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Counsel, the Courtroom Is Open: Lessons from More Than a Half-Century in Law and Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,101 ratings — published 2026
One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.74 — 9,697 ratings — published 1977
My Life in Court (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.15 — 342 ratings — published 1961
Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.62 — 271,740 ratings — published 2014
The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.88 — 23,322 ratings — published 2018
Taking the Stand: My Life in the Law (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.88 — 434 ratings — published 2013
Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.27 — 6,054 ratings — published 2019
Without a Doubt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.25 — 5,372 ratings — published 1997
The Story of My Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.10 — 356 ratings — published
A Civil Action (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.00 — 17,609 ratings — published 1995
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.57 — 6,340 ratings — published 2020
Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,341 ratings — published 2020
When Truth Is All You Have: A Memoir of Faith, Justice, and Freedom for the Wrongly Convicted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.33 — 974 ratings — published 2020
Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.56 — 905 ratings — published 2008
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,110,159 ratings — published 1960
Change of Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.95 — 130,169 ratings — published 2008
Broken Plea: The Explosive Search for Truth Behind the Idaho Murders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,526 ratings — published
Ever After: A Father's True Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.16 — 94 ratings — published 1995
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Hotter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.05 — 788 ratings — published 2026
Get It in Writing: The Ultimate Guide to Your Rights at Work (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.68 — 34 ratings — published
The Law of Higher Education: Student Version (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.67 — 48 ratings — published
Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.81 — 878 ratings — published 1996
How to Think Like a Lawyer—And Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.37 — 326 ratings — published
The Price of Mercy: Unfair Trials, a Violent System, and a Public Defender's Search for Justice in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.46 — 365 ratings — published
Fiasco: The Battle for Boston (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.30 — 102 ratings — published
Demand the Impossible: One Lawyer's Pursuit of Equal Justice for All (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.38 — 29 ratings — published
Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,905 ratings — published 2017
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.87 — 87,177 ratings — published 2006
Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse (Vintage)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,854 ratings — published 2005
Slender Is The Thread: Tales from a Country Law Office (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.30 — 27 ratings — published 1986
Rehab: An American Scandal (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.95 — 744 ratings — published 2025
False Claims: One Insider’s Impossible Battle Against Big Pharma Corruption – A Mother and Whistleblower's Decade-Long Fight for Truth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.07 — 411 ratings — published
Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,988 ratings — published 2025
Social Security 101: From Medicare to Spousal Benefits, an Essential Primer on Government Retirement Aid (Adams 101 Series)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.54 — 117 ratings — published 2016
Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.85 — 539 ratings — published
Who Owns This Sentence? A History of Copyrights and Wrongs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.78 — 379 ratings — published 2024
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.36 — 43,894 ratings — published 2024
Guilt by Accusation: The Challenge of Proving Innocence in the Age of #MeToo (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.95 — 892 ratings — published 2019
The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.18 — 764 ratings — published 2024
The Disabled & Their Parents: A Counseling Challenge (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.24 — 21 ratings — published 1983
Beyond the Grave: The Right Way and the Wrong Way of Leaving Money to Your Children (and Others)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.09 — 240 ratings — published 1995
The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona Borderlands (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.99 — 548 ratings — published 2010
Patriot: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.51 — 17,353 ratings — published 2024
On My Honor: The Secret History of the Boy Scouts of America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.87 — 246 ratings — published
Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.56 — 4,933 ratings — published 2022
Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,271 ratings — published
We the Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Crisis Cover-Up and the Poisoning of 100,000 Americans (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.35 — 158 ratings — published 2024
Law 101: Everything You Need to Know about the American Legal System (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,416 ratings — published 2000
Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 4.07 — 960 ratings — published 2022
Taxes 101: From Understanding Forms and Filing to Using Tax Laws and Policies to Minimize Costs and Maximize Wealth, an Essential Primer on the US Tax System (Adams 101 Series)
by (shelved 1 time as legal-issues)
avg rating 3.70 — 67 ratings — published
“Appropriately last on the liability list is the legion of so-called animal lovers who really just love the sound of their own voice proclaiming that nothing justifies bite training. They're as wrong as they are out of touch, of course, but they get plenty of air time nonetheless.”
― Manstopper!: Training a Canine Guardian
― Manstopper!: Training a Canine Guardian
“It struck Linda suddenly that this was the middle of the night. Even here, in the city that never slept, most people now were sleeping. Law firm time was like casino time, only instead of an endless cocktail hour it was always a neon-bright afternoon. The dead center of the workday, all night long.”
― The House Girl
― The House Girl