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19 Feb 2016, 9:32 am by Lindsay Stafford Mader
’” The Texas Bar Journal has assembled a list of its past coverage on Lee, Mockingbird, Atticus, and more. [read post]
13 Nov 2015, 11:42 am by David R. Papke
Harper Lee’s reflections on Atticus Finch and the law are neither secondary nor inconsequential. [read post]
12 Oct 2015, 8:07 am
This is the first law review article to analyze Harper Lee's novel Go Set a Watchman and in particular its portrayal of the famed attorney Atticus Finch. [read post]
24 Aug 2015, 7:48 am
Here is the abstract.Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird illustrates a troubled relationship between lawyering and empathy and between empathy and masculinity. [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 4:15 pm by Alfred Brophy
Atticus has signed on with the local Citizens Council. [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 1:04 pm by Alfred Brophy
The greatest disconnect I noticed between the public commentary on GSAW, which has focused on Lee’s portrayal of Atticus as a racist Citizens’ Council member, is its glossing over of her portrayal of Jean Louise (Scout), which seems to be more nearly Lee’s own voice. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 6:57 am by Alfred Brophy
That final Atticus represented what Lee ultimately wanted to say in the midst of the modern Civil Rights era. [read post]
30 Jul 2015, 11:41 am by Alfred Brophy
We see similar themes in Lee’s Mockingbird and now Watchman. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 1:42 pm
From the National Law Journal, discussion of the character of Atticus Finch in Go Set a Watchman by some law faculty.The article begins: Atticus Finch — unimpeachable lawyer and civil rights champion, or unapologetic racist? [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 2:59 am by Alfred Brophy
  It is not a sequel, and the attempt to turn it into one as a way of humbling Atticus, or Lee for that matter, strikes me as entirely missing the point of what it is we are to do with this book in our hands. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 11:17 am by Alfred Brophy
Depicting Atticus Finch as a complicated man who feared the civil rights movement and advocated segregation dramatically changes how we think about the character. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 5:46 am by Staci Zaretsky
[NBC San Diego] * You've seen reactions to Harper Lee's portrayal of Atticus Finch as a racist in Go Set A Watchman (affiliate link) from everyone and their mother and their dog, but maybe you haven't seen reactions from law professors yet, so have a look. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 4:01 am by Administrator
The Harper Lee revival Once upon a time there was a writer named Harper Lee who wrote a book called To Kill a Mockingbird about a young girl’s discovery of the truth about racism in Depression-era small-town Alabama. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 2:54 am by Alfred Brophy
Despite lingering doubts about its origin and its recent discovery, this is the novel Harper Lee had to write before she could write To Kill a Mockingbird. [read post]
26 Jul 2015, 8:29 pm by Alfred Brophy
It's my great pleasure to introduce a blog symposium on Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman, which we'll be running this week at the faculty lounge. [read post]
23 Jul 2015, 4:00 am by Adam Dodek
Harper Lee, To Kill a MockingbirdA timeless classic of racism, injustice and the perversion of law, countered by the paradigmatic ethical virtue of Atticus Finch and the values he teaches his children and has taught generations of lawyers. [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 1:27 pm
”Does Scout's portrait of Atticus in Harper Lee's newly published novel vindicate Professor Freedman's view of him? [read post]
20 Jul 2015, 10:04 am by azatty
” As Weiss ends her article: “Though Watchman isn’t Harper Lee’s best work, [Harvard Law Professor Randall] Kennedy says, it ‘does reveal more starkly the complexity of Atticus Finch, her most admired character. [read post]
17 Jul 2015, 9:56 pm by Alfred Brophy
  Steven Lubet, as our resident expert on Harper Lee, will be providing commentary at the conclusion of the symposium. [read post]