Raising the Bar: The Crucial Role of the Lawyer in Society

Raising the Bar: The Crucial Role of the Lawyer in Society by Talmage Boston. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781892542847.

How different might our country be, if not for the contributions of devoted lawyers? As Talmage Boston notes, twenty-six of the United States’ forty four presidents have been lawyers, among them the most celebrated of our country’s leaders—Abraham Lincoln. By following the examples of such consummate lawyers as Lincoln and others, lawyers today can “raise the bar” by reestablishing the legal profession’s once hallowed reputation. Boston points to historical, modern, and even fictional legal role models that today’s lawyers can emulate. In addition to Lincoln, the stories of Leon Jaworski and James A. Baker, III—lawyers Boston recognizes as the greatest of the last fifty years—should serve as inspiration to today’s legal professionals. In the world of fiction, Atticus Finch—one of the most popular literary characters ever put on page and screen—remains an icon. And popular lawyer-novelists such as John Grisham and Richard North Patterson bring legal matters to