Dig into the fascinating, inspirational, and oftentimes dramatic lives of legal leaders through the biographies we’ve selected for a new display at the W&L Law Library.
Speaking of, don’t forget our W&L Law Community Read discussion of Pauli Murray: A Personal and Political Life on Wednesday, March 24: Visit bit.ly/LawReadZoom to register, and bit.ly/LawReadEbook to access the free eBook online (valid W&L login required).
All titles are linked below to WorldCat.org, where you can find them at a library near you. The list is alphabetical by author’s last name.
- The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts (2019), by Joan Biskupic
- A Lawyer’s Life (2002), by Johnnie Cochran & David Fisher
- The Life and Legal Writings of Hugo Grotius (1969), by Edward Dumbauld
- Nader: Crusader, Spoiler, Icon (2002), by Justin Martin
- Of Courtiers and Princes: Stories of Lower Court Clerks and Their Judges (2021), by Todd C. Peppers (ed.)
- The Jim Report: My Life in Law School (2011), by James Reavis
- Barbara Jordan: American Hero (1998), by Mary Beth Rogers
- Pauli Murray: A Personal and Political Life (2020), by Troy R. Saxby
- John Jay: Founding Father (2005), by Walter Stahr
- Thurgood Marshall: A Biography (2012), by Glenn L. Starks & F. Erik Brooks
- First: Sandra Day O’Connor (2019), by Evan Thomas
- Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin (2016), by Marlene Trestman
- From the Texas Cotton Fields to the United States Tax Court: The Life Journey of Juan F. Vasquez (2021), by Mary Theresa Vasquez & Anthony Head