring 'justness' to the defenceless and voiceless. She has established herself as an expert on its fledgling criminal justice system, able to pivot between the country's complex legislation and its religious laws in defence of her clients. Her radical approach has seen her successfully represent both Afghans and Westerners, overturning sentences for men and women who've been subject to often appalling miscarriages of justice. Inspiring and fascinating in equal measure, Lawless tells the story of a remarkable woman operating in one of the most dangerous countries in the world.Trade ReviewA thoroughly riveting read * Sydney Morning Herald *Table of Contents1: The playlist 2: The Manchurian Candidate 3: I'm not a terrorist, I'm a taxi driver 4: Please help us 5: My name is Irene 6: False pretences 7: Give me your watch 8: The minimum is not guilty 9: You need to sit down 10: I don't have all day 11: Immoral crimes 12: Watch your back 13: Lock your doors and hide 14: Okay, baby. Breathe. Slow down. 15: Iron Doe 16: A man or a monster? 17: Wicked Ninja 18: Crocodile tears 19: Well, you must have done something 20: High fives 21: Article 71, I think 22: Oh . . . this is America 23: Motley's law Epilogue: The aftermath

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Book SynopsisStrategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, or SLAPPs, are designed to censor, intimidate and silence critics of the powerful and wealthy by burdening them with aggressive opposing lawyers, heavy legal costs and deeply intrusive and sometimes illegal private investigations until they abandon the case.

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Book SynopsisPrevious collections of essays on equity and trusts law have focused on doctrinal issues, only occasionally giving a policy gloss or suggestion of social context and impact. Although a critical approach can be glimpsed in journal articles and student texts, this collection of essays draws together both feminist and critical material.It is unique in being written by feminists, in dealing with equity and trusts as a whole and in being written in the critical tradition.Table of Contents1. The Fiction of Equity 2. Equity's Darling? 3. The WAQF in Trust 4. Understanding Equity's Secret Understandings 5. Weaving Along the Borders: Public and Private, Women and Banks 6. The Revival of Equitable Doctrine in Scots Law-A Space for Gender Concerns? 7. Property Rights for Home-Sharers: Equity Versus A Legislative Framework? 8. Governing From a Distance: The Significance of the Capital Income Distinction in Trusts 9. Trusting in the Prudent Woman of Business: Risk, Reconciliation and the Trustees' Standard of Care on Investment 10. Equitable Remedies: Cypher Wives, Weak Women and 'Equity's Special Tenderness' 11. Equitable Principles of Confidentiality and Whistleblowing 12. Our Property in Trust: Things to Make and Do

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Book SynopsisArtificial intelligence and related technologies are changing both the law and the legal profession. In particular, technological advances in fields ranging from machine learning to more advanced robots, including sensors, virtual realities, algorithms, bots, drones, self-driving cars, and more sophisticated “human-like” robots are creating new and previously unimagined challenges for regulators. These advances also give rise to new opportunities for legal professionals to make efficiency gains in the delivery of legal services. With the exponential growth of such technologies, radical disruption seems likely to accelerate in the near future.This collection brings together a series of contributions by leading scholars in the newly emerging field of artificial intelligence, robotics, and the law. The aim of the book is to enrich legal debates on the social meaning and impact of this type of technology. The distinctive feature of the contributions presented in this edition is that they address the impact of these technological developments in a number of different fields of law and from the perspective of diverse jurisdictions. Moreover, the authors utilize insights from multiple related disciplines, in particular social theory and philosophy, in order to better understand and address the legal challenges created by AI. Therefore, the book will contribute to interdisciplinary debates on disruptive new AI technologies and the law.Trade Review“Scholars interested in legal-philosophical aspects of emerging technologies or researching privacy regulations likely would find relevant material in this book. This book is recommended for academic collections, especially those with a European law and/or robotics focus.” (Sara Bensley, Law Library Journal, Vol. 112 (1), 2020)Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis work paints a dark picture of Justice Holmes as a distasteful man who, among other things, espoused Social Darwinism, favoured eugenics, and as he himself acknowledged, came "devilish near to believing that might means right".Trade Review"An exuberantly and entertainingly polemical attack on the character, scholarship and philosophy of America's most revered judicial saint." - Jeffrey Rosen, New York Times Book Review "[This] slender volume by a distinguished University of Chicago law professor should be required reading." - Tom Roeser, Chicago Sun-Times; "In a lively and entertaining attack, Albert Alschuler strips layer after layer from the traditional image of Holmes to reveal not a wise and compassionate liberal saint, but a heartless social Darwinist who believed in nothing but power. [H]is dissection of Holmes's legal scholarship is devastating." - The Economist

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Book SynopsisTournament of Lawyers traces in detail the rise of one hundred of the nation's top firms in order to diagnose the health of the business of American law. Galanter and Palay demonstrate that much of the large firm's organizational success stems from its ability to blend the talents of experienced partners with those of energetic junior lawyers driven by a powerful incentivethe race to win the promotion-to-partner tournament. This calmly reasoned study reveals, however, that the very causes of the spiraling growth of the large law firm may lead to its undoing. Galanter and Palay pose questions and offer some answers which are certain to change the way big firm practice is regarded. To describe their work as challenging is something of an understatement: they at times delight, stimulate, frustrate and even depress the reader, but they never disappoint. Tournament of Lawyers is essential to the understanding of the business of the big law firms.Jean and Colin Fergus, New York Law Journal

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Book SynopsisAnd with this landmark study as their guide, readers will be able to make their own informed predictions.Trade Review"The best snapshot of Chicago lawyers.... Urban Lawyers is theoretically trenchant, methodologically highly sophisticated, and scrupulously careful. Essential reading for anyone interested in seeking to understand the future of the legal profession from a close reading of its immediate past." - Richard L. Abel, editor of Lawyers: A Critical Reader"

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Book SynopsisAn unprecedented account of social stratification within the US legal profession. How do race, class, gender, and law school status condition the career trajectories of lawyers? And how do professionals then navigate these parameters? The Making of Lawyers' Careers provides an unprecedented account of the last two decades of the legal profession in the US, offering a data-backed look at the structure of the profession and the inequalities that early-career lawyers face across race, gender, and class distinctions. Starting in 2000, the authors collected over 10,000 survey responses from more than 5,000 lawyers, following these lawyers through the first twenty years of their careers. They also interviewed more than two hundred lawyers and drew insights from their individual stories, contextualizing data with theory and close attention to the features of a market-driven legal profession. Their findings show that lawyers' careers both reflect and reproduce inequalities within society wTrade Review"[The Making of Lawyers' Careers] disputes law firms' explanation for why women and minorities disproportionately leave law firms before partnership consideration. . . . [their] data provides important insight into why current efforts to improve diversity in the legal profession are plateauing." * Trial Magazine *"The Making of Lawyers’ Careers is essential reading for lawyers, law students, and anyone interested in the practice of law, lawyers’ careers, and the impact of law and lawyers on American culture and politics. Every chapter is a gem . . . In recent years, some law schools have supplemented the required legal ethics or law governing lawyers class with various offerings about the legal profession, law practice, and lawyers’ careers. The Making of Lawyers’ Careers should be a required reading in these types of classes. Indeed, it ought to become a cornerstone of every lawyer’s library." * Jotwell *"This in-depth examination of diverse attorneys’ career journeys presents a remarkably nuanced analysis of data, individual narratives, and the patterns that emerge between them. The result is a textured map that allows leaders to holistically identify—and address—the mile markers and roadblocks that propel or impede a diverse lawyer’s career." -- Robert Grey | president, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity“This massive study of lawyers’ careers—the most ambitious and comprehensive ever undertaken—is marvelously revealing, not only of the structure of the profession but of the felt experience of being a lawyer in 21st century America.” -- Robert W. Gordon | Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsNote on Authorship Part 1 Introduction 1 Introduction: The Making of Lawyers’ Careers 2 From the Golden Age to the Age of Disruption: Setting the Context for Lawyers’ Careers in the New Millennium Part 2 The Structure of Lawyers’ Careers 3 Change and Continuity in the Legal Field: From Walled-Off Hemispheres to More or Less Mixed Hierarchical Sequences 4 Race, Class, and Gender in the Structuring of Lawyers’ Early Careers 5 Two Hemispheres Revisited: Fields of Law, Practice Settings, and Client Types Part 3 The Narratives of Lawyers’ Careers 6 Moving Up and Moving On: Careers in Law Firms 7 Rethinking the Solo Practitioner 8 Moving Inside: Practicing Law in Business Organizations 9 Commitment, Careerism, and Stratification: Careers in Government, Nonprofits, and Public Interest Organizations Part 4 Inequalities of Race and Gender 10 White Spaces: The Enduring Racialization of American Law Firms, with Vitor M. Dias 11 Student Debt and Cumulative (Dis)Advantage in Lawyers’ Careers 12 Hegemonic Masculinity, Parenthood, and Gender Inequality, with Andreea Mogosanu Part 5 Public Roles and Private Lives 13 Dualities of Politics, Public Service, and Pro Bono in Lawyers’ Careers, with Ioana Sendroiu 14 Lawyers’ Satisfaction and the Making of Lawyers’ Careers, with Ioana Sendroiu Part 6 Conclusion 15 Conclusion: Structure and Agency in the Making of Lawyers’ Careers Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe study revolves around the central question of why the Palestinian legal profession declined during twenty years of Israeli occupation when, in other Third World countries, the legal profession has often reached its peak during a period of Western colonizationTable of Contents Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Imposition of the Modern Legal Profession 3. The Social and Cultural Context 4. Orientalist Despotism 5. The Social Composition of and Entry into the Profession 6. The Organization of the Legal Profession 7. The Content of Legal Practice 8. Deterioration of the Formal Court System 9. Disintegration of the Profession 10. Conclusions Appendix Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrank Murphy was a Michigan man unafraid to speak truth to power. He is best remembered for his immense legal contributions supporting individual liberty and fighting discrimination. Justice and Faith explores Murphy's life and times by incorporating troves of archive materials not available to previous biographers.

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Book SynopsisThe legal profession has been powerfully transformed. This title offers in-sights into the nature of this change through the stories of five varied law practices. It gives an exploration of how different firms and departments cope with a changing profession is followed by a provocative examination of how best to understand change in the law.

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Book SynopsisThis collection brings together contemporary work from Britain, Germany and the United States on how law and lawyers in the Anglo-American legal system have been represented in film, particularly in the past 40 years. It seeks to provide an overview of existing work on law and film.Table of Contents1. Law in Film: Globalizing the Hollywood Courtroom Drama: Stefan Machura and Stefan Ulbrich (Ruhr-Universitat). 2. American Criminal Trial Films: An Overview of their Development 1930 - 2000: Nicole Rafter (Northeastern University). the Hollywood Courtroom Drama: Stefan Machura and Stefan Ulbrich (Ruhr-Universitat). 3. Law in the Movies: Contrasting the American and European Tradition: Stefan Ulbrich (Ruhr-Universitat). the Hollywood Courtroom Drama: Stefan Machura and Stefan Ulbrich (Ruhr-Universitat). 4. Adapting the Modern Law Novel: Filming: John Grisham Peter Robson (The Law School, University of Strathclyde). the Hollywood Courtroom Drama: Stefan Machura and Stefan Ulbrich (Ruhr-Universitat). 5. Myths in the Oeuvre of John Ford: Michael B?hnke (Ruhr-Universitat) 6. Cape Fear - Two Versions and Two Visions Separated by Thirty Years: Gerald J. Thain (University of Wisconsin). the Hollywood Courtroom Drama: Stefan Machura and Stefan Ulbrich (Ruhr-Universitat). 7. The German Courtroom Film During the Nazi Period: Peter Drexler (Universitat Potsdam). the Hollywood Courtroom Drama: Stefan Machura and Stefan Ulbrich (Ruhr-Universitat). 8. Borders and Boundaries: Location the Law in Film: Guy Osborn (University of Westminster). the Hollywood Courtroom Drama: Stefan Machura and Stefan Ulbrich (Ruhr-Universitat). 9. Hero or Villain? Cinematic lawyers and the delivery of justice: Steve Greenfield (University of Westminster). the Hollywood Courtroom Drama: Stefan Machura and Stefan Ulbrich (Ruhr-Universitat). 10. Why A Jury Trial is More Like a Movie Than a Novel: Philip Meyer (Vermont Law School). the Hollywood Courtroom Drama: Stefan Machura and Stefan Ulbrich (Ruhr-Universitat). 11. Patterns of Courtroom Justice: Jessica Silbey. the Hollywood Courtroom Drama: Stefan Machura and Stefan Ulbrich (Ruhr-Universitat).

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Book SynopsisA collection of the closing arguments of some of the most high-profile cases in legal history. Includes: the Nuremberg War Trials, the Charles Manson trial, the John Delorean defence and the prosecution of William Calley for his part in the Mai Lai massacre. Provides clear explanations of the historical and legal significance of each case.

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Book SynopsisAmerican law schools are in deep crisis. Enrollment is down, student loan debt is up, and the profession's supply of high-paying jobs is shrinking. Meanwhile, thousands of graduates remain underemployed while the legal needs of low-income communities go substantially unmet. Many blame overregulation and seek a free market to solve the problem, but this has already been tested. Seizing on a deregulatory policy shift at the American Bar Association, private equity financiers established the first for-profit law schools in the early 2000s with the stated mission to increase access to justice by serving the underserved. Pursuing this mission at a feverish rate of growth, they offered the promise of professional upward mobility through high-tech, simplified teaching and learning. In Law Mart, a vivid ethnography of one such environment, Riaz Tejani argues that the rise of for-profit law schools shows the limits of a market-based solution to American access to justice. Building on theories iTrade Review"Law Mart is a compulsively readable and dark tale of a for-profit law school. The school's stated mission is to provide 'access' and 'innovation' to underserved populations, admitting students with low scores and limited options. Out of sight of students and accreditors is a corporate operation that uses emotional intelligence testing for employees, implements curricular reforms to satisfy nervous investors, and fires and intimidates professors who object to changes they perceive as detrimental to the students. This compelling book raises serious concerns about the permeation of economic imperatives in academia." -- Brian Z. Tamanaha * Washington University School of Law *"Riaz Tejani regards legal education as integral to the democratization of the legal profession, and to democracy itself. Written from that critical starting point, his account of the blurring of public and private interests in for-profit law schools is both searing and subtle – relevant and accessible to anyone interested in higher education, law and contemporary liberalism." -- Carol J. Greenhouse * Princeton University *"Law Mart offers an extremely insightful and smart analysis of for-profit law schools. Tejani's book is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of the legal profession and its aspirations to make legal education and access to justice a right for all. Given the current conservative political climate of deregulation and laissez-faire capitalism, this book's importance takes on new meaning and significance." -- Eve Darian-Smith, University of California * Santa Barbara *"Tejani's skills as anthropologist and lawyer shine in this incisive account of U.S. for-profit law schools. With deceptive ease, his lucid prose moves us from analyses of the market and the economy, through morality and legal ethics, to deeply-rooted ethnography that takes us into the heart of a malaise in U.S. legal education. This book is a must-read for all those concerned about that malaise." -- Elizabeth Mertz * American Bar Foundation *"Tejani explores the tensions between law, economics, and morality when justice becomes a commodity and higher education is produced en masse. The book weaves narratives and data collected from research on one particular school's operations with analysis of the broader business model's implications across higher education." -- Harvard Law Review"One of the great strengths of Tejani's book is that it is not a simplistic account fo the exploitation of students and academics by financiers seeking egregious profits. Tejani explores how students who would not have qualified for traditional law schools and who would not, on their own, have been able to navigate admissions and financing routes, were helped into law school by New Delta." -- Anthony Bradney * Journal of Law and Society *"This considered and timely study reveals that the attempt to absorb market-based thinking into higher education is fraught...Tejani shows insightfully how the move towards greater diversity within the student body in legal education is a direct outcome of neoliberalism rather than the manifestation of an increased sensibility in favour of social justice, as it is claimed to be.... In highlighting the contradictions inherent in for-profit law schools, Tejani poses the provocative question of how faculty can fulfill their responsibility of socializing students into ethical legal practice when they are implicated in producing a significant moral hazard....I highly recommend this excellent study as it addresses an issue of vital importance to all of us." -- Margaret Thornton * Canadian Journal of Sociology *"By exposing the fallacy of for profit legal education for what it is, Law Mart creates a compelling and absorbing narrative of legal education and the failure of oversight methodologies, and is a damning indictment not only of the industry but also the accreditors who claim to regulate it."––Andrew W. Jurs, St. John's Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Enrollment: Precarity, Casualization, and Alternative Admissions chapter abstractChapter 1 presents the recruitment and training practices that fill the new institution with flesh and blood people. This chapter discusses New Delta School of Law's practices of recruitment of faculty and enrollment of students—its techniques for finding the human resources making up its organization. Through the use of various techniques, the school and its parent company generated and maintained managed precarity—a condition whereby teachers and students remain within its purview as employees and clients out of felt necessity more than elective choice. Chapter 1 argues that the operationalization of professional diversity through increased "access" to legal education permitted NDSL to forestall market discipline at a time when many expressed faith in the winnowing function of a legal education free market. 2"Charter Review": Policy as Culture and Ideology chapter abstractChapter 2 gives readers a window onto the corporate "culture" of the proprietary law school. There, it argues that the unique law school culture of NDSL served to hold back community reflection on the moral hazard of for-profit legal education. Through structured repetition and reflection, faculty and staff were taught to embrace the ideology of access rather than dwell on their underlying business model—one that generated millions of dollars annually in "subprime" student debt and transformed them into off-site investor returns. 3The Legal Education Moral Economy Bubble chapter abstractChapter 3 describes the feverish growth of the school in the years following onset of the Great Recession. This sudden growth, leading to logistical problems inadequately prepared for, had immediate effects on the 450 new students brought in as first years in 2011. Nevertheless, as this chapter argues, difficulty meeting investor obligations—rather than any great concern for logistical or pedagogical limitations—would quickly impose a limit to this large burst of entrepreneurial expansion. 4Law School 2.0: Marketing Integration, Educating Investors chapter abstractChapter 4 argues that Legal Education 2.0's emergence had less to do with substantive improvements for law student learning than with pacifying investor fears about the new "crisis" in legal education. Under new professional realities, fourth-tier law schools had to reinvent themselves or risk dissolution. Law Corp, fearful of the investor call on its capital, ordered each of its three schools to develop a new curriculum. At New Delta, the result was a campaign for integrating curriculum soon labeled "Legal Education 2.0." 5Shared Governance in the Proprietary Legal Academy chapter abstractChapter 5 moves from reinvention to survival. It describes in detail how school administration conducted and mediated faculty deliberation and democratic ratification of the revised curriculum proposal. This includes a retelling of the unique manner in which the reforms were ultimately passed and the direct impact this had on governance, academic freedom, and basic feelings of respect and dignity among students and educators in this unique environment. Above all, it suggests, Law Corp officers succeeded in confirming a marketable reform agenda by framing the debate as one between tradition and innovation. 6"They Want the Rebels Gone": Contract Relations in a Fiscal State of Exception chapter abstractChapter 6 describes how this fiscal "state of exception" changed the structure of school governance by altering the terms by which employees were retained. That shift, from customary to contractual security of position, situates this story within the larger context of neoliberal governance and legal culture. On one hand, academic employees were asked to expand their duties into business development. In one notable episode, NDSL sent several professors to Botswana to establish ties with the national bar, train judges and attorneys in common law jurisprudence, and develop this as a new income stream. On the other hand, with threats of a "reduction in force" in the air, NDSL revised its faculty employment terms, resulting in a conflict with and ultimate termination of tenured senior professors. Amid this information's rapid spread on social media, students flew into a panic and began requesting letters of recommendation to transfer out in record numbers. 7The Policy Cascade: Deregulation and Moral Hazard chapter abstractChapter 7 argues the regulatory frameworks governing schools like New Delta have been greatly shaped by the rhetoric of student access. Accepting school officials' narrative that the main hurdle to professional diversity is becoming a lawyer, the scrutiny of key regulatory actors—here the Department of Education and the American Bar Association—has been unable to properly grasp the potential harm for-profit law schools are liable to generate. In other words, these schools may not only produce substantial moral hazard, they may also promote the transmission of moral hazard to a new generation of would-be lawyers often rendered as "officers of the court." Conclusion: The Trouble with Differentiation chapter abstractThe conclusion recaps the book's main themes to reassert its two core claims. The first, directed at legal audiences, says that differentiation by marketization—by exposure to the disciplinary power of free markets—is likely to exacerbate professional inequalities. No longer just a theory, this form of differentiation is indeed already on display at New Delta and its sister schools. Thanks to rollbacks in oversight prompted by both antitrust litigation in the 1990s and regulatory capture in the 2000s, the ABA's relatively hands-off approach to for-profit law programs has allowed them to recruit a diversity of students more freely while offering them a different educational program. As my informants describe, these students enter a local profession that already stigmatizes them for this pedigree. Introduction: Marketing Justice chapter abstractThis chapter introduces Law Mart, an ethnography of for-profit law schools, as a contribution to the anthropology of policy and contemporary legal education crisis and reform debates. It explains the recent historical background to the study in a period of significant "boom and bust" in the law school and legal services sector. The chapter situates this intervention among social studies of legal culture, profession, and education. The introduction then offers the book's two core claims. One, directed at legal audiences, says that differentiation by marketization—by exposure to the disciplinary power of free markets—is likely to exacerbate professional inequalities. The second, directed at anthropologists, underscores how the metaphor of the "market" has come to occupy the imagination of so many, reformers included, in American academic law.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is the ONE book you should read before starting law school—and then re-read every semester. Make sure your parents and your significant other read it, too. Be prepared to laugh, and perhaps to cry. Kathryne Young has seen and done, or at least heard, it all. Learn to love law school and life from her." -- Nora Demleitner * Washington & Lee University *"Calm, wise, funny, compassionate, creative, enlightened...law students??? Okay, so perhaps these aren't the first words that most lawyers would use to describe themselves at law school, but this eloquent and absorbing book puts such virtues within reach, even for the most harried lawyer-to-be. I'm using it as a guide to a sort-of-happier life, myself, and I'm not even a law student!" -- Ruth Ozeki * bestselling author of A Tale for the Time Being *"How to Be Sort of Happy in Law School comes at a most important time in legal education and will be of immeasurable benefit to law students. Kathryne Young's insights—many borne out of her own experience, alongside the experience of many attorneys—offer an honest and rare glimpse into the challenges of law school. Young provides readers with a useful and hopeful path to more fully experience the excitement and realize the opportunities found in law school and the practice of law." -- Scott L. Rogers * University of Miami *"As the saying goes, happiness is a function of expectations. If that's the case, How To Be Sort of Happy in Law School is an important correction to many harmful myths concerning law school success, opening up new ways for students to think about their legal educations and careers. With wit that is only outdone by its wisdom, this book should be included in every law student's admission packet for years to come." -- Osagie K. Obasogie, University of California, Berkeley * Joint Medical Program and School of Public Health *"How to Be Sort of Happy in Law School is a remarkably wise book. A lawyer-turned-sociologist, Katie Young combines a critical perspective on the law school experience with concrete steps law students can take to survive, and even thrive. Her readers will come away from the book reassured that they are not alone, and inspired to tackle the challenges in front of them with courage, common sense, and even a good laugh every now and then." -- Pamela S. Karlan * Stanford Law School *"Where was Kathryne Young when I was trying to decide whether to go to law school? When I was trying to decide whether to drop out? When I was outlining torts, sobbing, in the library? And when I was freaking out about jobs? Never mind. She's here now. I'm so glad that generations of law students, lawyers, and legal academics, and the folks who love them will have her patient, generous, and deeply wise voice in their heads as they launch into a life in the law. Or decide not to, which is also allowed. A big-hearted look at what can be a cold-hearted time. A must-read for the young lawyers in your orbit." -- Dahlia Lithwick * Slate *"Young's book is a great resource for law students that I plan on recommending to current or potential law students. I also found the book to contain some excellent practical advice that can help us be happier judges, lawyers, and law professors." -- Tessa L. Dysart * Journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors *"[Young's] fundamentally humanistic view should also inspire law teachers to make student empowerment and personal development to a central aspect of their work." -- Bernhard Bergmans * Yearbook of Legal Education 2018/19 *"Young does an excellent job preparing the reader to navigate the unique emotional challenges law school presents. The coverage of this topic is unmatched in any other law school advice book." -- Paul Caron * TaxProf Blog *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction: Why I Wrote This Book chapter abstractWhy would someone who didn't always like being a law student write How to Be Sort of Happy in Law School? In the introduction, Young explains her motivations for writing the book, describing how working toward her JD and PhD concurrently gave her a new perspective on law school and detailing the design and data sources underpinning the book's mixed-methods study. 1You Are Not Alone chapter abstractLaw students find themselves dissatisfied for a whole host of reasons, including debt, occupational uncertainty, a high-pressure workload, mental health challenges, difficult peers, or a sense that the student's former self is slipping away. This chapter details the myriad reasons students tend to feel unhappy or out of place in law school, using data from dozens of law students to illustrate the breadth of forms the sense of nonbelonging takes. At the same time, law students are good at pretending that everything is fine, which makes people feel even more individually isolated. But although law school is supposed to be hard, and although some angst doubtlessly comes with the territory, law school need not wreak havoc on students' well-being. 2You Are Good Enough to Be Here chapter abstractThe first section of this chapter addresses how impostor syndrome—the persistent sense that you are not really good enough to be where you are—constantly plagues law students. This chapter describes the social and psychological dynamics of impostor syndrome, detailing the thought patterns that characterize it and ten practical strategies for combating it. Using data from current law students, Young explains why law school is often so difficult for people who come in with a track record of academic excellence and how law students can shift their outlook away from thinking in terms of what they "should" do. Lastly, this chapter argues that law students take a needlessly Sisyphean approach, overvaluing self-reliance in realms where it would be to their advantage to enlist others' help. While many alumni Young surveyed wished they had asked for more help in law school, no alumni wished they had sought less help. 3Why Are You Here? chapter abstractThis chapter first asks law students to perform a critical, honest assessment of their own reasons for going to law school. It lists many common reasons people choose law school and provides an exercise to help readers identify their own. The chapter then asks students to perform a similar assessment of the passions that brought them to law school. Young argues that law students need to understand the bulk of their training as that of technicians, not inventors, and to reconcile this training with the goals they hope to achieve. Finally, this chapter connects the research literature on subjective well-being (SWB) to the social psychological notion of flow and explains why law school is not a flow-optimizing social setting. It explains that flow and SWB will be critical concepts in the remainder of the book and offers ways that law students might begin engaging with both concepts. 4Understanding the Storm chapter abstractLife course research suggests that people's 20s can be a particularly challenging time, and Young uses data from current law students to describe the ways in which law school amplifies and exacerbates life challenges in a way that increases anxiety and depression. Courses' emphasis on detailed interpretations, precedent, and incremental change can frustrate students who hoped that law school would equip them to effect sweeping reform. Young urges law students to use this frustration to stay in touch with their own sensibilities rather than interpret it as a sign that they do not belong in law school. This chapter then details the differences between law school and other postgraduate education, offering several strategies for law students who crave more intellectual engagement. Finally, this chapter reminds the reader that a JD can be a means to many different ends—only one of which is legal practice. 5Should You Drop Out? chapter abstractYoung's research suggests that one in three law school alumni considered dropping out at some point during law school. Even though it's not widely discussed, the possibility is on many law students' minds. This chapter offers good and bad reasons both for staying in law school and for dropping out, emphasizing that staying and leaving are both choices. It leads wavering students through the decision process and uses data from law school alums to advise current students. Next, the chapter addresses the financial aspects of dropping out, including the sunk-cost problem and debt-repayment timelines. Young then shares stories from law school dropouts she interviewed, pointing out that as long as they stay true to their passions and interests, both dropouts and non-dropouts report being happy many years later. The chapter ends with nuts-and-bolts advice for law students who are seriously considering dropping out. 6Don't Just Follow the Crowd chapter abstractCreating a life you truly love is harder than simply striving for the most prestigious accomplishments, because it requires introspection and self-knowledge. This chapter helps students recognize when their choices are motivated primarily by risk aversion and suggests that students should think carefully about taking advantage of opportunities such as law review membership or on-campus interviews simply because they confer prestige. The chapter's final section, "Take a Stand," argues that although law students are willing to argue hypothetical positions, they are often reluctant to take actual positions on important issues. Young argues against this capitulation to risk aversion, quoting Professor Pamela S. Karlan that "Sitting on the fence is not practice for standing up." 7Identity Matters chapter abstractDrawing on data from current law students, Young details the social processes and patterns within law school, as described by law students who embody minority and intersectional identities of many different types. Specific sections of this chapter are devoted to the identities law students described as most relevant to their law school experiences, including gender and sex(ism); race, racism, and racial identity; social class and cultural capital; sexual orientation and gender nonconformity; political beliefs. The chapter emphasizes the importance of understanding the challenges and strengths presented by one's own identity, as well as the importance of receptivity to other people's identities in law school and the open discussion of all identities in law school more generally. 8A Law School State of Mind chapter abstractLaw school is an extremely difficult setting in which to keep one's perspective. Finals, interviews, and other rites of passage are subjectively experienced as make-or-break moments, which raise student stress and lower tolerance for ambiguity. This chapter draws on several different literatures to help law students develop a more balanced outlook. Young teaches law students how to capitalize on psychological research about fixed and growth mindsets, explaining how cultivating a growth mindset will help them not just in law school, but in legal practice as well. Additionally, the chapter describes the key principles of mindfulness: the practice of systematically paying attention to what's going on in one's own mind. It explains that there are many methods of practicing mindfulness, ranging from meditation to cognitive behavioral therapy. Young shares six mindfulness exercises that she developed for law students with the help of a Buddhist priest. 9The Art of Alleviating Stress chapter abstractOne of the survey questions Young asked current law students was, "Describe the time in the past week you've felt the happiest." This chapter shares some of their answers, drawing both on these students' experience and sociological and psychological research to detail several strategies for time management and stress alleviation. These include "wasting" part of your summer, exposing yourself to poetry or art, and avoiding "stealth time vacuums." The chapter ends with special advice for creative law students who have lost touch with their creative selves in law school—a pattern documented in the literature and one Young finds can be particularly harmful to law students' well-being. 10Finances and Physicalities chapter abstractThis chapter is an extremely nuts-and-bolts guide to some of the most practical parts of law school life. It begins with finances, outlining fundamental guidelines for spending and saving money while accumulating debt, living on law school loans, and trying to cobble together a reasonably comfortable life. The chapter then turns to various physicalities. Using data from her study of current law students, as well as previous research from multiple disciplines, Young identifies common obstacles to law student happiness and suggests ways—often counterintuitive ones—that law students might adjust their lives and schedules to improve their well-being. The key areas discussed are physical exercise, sleep, eating habits, living arrangements, and choosing the most effective study spaces. 11Mental Well-Being chapter abstractThis chapter, co-authored by law school mental health expert Dr. Katherine M. Bender, sets out a compelling case that law student mental health is in serious crisis. Depression, anxiety, alcohol abuse, self-harm, and prescription drug use are all serious problems among law students and among practicing lawyers. Young and Bender draw on recent psychological and sociological research to discuss symptoms and causes of these and other common mental health challenges for law students, destigmatizing and demystifying the challenges as well as the process of getting help. How does a law student know if his or her symptoms rise to the level of a problem? How can he or she recognize symptoms in other people? Where can law students seek help? 12Peers chapter abstractThis first chapter of "Part IV: Managing Relationships" discusses the reasons that many students find law school to be a site of extreme social stress. In an atmosphere pervaded by insecurity and uncertainty, law students can whip one another into a frenzy over almost anything. Peer-induced stress is hard to avoid, and this chapter equips law students to minimize it. Young offers strategies for finding people with whom you truly connect in law school, even if the social scene is snobby, cliquish, or overwhelming. Additionally, the chapter explains several important ways that law students can avoid contributing to the pressure-cooker atmosphere themselves: disengaging from the law school scene when necessary, being a good citizen, and most importantly, committing microinclusions—the opposite of microaggressions—to increase others' sense of belonging. 13Professors and Law School Administrators chapter abstractThe days of Professor Kingsfield are over—sort of—but law professors continue to play an outsized role in law student life. This chapter relates some bests and worsts of professorial behavior and provides strategic advice for dealing with the latter. It explains how and why to cultivate a good working relationship with at least a few favorite professors (without being a suck-up), and gives advice for getting the most out of office hours, even in classes with intimidating professors. Finally, the chapter demystifies the often-opaque role of law school administrators, explaining what kinds of help they can offer to students. 14Relationships (Mostly) Outside of Law School chapter abstractLaw school can be an extremely insular experience, which can complicate law students' relationships with people outside of law school. But while no one who hasn't been through law school can fully "get" it, there are some best practices for maintaining relationships with friends and loved ones from within the law school bubble. This chapter draws on data from current law students' experiences to suggest best practices. How do you manage family drama while you're trying to prepare for finals? How do you break it to your best college buddy that you're missing his Vegas birthday blowout for a Moot Court competition? And how can you maintain a successful romantic relationship with a partner who doesn't understand why you're so stressed out all the time? 15Choosing Courses chapter abstractLaw students are told a great many things about what courses they should take during law school—but how much of this is true? Should all law students take a clinic? Are bar courses really that important? Do employers care what classes are on a student's transcript? This chapter helps students think carefully about their curricular choices, offering reasons to take (or avoid) particular classes. Additionally, Young uses data from surveys of law school alumni to pinpoint the skills they use most frequently in practice and which they wish they had developed in law school. The chapter advises law students how to tailor their course schedule to develop a skill set that will serve them well in the future, including specific courses outside the law school. 16Surviving (Thriving?) in Class chapter abstractThis chapter describes how to get the most out of the classroom experience in law school. Young argues that cold calling is usually poor pedagogy, but it is something law students must learn to navigate. Law students' anxiety about cold calling can generally be managed with a few small changes and reframing exercises, freeing students to spend their psychological energy in class actually learning the material. The chapter also draws on educational and psychological research about specific in-class strategies for focusing, paying attention, and remembering information. Is it better to handwrite or take notes on a laptop? What do you do if your attention constantly wanders? Is it okay to give up on a course you dislike? This chapter tackles these questions and others that are crucial to law student learning. 17Reading and Outlining chapter abstractWhen it comes to law school performance, reading and outlining is a law student's bread and butter—yet these skills are decidedly not part of the law school curriculum. This chapter helps law students figure out how to go about their daily work in a way that maximizes their retention of information while making efficient use of their time. Topics include how to cope when you haven't finished the reading, why outlining is usually beneficial, how to do it efficiently, and the oft-debated role of commercial outlines and hornbooks in law student learning. This chapter ends with a thorough treatment of study groups: why they are not always necessary, why they can be a good idea, the breadth of ways study groups can be used, and how to assemble an effective study group, plan meetings, and maximize each member's contributions. 18Exams and Grades chapter abstractYoung's data show that, of all of law school's conventions, many law students find the grading structure the most taxing: a long semester of work, followed by a single test at the end that determines a student's entire grade. While this may be poor pedagogy—Young argues that it exacerbates the structural advantages and disadvantages students bring to law school—it is a structure with which modern law students are, for now, stuck. This chapter helps them learn to excel within an imperfect system. Drawing on an extended example from Professor Orin Kerr, this chapter walks students through the practicalities of drafting a thorough, responsive, and high-scoring exam answer and explains how students can craft their study time and exam time to maximize their chances of an impressive performance. Finally, this chapter puts grades into a larger perspective: What do they really mean for students' lives and careers? 19Designing Your Post–Law School Life chapter abstractThe final chapter of this book will help law students think more broadly about their careers and lives after law school. In an unconventional discussion of the everyday realities of life and legal practice, Young challenges law students to think flexibly, creatively, mindfully, and introspectively in figuring out what they want their lives to look like after law school. The chapter draws heavily on the sociological literature about lawyers' subjective well-being and points out surprising patterns—for example, the counterintuitive trajectory through which a high law school GPA can lead to a dissatisfying legal career and the factors that are (and are not) reliable empirical predictors of lawyers' happiness. Young acknowledges that every path involves sacrifice but urges law students to reflect carefully on what makes them happy; she stresses that students need to begin carving a path that prioritizes these aspects of life over prestige and conventionality. Conclusion: Becoming Yourself chapter abstractIn the throes of law school, students forget that they have agency in creating their experiences and that there is no ideal way to "do" law school. Young concludes by reminding readers to use law school to shape them into the lawyers and people they want to be.

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Book SynopsisWith a survey and analysis of how new visual technologies are transforming both the practice and culture of American law, this book explains how, when, and why legal practice moved from a largely words - only environment to one more dependent on and driven by images, and how rapidly developing technologies have further accelerated this change.Trade ReviewIn Law on Display, authors, Neal Feigenson and Christina Spiesel offer us a unified and thoughtful way to parse digital images not just about the legal system, but about the manner in which we interpret it... Law on Display is an important book that both the legal theorist and the practicing attorney should read. -- Christine A. Corcos * International Journal of Semiotics Law *Feigenson and Spiesel combine their impressive talents in law and visual persuasion to provide us with an insightful account of how new media are transforming legal advocacy in powerful new directions. Their critical analyses of fascinating case studies illustrate how cutting-edge lawyers are employing visual and digital media. The authors alert us to the new media’s transformative capacity yet also its manipulative potential, and cogently discuss the ethical and legal quandaries that new media present for the courts. Highly recommended. -- Valerie P. Hans,co-author of American Juries: The VerdictFeigenson and Spiesel persuasively argue for a more critical and contextualizing approach to the growing flood of digital imagery in the courtroom. Given the enormous power of imagery to sway opinions and the innovative ways in which visuals can now be presented, judges, jurors, and especially lawyers are obligated to know how to interrogate these new forms of evidence and explication. Law on Display serves as a timely and comprehensive introduction to digital visual literacy in the legal system. -- Fred Ritchin,author of After PhotographyThis is a widely informed, wisely reasoned, accessible analysis of how, for good or for evil, digital visual technology is transforming the conduct of trials and the very meaning of truth in the courtroom. It is essential reading alike for litigators and for everyone concerned with the legal fall-out of our cultures accelerating shift from verbal to multimedia communication and comprehension. -- Anthony G. Amsterdam,New York University School of LawThis book should be on the bookshelf of every practicing lawyer. [] In summary, the authors have highlighted a significant lacunae in the education of lawyers and judges failure to resolve the lack of understanding of the images and types of images introduced into legal proceedings could have seriously adverse effects on the legal system. * Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review *Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface 1 The Digital Visual Revolution 2 The Rhetoric of the Real: Videotape as Evidence 3 Teaching the Case 4 Picturing Scientific Evidence 5 Multimedia Arguments 6 Into the Screen: Toward Virtual Judgment 7 Ethics and Justice in the Digital Visual Age Notes Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisIn 1983 Harvard law professor Duncan Kennedy self-published a biting critique of the law school system called Legal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy. This controversial booklet was reviewed in several major law journalsunprecedented for a self-published workand influenced a generation of law students and teachers. In this well-known critique, Duncan Kennedy argues that legal education reinforces class, race, and gender inequality in our society. However, Kennedy proposes a radical egalitarian alternative vision of what legal education should become, and a strategy, starting from the anarchist idea of workplace organizing, for struggle in that direction. Legal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy is comprehensive, covering everything about law school from the first day to moot court to job placement to life after law school. Kennedy''s book remains one of the most cited works on American legal education.The visually striking original text iTrade ReviewDuncan Kennedys little red book has become a classic. But now with its republication twenty years later, Kennedy's & polemic against the systemtakes us beyond its origins as a field guide to legal education. Amplified by the voices of other distinguished scholars, this stunning collection of essays forces us to consider the ways in which hierarchies and their resulting social alienation disfigure contemporary society, not just our law schools. -- Lani Guinier,Harvard UniversityDuncan Kennedy's critique of legal education now gets the wide distribution it deserves. Kennedy's insightful skewering of legal education, supplemented by his own reflections on the work and views of other legal educators, will provide prospective law students with a flavor of what they are in for and will remind lawyers of what they went through. Kennedy's message is as important today as it was two decades ago when he first penned this work. -- Mark Tushnet,Georgetown UniversityKennedys book remains one of the defining blows of critical legal studies and an enduring challenge to the entire structure of legal education. It remains as vital, incisive and daring as when it first appeared. -- Scott Turow,author of One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School.An important founding text in the history of critical approaches to law taken by scholars located in law schools. * The Law and Politics Book Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction Duncan KennedyLegal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy: A Polemic against the System Duncan KennedyReproducing the Right Sort of Hierarchy Paul CarringtonThe Spiritual Foundation of Attachment to Hierarchy Peter GabelPower and Resistance in Contemporary Legal Education Angela Harris and Donna MaedaOf Time and the Pedagogy of Critical Legal Studies Janet HalleyAfterword Duncan KennedyAbout the Contributors

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Book SynopsisDefending those loathed by mainstream, conventional America, William Kunstler has delighted in taking on fiercely political cases. This text studies his career, asking what ideological and tactical motives explain his craving for media attention and drive for action.Trade Review"Langum opens a fascinating window on four decades of legal firestorms and the lawyer who stood close to the flames." * Library Journal *"A thoughtfully enthusiastic critique, Langum outlines the life, loves, and legal struggles of the radical lawyer who defended such diverse clients as the Chicago Seven, the Attica prison insurgents, Jack Ruby, and John Gotti." * Kirkus Reviews *"A vivid biography." * Publishers Weekly *"Langum paints a large, sympathetic portrait of a keen and angry man." * New York Times *"Probative and insightful . . . Langum goes beyond the conventional reading of Kunstler to uncover a man who often embellished his experiences to get at deeper truths about American society." * Booklist *

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Book SynopsisLaw and society scholars challenge the common belief that law is simply a neutral tool by which society sets standards and resolves disputes. This book provides readers an accessible overview to the breadth of recent developments in this research tradition, bringing to life the developments in this dynamic field.Trade Review"The Law & Society Reader II is a cornucopia of knowledge and insight on the biggest questions in the sociolegal tradition. Co-editors Larson and Schmidt have done a fabulous job selecting, organizing, editing, and introducing many of best articles over the last two decades into an invaluable resource for researchers and teachers. Every serious sociolegal scholar needs to have this volume." -- Michael McCann,Gordon Hirabayashi Professor for the Advancement of Citizenship, University of Washington"The Law & Society Reader II offers academics, students, and the general public a diverse, comprehensive window on some of the most innovative interdisciplinary scholarship on law produced in recent decades. It highlights how the field has become globalized and increasingly aware of the ways in which consciousness infuses legality. The Reader provides an accessible introduction to those new to the field and an indispensable overview for others already familiar with particular facets." -- Richard Abel,editor of The Law & Society Reader, 1995"In this volume Larson and Schmidt have creatively captured the spirit and diversity of law and society research published over the last 20+ years." -- Herbert M. Kritzer,editor, Law & Society Review, 2003-07"Offering a stunning collection of disciplinarily diverse, cutting-edge research . . . this collection describes the way law works as a system of ideas, as a source of social identity, and as a force of social organization, inequality, as well as equality and social change. . . . The anthology will be very useful for students seeking access to this flourishing field of scholarship at both the graduate and undergraduate level, and others who simply want an overview of how law works." -- Susan S. Silbey,Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of Humanities, Sociology and Anthropology, MIT"An important antidote to the still dominant approach in law schools that teaches legal doctrine via isolated appellate opinions. This book puts law, lawyers, and legal institutions in their social and cultural context. Larson and Schmidt provide an engaging follow-up volume to Rick Abels groundbreaking 1995 reader, effectively excerpting recent articles from the leading socio-legal studies journal, the Law & Society Review." -- Laura E. Gomez,University of California, Los AngelesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Erik Larson and Patrick Schmidt Part I: Inequalities Does Law Benefit Those with the Most Resources? 7 1. Do the "Haves" Still Come Out Ahead? 13 Joel B. Grossman, Herbert M. Kritzer, and Stewart Macaulay 2. The Rule of Law and the Litigation Process: The Paradox of Losing by Winning 16 Catherine Albiston 3. The Good Case: Decisions to Litigate at the World Trade Organization 24 Joseph A. Conti How Do Authority and Power Influence the Implementation of Law? 4. Convictability and Discordant Locales: Reproducing Race, Class, and Gender Ideology in Prosecutorial Decisionmaking 35 Lisa Frohmann 5. The Reconstitution of Law in Local Settings: Agency Discretion, Ambiguity, and a Surplus of Law in the Policing of Hate Crime 42 Ryken Grattet and Valerie Jenness Can Rights-Based Litigation Address Inequalities? 6. Popular Constitutionalism's Hard When You're Not Very Popular: Why the ACLU Turned to Courts 55 Emily Zackin 7. Beyond Backlash: Assessing the Impact of Judicial Decisions on LGBT Rights 62 Thomas M. Keck For Full Description Visit: http://nyupress.org/webchapters/larson_toc.pdf

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Book SynopsisThis is the first work in English to discuss the social and political history of lawyers in a Latin American country. By exploring the lives of lawyers, Uribe-Uran is also able to focus on a general history of Latin America, while exploring key social and political changes and continuities from 1780 to 1850.

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Book SynopsisThrough sample essays from the Harvard Law School students who made the cut and insightful critiques advice from the staff at The Harvard Crimson, this book teaches applicants how to: stand out; argue their case effectively; arrange their accomplishments for maximum impact; and, avoid common pitfalls.

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Book SynopsisFrom “the Kid” on the Varsity Blues football team to “the Chief” at Osgoode Hall, R. Roy McMurtry has had a remarkably varied and influential career. As reformist attorney general of Ontario, one of the architects of the agreement that brought about the patriation of the Canadian Constitution, high commissioner to the United Kingdom, and chief justice of Ontario, he made a large and enduring contribution to Canadian law, politics, and life.These memoirs cover all these facets of his remarkable career, as well as his law practice, his work on various commissions of inquiry, and his reflections on family, sport, and art. This volume is both an account of his life in public service and a portrait of a humane, humorous, still optimistic, and always decent man.Trade Review'Memoirs, adds another dimension to a set of remarkable first-hand impressions of critical moments in Canadian history (including the patriation of the constitution), and a perspective on the idealism that made numerous achievements possible.' -- Ryan Alford Ontario History, Autumn 2016 "Here is a book that should be mandatory reading for every first year law student in Canada, as it is not only filled with a valuable history lesson about our legal profession but it also establishes some benchmarks that young lawyers might set for themselves as they launch their careers." -- Michael Cochrane JUST Magazine 'Memoirs and Reflections is a reader's delight... McMurtry's style is strong, elegant, and balanced to match a public and private life that cannot fail to fascinate and impress.' -- Jane Mattison Ekstam, British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol 28:01:2015 'Memoirs and Reflections is a reader's delight... McMurtry's style is strong, elegant, and balanced to match a public and private life that cannot fail to fascinate and impress.' -- Jane Mattison Ekstram British Journal of Canadian Studies vol 28:01:2015 "A poignant reminder of a lost era when conservatives were 'Progressive' and a heart-warming account of a man whom history will no doubt record left Canada a better place than he found it." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "McMurtry's book provides a Red Tory elegy for the civility and moderation that have been twin victims of these toxic and partisan times." -- Jim Coyle Toronto StarTable of ContentsForeword by Jim Phillips Part One: Getting Established Part Two: The Practice of Law Part Three: Attorney General of Ontario Part Four: At the Court of St James and Home Again Part Six: Retirement Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisSince his call to the Bar in 1960, Martin L. Friedland has been involved in a number of important public policy issues, including bail, legal aid, gun control, securities regulation, access to the law, judicial independence and accountability, and national security. My Life in Crime and other Academic Adventures offers a first-hand account of the development of these areas of law from the perspective of a man who was heavily involved in their formation and implementation. It is also the story of a distinguished academic, author, and former dean of law at the University of Toronto.Moving beyond the boundaries of conventional memoir, Friedland offers an extended meditation on public policy issues and significant events in the field of law, discussing their historical impact and predicting the course of their future development. Given his personal experience, there is no other person more suited to discuss these hugely important issues. Friedland puts the law and legal institTrade ReviewMartin Friedland's recent book My Life in Crime and Other Academic Adventures is both a personal memoir and a lively review of much that has happened in Canadian legal policy during the last forty years. -- Christopher Moore Law Times All in all, My Life in Crime and Other Academic Adventures by Martin L. Friedland is a wonderful autobiography of an individual who has accomplished much and who has observed, studied and commented upon the critical issues of the last half-century with aplomb, insight and becoming modesty. -- Gilles Renaud Criminal Law QuarterlyTable of ContentsForeword Preface Prologue 1.Legal Education 2. Articling and the Bar Ads 3. Cambridge and Double Jeopardy 4. The Enforcement of Morality 5. More Double Jeopardy 6. Detention before Trial 7. Legal Aid 8. Criminal Courts 9. Securities Regulation 10. Machinery of Law Reform 11. The Law Reform Commission of Canada 12. Access to the Law 13. Deaning and the University 14. Gun Control 15. National Security 16. More National Security - Terrorism 17. Codification of the Criminal Law 18. The Charter 19. The Trials of Israel Lipski 20. The Case of Valentine Shortis 21. The Death of Old Man Rice 22. The Frailty of the Criminal Process - Some Observations 23. Sanctions and Rewards in the Legal System 24. Borderline Justice and Other Studies of Law and Society 25. A Place Apart: Judicial Independence and Accountability 26. Controlling Misconduct in the Military 27. Writing the History of the University of Toronto 28. Epilogue Notes on Sources Publications and Government Work of Martin L. Friedland Index

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Book SynopsisFrom “the Kid” on the Varsity Blues football team to “the Chief” at Osgoode Hall, R. Roy McMurtry has had a remarkably varied and influential career. As reformist attorney general of Ontario, one of the architects of the agreement that brought about the patriation of the Canadian Constitution, high commissioner to the United Kingdom, and chief justice of Ontario, he made a large and enduring contribution to Canadian law, politics, and life.These memoirs cover all these facets of his remarkable career, as well as his law practice, his work on various commissions of inquiry, and his reflections on family, sport, and art. This volume is both an account of his life in public service and a portrait of a humane, humorous, still optimistic, and always decent man.Trade Review'Memoirs, adds another dimension to a set of remarkable first-hand impressions of critical moments in Canadian history (including the patriation of the constitution), and a perspective on the idealism that made numerous achievements possible.' -- Ryan Alford Ontario History, Autumn 2016 "Here is a book that should be mandatory reading for every first year law student in Canada, as it is not only filled with a valuable history lesson about our legal profession but it also establishes some benchmarks that young lawyers might set for themselves as they launch their careers." -- Michael Cochrane JUST Magazine 'Memoirs and Reflections is a reader's delight... McMurtry's style is strong, elegant, and balanced to match a public and private life that cannot fail to fascinate and impress.' -- Jane Mattison Ekstam, British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol 28:01:2015 'Memoirs and Reflections is a reader's delight... McMurtry's style is strong, elegant, and balanced to match a public and private life that cannot fail to fascinate and impress.' -- Jane Mattison Ekstram British Journal of Canadian Studies vol 28:01:2015 "A poignant reminder of a lost era when conservatives were 'Progressive' and a heart-warming account of a man whom history will no doubt record left Canada a better place than he found it." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "McMurtry's book provides a Red Tory elegy for the civility and moderation that have been twin victims of these toxic and partisan times." -- Jim Coyle Toronto StarTable of ContentsForeword by Jim Phillips Part One: Getting Established Part Two: The Practice of Law Part Three: Attorney General of Ontario Part Four: At the Court of St James and Home Again Part Six: Retirement Acknowledgments Index

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