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The Lure of the Law: Why People Become Lawyers, and What the Profession Does to Them
by: Richard Moll

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 349.73023
EAN: 9780140105568
ISBN: 0140105565
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: August 01, 1991
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Sales Rank: 298138
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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- Hopelessly biased, out of date
If you missed the description of the book, I should point out that this was published in 1990 and written in the late '80s. In the intervening years the country, the legal profession, and the country's view of the legal profession have changed substantially. The book's debate over the role and image of lawyers in society is simply incomplete since it predates Law and Order, the Clinton impeachment, the 2000 election, and the fallout from 9/11 and the War on Terror. Additionally, all of the statistics cited are two decades out of date. Unless you're looking for information on how lawyers were viewed in the late Reagan years, look elsewhere.

The author approached writing this book with a background as a Dean of Admissions at several undergraduate schools. From the bio included it would appear that his only contact with the law came when he was hired by a large New York firm as a consultant to improve the ... Read More

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- Realistic view of law practice
I only wish I'd read this before going to law school. Moll went around and conducted interviews of attorneys, former attorneys who've changed careers, law students, and people who are married to or are involved with attorneys. There are a great many interesting perspectives given by the attorneys as to their motivations and general feelings about the law, as well as a little bit about how they got to where they are. It's like a book full of informational interviews. I urge prospective law students to read this, and the rest of society might also enjoy learning what makes lawyers tick.

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- Good book about law
This book captures both the joys and pitfalls of wanting a career in law. I recently received an email message from someone discussing what they would do if they had their life to live over again. As someone who succumbed to the lure of the law, I certainly agree with those attorneys in this book who would NEVER even consider going to law school if they could go back in time! For me, like some people in Moll's book, law school was more than a means to a living - it was a way to finally fit in. Tired of being outsiders, some of us felt that law school would offer a way to be with people like ourselves: smart; witty; analytical; quick at times with the sharp tongue. Moll captures how this dream was more than deferred for some attorneys in his book. Instead of encountering people like themselves - legal people who worked hard when they had to but were essentially good at heart - they met mean, sometimes over ... Read More

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