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11 Mar 2018, 6:27 pm by David Markus
This is a good op-ed by Grisham outlining why we have so many wrongful convictions:It is too easy to convict an innocent person.The rate of wrongful convictions in the United States is estimated to be somewhere between 2% to 10%. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 10:22 am by admin
By Chrissie Cahill Author John Grisham was awarded the inaugural 2011 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, a new literary award sponsored by The University of Alabama School of Law and the American Bar Association Journal, for his novel The Confession. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 11:27 am
Perhaps I’m in the minority, but I can’t stomach most of the John Grisham I’ve read. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 11:26 pm
Bill Peterson, the former district attorney of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, and two investigators who were involved with Peterson in the trial and conviction of Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz, didn't like the way they were portrayed in John Grisham's book, "The Innocent Man. [read post]
26 May 2012, 9:54 am by Tom Smith
Novelist John Grisham could hardly spin a more provocative fiction: The president and his surrogates mount an aggressive campaign to intimidate the chief justice of the United States, implying ruin and ridicule should he fail to vote in a pivotal case according to the ruling political party’s wishes. [read post]
22 Oct 2015, 8:04 am by Harry Graff
Harry Graff's verdict: Rogue Lawyer, while not as entertaining as early Grisham classics like The Firm, is a solid novel. [read post]
10 May 2016, 6:46 pm
"This Election Inspired a John Grisham Novel; Now It Just Got Even Weirder; Twelve years after coal baron Don Blankenship bought a seat on the West Virginia Supreme Court, the tables have turned": Pema Levy has this article online at Mother Jones. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 1:00 am
 Grisham chronicles Williamson's life on death row and his eventual exoneration, which was aided by the Innocence Project, a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people. [read post]
19 Feb 2008, 10:02 pm
Following up on this post, I finished reading John Grisham's The Appeal this past weekend. [read post]
19 Sep 2006, 11:53 am
On October 10th, John Grisham will release his first work of non-fiction. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 4:05 pm
A new novel by John Grisham, "The Confession," goes on sale today. [read post]
8 Sep 2014, 7:28 am by IMattson
The Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction has been awarded to John Grisham for Sycamore Row. [read post]
11 May 2010, 12:36 pm by law shucks
Deadline Hollywood is reporting that John Grisham’s book/movie “The Firm” is being ported to television. [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 11:56 am
TRUTH IS HARDER THAN FICTION: Amateur detective work lands John Grisham in trouble. [read post]
5 May 2010, 7:21 pm by Administrator
I’m a huge John Grisham fan and have been since I read his first novel, “A Time to Kill. [read post]
19 May 2007, 7:06 am
John Grisham talked about this at a commencement address at Washington and Lee University this Spring. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 2:00 am by tortsprof
An interesting writing contest sponsored by the Journal of Legal Education, Southwestern Law School, and the AALS: the first JLE Legal Fiction Contest. [read post]