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Jul. 6, 2020
Lessons not learned
Turow in winter, or at least thinking about winter, that crawling towards death, as Lear puts it. That would be Scott Turow, the influential lawyer-novelist and his new novel, “The Last Trial,” steeped in elegy, chronicling the life and career of his beloved trial lawyer Sandy Stern, now 85 years old, against the backdrop of his last trial. Stern’s great love is his life in the law, his role in the legal process. As lawyers, we might make different choices.
William Domnarski
Email: domnarski@gmail.com
William Domnarski is a Southland mediator and practitioner. His latest book is "Richard Posner," published by Oxford University Press in 2016.
Turow in winter, or at least thinking about winter, that crawling towards death, as Lear puts it. That would be Scott Turow, the influential lawyer-novelist and his new novel, "The Last Trial," steeped in elegy, chronicling the life and career of his beloved trial lawyer Sandy Stern, now 85 years old, against the backdrop of his last trial. Stern's great love is his life in the law, his role in the legal process. As lawyers, we might make different choices.
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