Road to barrister
Subtitle: an urban monologue : a lawyer's nontraditional story and guide to success
By: by Yusef Poole
Publisher: BluewaterPress
Published: 2010
Place of publication: St. Augustine, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781604520378
Subjects: African American lawyers; Biography; Lawyers
Description: An account of the author's growing up in the inner-city of New Haven, Connecticut in a single parent home; his going on to attend Yale University; and then getting his law degree from the University of Connecticut Law School.  Through the years, it was through the choices made, obstacales overcome, and lessons learned, that led to Poole's going to Yale and becoming an attorney.  Now he wishes to help others avoid his mistakes while encouraging them to do great things.
Table of contents: title: Family ties; title: The plan; title: The Gene Poole; title: School days; title: Love and basketball; title: The tipping point; title: Lost and found; title: An eye for an eye; title: LFL; title: Giving back; title: Major search; title: Biting builds character; title: Perseverance; title: The rat race; title: Under the bar; title: Pass the Dutchie; title: The big one; title: Walk this way.