Letters to a Young Lawyer, Alan M. Dershowitz
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Letters to a Young Lawyer

Author: Alan M. Dershowitz

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 4 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 06/23/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Law


Synopsis

As defender of both the righteous and the questionable, Alan Dershowitz has become perhaps the most famous and outspoken attorney in the land. Whether or not they agree with his legal tactics, most people would agree that he possesses a powerful and profound sense of justice. In this meditation on his profession, Dershowitz writes about life, law, and the opportunities that young lawyers have to do good and do well at the same time. We live in an age of growing dissatisfaction with law as a career, which ironically comes at a time of unprecedented wealth for many lawyers. Dershowitz addresses this paradox, as well as the uncomfortable reality of working hard for clients who are often without many redeeming qualities. He writes about the lure of money, fame, and power, as well as about the seduction of success. In the process, he conveys some of the "tricks of the trade" that have helped him win cases and become successful at the art and practice of "lawyering."

Author Bio

Alan M. Dershowitz is a Brooklyn native who has been called "the nation's most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer" and one of its "most distinguished defenders of individual rights." He is the author of more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Trials of Zion, Rights from Wrongs, and the #1 New York Times bestseller Chutzpah. Alan is also an emeritus professor of law at Harvard Law School.

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