For the sake of argument
Subtitle: a life in the law
By: Joel Jacobsen.
Publisher: Kaplan Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781607140856
Subjects: Jacobsen, Joel, -- 1959-; Lawyers -- United States -- Biography; Practice of law -- United States -- History
Genres: Biography
Table of contents: title: The decision to apply; title: Laid-back u; title: Slogging through the bogs of prestige; title: The continental system; title: Raw recruiting; title: Initiation by lotus-eating; title: The judge's ghostwriter; title: Crossing the bar; title: Roll dem bones; title: Hierarchies within hierarchies; title: Impersonating a lawyer; title: Discovering discovery; title: A taxonomy of bad judges; title: Personality tests; title: Situational ethics; title: Meat market; title: Bieganowski cellars; title: Start-up; title: Do-gooding; title: Do-badding; title: On the public dime; title: It's more important to have a good reputation than to deserve one; title: The laugh barrier.