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Thanks for stopping by my little place on the web. This parking spot is not for me to rant (though there will certainly be some of that), but as a place for my former and current students to converse about the full gamut of law school questions and about the class assignments and goals: you know I feel that conversation is the best learning experience.

So, follow. Check in every few days and chat away: anything is fair game (remember, I live vicariously through all your wild lives). To start, some of you already in law school can express some wisdom since decision time is beginning to arrive for this year’s seniors, and those of you currently being abused can ask the world your questions about the class assignments.

This is for you. Enjoy.

-Prof. B.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Because Vassi Asked Me to Do This...

If you are considering being a trial lawyer, you need to know:

 Books:
  • Adela Rogers St. John, Final Verdict (it is out of print, but it is the single best trialawyer book ever written)
  •  Francis L. Wellman, The Art of Cross-Examination 
  • Thomas Thompson, Blood and Money 
  • John Barth, The Floating Opera 
  • Melvin Belli, Modern Trials (just be familiar with the concepts)
  • David Boies, Courting Justice
  • Herman Melville, Billy Budd

 Movies:
  • Witness for the Prosecution (1957), the Billy Wilder/Charles Laughton version
  • Anatomy of a Murder (1959), the book is good, too
  • Inherit the Wind (1960), the Stanley Kramer/Spencer Tracey version
  • The Lawyer (1970), the Barry Newman movie 
  • The Caine Mutiny (1954)
  • 12 Angry Men (1957), the Sidney Lumet/Henry Fonda version 
  • Compulsion (1959), the Orson Welles version
  • The Paper Chase (1973), but only about the first 40 minutes or so 
  • Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) 
  • To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
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