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Seven attorneys from four states—each with 50+ years in practice—talk about their careers
Eight attorneys, each with 60+ years experience, talk about everything from LSAT-less law schools to Freedom Rides to John and Yoko
Attorney Fred Gray on the passing of the civil rights icon
Six LA-area criminal defense attorneys recount the joys and heavy workloads of being prosecutors and public defenders
Florida attorneys swap U.S. Supreme Court stories—from getting dressed down by Scalia to being the last lawyer to address Rehnquist
Five Texas women follow the ‘path through the jungle’ carved by predecessors like Sandra Day O’Connor
What was it like being part of the first wave of women attorneys? Nine Oregon lawyers tell all
Five local lawyers mull the changes in their industry over the past six decades
A case of the jitters, a bleeding ankle and a nearly missed entrance couldn’t keep 7 Texas lawyers from their dates with the nation’s highest court
An oral history of those who fought “We don’t hire women” law firms and handsy judges to make legal history
And other memories of the high court from eight former SCOTUS clerks
Former clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court talk about their experiences at the center of American law
An oral history of Minnesota women who started practicing law in the 1960s and ’70s
An oral history of five Pennsylvania attorneys who graduated from law school in the 1950
An oral history of civil rights and the African-American bar 60 years after Montgomery
An oral history of the good, the bad and the ugly experiences of the first wave of female attorneys
Former prosecutors Eric Nichols and Fields Alexander and defense attorney Deric King Walpole revisit the mayhem surrounding the polygamist’s trial
Everyone who worked with legendary Philadelphia trial lawyer Jim Beasley has a story or two to tell. Some of the attorneys who knew him best shared their memories with us
An oral history of the investigation that took down a corrupt Cook County court system