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For the sake of argument : a life in the law : a memoir /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobsen, Joel, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Kaplan Pub., [2009]
Subjects:
Jacobsen, Joel, > 1959-
Lawyers > United States > Biography.
Practice of law > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • The decision to apply
  • Laid-back u
  • Bogs of prestige
  • The continental system
  • Raw recruiting
  • Initiation by lotus-eating
  • The judge's ghostwriter
  • Crossing the bar
  • Roll dem bones
  • The prestige trap
  • Impersonating a lawyer
  • Discovering discovery
  • A taxonomy of bad judges
  • Personality tests
  • Situational ethics
  • Bieganowski cellars
  • Meat market
  • Start-up
  • Do-gooding
  • Do-badding
  • On the public dime
  • It's more important to have a good reputation than to deserve one
  • The laugh barrier.