I came across this old article about three books about lawyers. It was written back in 1975. Then, maybe more than now, the law and civil rights were making headlines together.
The image of lawyers hasn’t improved much since Elizabethan times when Shakespeare wrote, “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”
But now lawyers are beginning to take the stand in their own defense. The case of Gerald M. Stern not only proves that lawyers can be on the side of justice, but that even partners in powerful law firms can protect the powerless.
n 1972 in the Appalachian Valley of Buffalo Creek, a dam burst, deluging 16 mining communities with more than 150 tons of water, oil and sludge. The communities were literally swept away. One hundred and twenty-five people lost their lives, hundreds more lost their homes, possessions and families.
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