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19 copies, 65 people are on the wait list.

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303.848 STEVE

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c2014.	First edition.	Spiegel & Grau	x, 336 pages ; 25 cm	English	Available 19 copies, 65 people are on the wait list. Central - Adult Nonfiction has 2 303.848 STEVE Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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51 copies, 58 people are on the wait list.

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2014	OverDrive	Random House Publishing Group	English	Available Online 51 copies, 58 people are on the wait list. Online OverDrive Collection has 51	More Info Check Out OverDrive

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2) Smacked: a story of white-collar ambition, addiction, and tragedy

The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama recounts his experiences as a lawyer working to assist those desperately in need, reflecting on his pursuit of the ideal of compassion in American justice.

Author

Zimmerman, Eilene

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

7 copies, 23 people are on the wait list.

Central - Adult New Nonfiction

362.290973 ZIMME

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2020]	First edition.	Random House	xiii, 246 pages ; 25 cm	English	Available 7 copies, 23 people are on the wait list. Central - Adult New Nonfiction 362.290973 ZIMME Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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2 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.

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2020	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 2 copies, 4 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

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3) The Watergate girl: my fight for truth and justice against a criminal president

Something was wrong with Peter. Eilene Zimmerman noticed that her ex-husband looked thin, seemed distracted, and was frequently absent from activities with their children. She thought he looked sick and needed to see a doctor, and indeed, he told her he had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder. Yet in many ways, Peter seemed to have it all: a beautiful house by the beach, expensive cars, and other luxuries that came with an affluent life. Eilene...

Author

Wine-Banks, Jill

Publisher

Henry Holt and Company

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

3 copies, 13 people are on the wait list.

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2020.	First edition.	Henry Holt and Company	x, 258 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm	English	Checked Out 3 copies, 13 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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"It was a time, much like today, when Americans feared for the future of their democracy and women stood up for equal treatment. At the crossroads of the Watergate scandal and the women's movement stood a young lawyer named Jill Wine Volner (as she was then known), barely thirty years old and in charge of some of the most important prosecutions of high-ranking White House officials. Called "the mini-skirted lawyer" by the press, she fought to receive...

4) Thurgood Marshall

Author

Frost, Helen

Series

Famous Americans

Publisher

Pebble Books

Pub. Date

[2003]

Language

English

Aurora Hills - Kids Easy Readers

JE GREEN JB MARSHAL T

Central - Kids Easy Readers

JE GREEN JB MARSHAL T

Shirlington - Kids Easy Readers

JE GREEN JB MARSHAL T

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2003]	Pebble Books	24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.	English	Available Aurora Hills - Kids Easy Readers JE GREEN JB MARSHAL T Central - Kids Easy Readers JE GREEN JB MARSHAL T Shirlington - Kids Easy Readers JE GREEN JB MARSHAL T Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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5) True justice: Bryan Stevenson's fight for equality

An introduction to the life and accomplishments of the African American civil rights attorney who became a prominent Supreme Court Justice.

Publisher

HBO

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

DVD
Show Edition

1 copy, 8 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2020]	Widescreen ed.	HBO	1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.	English	Checked Out 1 copy, 8 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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6) John Adams under fire: the Founding Father's fight for justice in the Boston Massacre murder trial

For more than three decades, Alabama public interest attorney, founder, and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, has advocated on behalf of the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned, seeking to eradicate racial discrimination in the criminal justice system. An intimate portrait of this remarkable man, this film follows his struggle to create greater fairness in the system and shows how racial injustice emerged, evolved, and continues...

Author

Abrams, Dan

Publisher

Hanover Square Press, with Harlequin Books

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

3 copies, 9 people are on the wait list.

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[2020]	Hanover Square Press, with Harlequin Books	313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Checked Out 3 copies, 9 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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7) Just mercy: adapted for young people : a true story of the fight for justice

History remembers John Adams as a Founding Father and our country's second president. But in the tense years before the American Revolution, he was still just a lawyer, fighting for justice in one of the most explosive murder trials of the era. On the night of March 5, 1770, shots were fired by British soldiers on the streets of Boston, killing five civilians. The Boston Massacre has often been called the first shots of the American Revolution. As...

Author

Stevenson, Bryan

Publisher

Delacorte Press

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

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Black Lives Matter: Books to Start a Conversation
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Young Readers Editions

2 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2018.	Delacorte Press	277 pages ; 22 cm	English	Checked Out 2 copies, 7 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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8) Haben: the Deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law

"In this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed bestselling Just Mercy, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so," Bryan Stevenson delves deep into the broken U.S. justice system, detailing from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America's most rejected and marginalized people. In this very personal work--proceeds...

Author

Girma, Haben

Publisher

Twelve

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

3 copies, 6 people are on the wait list.

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2019.	First edition.	Twelve	vi, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm	English	Checked Out 3 copies, 6 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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9) Clarence Darrow: attorney for the damned

"The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage." -- From Amazon.com summary.

Author

Farrell, John A

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Central - Adult Biography

B DARROW C

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2011]	First edition.	Doubleday	x, 561 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Biography B DARROW C	More Info Place Hold

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Show Edition

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2011	OverDrive	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 2	More Info Check Out OverDrive

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Drawing on untapped archives and full of fresh revelations, here is the definitive biography of America's legendary defense attorney and progressive hero--the man who defended Dayton, Tennessee, schoolteacher John Scopes in the Monkey Trial.

10) The last trials of Clarence Darrow

Author

McRae, Donald

Publisher

William Morrow

Pub. Date

[2009]

Language

English

11) Philomena: a mother, her son, and a fifty-year search

Central - Adult Nonfiction

340.092 MCRAE

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2009]	First edition.	William Morrow	442 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 340.092 MCRAE	More Info Place Hold

Author

Sixsmith, Martin

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook on CD

Audiobook on CD
Show Edition

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©2013.	Penguin Books	vi, 420 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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CD B LEE P

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2013]	Unabridged.	Recorded Books	13 audio discs (approximately 15 hours, 30 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.	English	Available Central - Adult Audiobooks CD B LEE P	More Info Place Hold

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Fifty years after giving her son up for adoption, Irishwoman Philomena Lee decides to find him, while, on the other side of the Atlantic, her son, a lawyer in the first Bush administration, struggles to find his mother.

12) Addicted to danger: a memoir

Author

Wickwire, Jim

Publisher

Pocket Books

Pub. Date

1998.

Language

English

Central - Adult Nonfiction

796.522 WICKW

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
1998.	Pocket Books	xii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 796.522 WICKW	More Info Place Hold

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Law and Legal Careers - Career Collection Spotlight

A successful Seattle attorney, Jim Wickwire climbed his first mountain in 1960. Deeply compelled by the thrill of risk, he pushed himself to the limits of physical and mental endurance for thirty-five years, before facing a turning point that threatened his faith in himself and his hope in the future. How he reassessed his priorities and rededicated his life to his family and his community.

13) Letters to a young lawyer

Author

Dershowitz, Alan M

Series

Art of mentoring

Publisher

Basic Books

Pub. Date

2005.

Language

English

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Central - Adult Nonfiction

340.092 DERSH

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2005.	Basic Books	xviii, 206 pages ; 21 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 340.092 DERSH	More Info Place Hold

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14) The lambs: my father, a farm and the gift of a flock of sheep

With wit, humor, and decades of personal experiences from which to draw, Alan Dershowitz dispenses advice on career, law, and life in a book aimed at those just starting out in the legal profession.

Author

George, Carole Shelbourn

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press

Pub. Date

Language

English

Aurora Hills - Adult Biography

B GEORGE C

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©2018.	Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press	287 pages : color ; 22 cm	English	Available Aurora Hills - Adult Biography B GEORGE C	More Info Place Hold

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15) Love wins: the lovers and lawyers who fought the landmark case for marriage equality

In this touching memoir about the relationship between father, daughter, and animals, Carole George explores life after adopting thirteen pet Karakul lambs. Throughout her years with the lambs and her aging father, she comes to realize the distinct personality of each creature, and to understand more fully the almost spiritual bond between man and animals.

Author

Cenziper, Debbie

Publisher

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

c2016.

Language

English

Central - Adult Nonfiction has 4

346.0168 CENZI

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
c2016.	First edition.	William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers	287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction has 4 346.0168 CENZI	More Info Place Hold

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16) American patriot: the life and wars of Colonel Bud Day

"The fascinating and very moving story of the lovers, lawyers, judges and activists behind the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that led to one of the most important, national civil rights victories in decades--the legalization of same-sex marriage. In June 2015, the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage the law in all fifty states in a decision as groundbreaking as Roe v Wade and Brown v Board of Education. Through insider accounts and access to...

Author

Coram, Robert

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

Central - Adult Biography

B DAY G

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[2007]	Little, Brown and Company	xiii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Biography B DAY G	More Info Place Hold

17) Counselor: a life at the edge of history

Author

Sorensen, Theodore C

Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

Language

English

Central - Adult Biography

B SORENSE T

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©2008	1st ed.	Harper	xvi, 556 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Biography B SORENSE T	More Info Place Hold

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18) Giant in the shadows: the life of Robert T. Lincoln

In this gripping memoir, John F. Kennedy's closest advisor recounts in full for the first time his experience counseling Kennedy through the most dramatic moments in American history ... from the decision to go to the moon to the Cuban Missile Crisis, when JFK requested that the thirty-four-year-old Sorensen draft the key letter to Khrushchev at the most critical point of the world's first nuclear confrontation. After Kennedy was assassinated, Sorensen...

Author

Emerson, Jason

Publisher

Southern Illinois University Press

Pub. Date

[2012]

Language

English

19) Power concedes nothing: one woman's quest for social justice in America from the courtrooms to the kill zones

Central - Adult Biography

B LINCOLN R

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2012]	Southern Illinois University Press	xiv, 600 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Biography B LINCOLN R	More Info Place Hold

Author

Rice, Connie

Publisher

Scribner

Pub. Date

2012.

Language

English

Central - Adult Biography

B RICE C

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2012.	Scribner	x, 355 pages ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Biography B RICE C	More Info Place Hold

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An influential civil rights attorney describes the family beliefs and achievements that inspired her career, recounting her dedication to civil rights causes in areas ranging from transportation and education to the death penalty and the LAPD.

20) Clarence Darrow: American iconoclast

Author

Kersten, Andrew Edmund

Publisher

Hill and Wang

Pub. Date

[2011]

Language

English

Central - Adult Biography

B DARROW C

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2011]	First edition.	Hill and Wang	xii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Biography B DARROW C	More Info Place Hold

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