Suggested reading from the editors of 233 Legal

The Conspiracy by Ryan Holiday

The conspiracy is a story of one man’s quest to bring down a media empire. The elaborate planning process-spanning years is maddeningly mind-boggling! who said consequential things will come on a silver platter. For lawyers and law students, the lesson from this book is that every case is unique thus, the notion of settled authorities ought to be taken with caution. Indeed, the triumph by the billionaire protagonist in this book trounces that notion. unputdownable…a must read for a lawyer


The Jerry Giesler story By Jerry Giesler and Pete Martin

The life of a 20th century super lawyer is chronicled in this book. Mainly on criminal practice, readers are taken through the legal troubles and crisis of Hollywood figures of that era. Jerry Geisler, a prominent attorney got these Hollywood celebrities off in their brush with the law. It is worth remarking that the age-old habit/traits of great lawyers is all over Geisler’s style and practice…Highly recommended.


The Firm by John Grisham

Grisham’s second novel is a story of rags to riches. One cannot but feel for the protagonist, Mitch McDeeree who upon landing a prestigious job after law school – the dream of every law student-seem to have it all…a well paid job, a beautiful wife and an impressive home in a nice suburb. He soon realizes that he had joined a firm beholden to illegal moneyed interest…will Mitch stay or hitch hike? A page turner of a book…


Supreme Ambitions by David Lat

You will enjoy this well written book, if u have an interest in the American justice system. you learn about how opinions are assigned to judges in the superior courts and role their law clerks play, among others. Appointments to the Superior Court in the United States and the politics of same is equally detailed in there…the author make the journey through the American Court System a pleasant one.

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