Morris My Personal Best: Life Lessons from an All-American Journey by John Wooden with Steve Jamison The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs The Horse’s Mouth by Joyce Cary In the Shadow of the Law by Kermit Roosevelt One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School by Scott Turow Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. [read post]

At the scene of the fire, Senior Captain Roosevelt Johnson said he gave Proler several orders, which Proler indicated he understood but failed to execute.According to Johnson's later report to Seamans, Proler was "not functioning rationally" at the scene, left his uniform open despite repeated orders to dress properly, did not supervise or direct his firefighters, and stood in the center of a smoke-filled room as if "in shock." [read post]

Morris [Picked by Kenneth Feinberg, mass tort and disaster mediator, including BP gulf disaster] My Personal Best: Life Lessons from an All-American Journey by John Wooden with Steve Jamison [Picked by Jay Foonberg, author of "How to start and build a law practice   ] The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs [Picked by Neal Katyal, Georgetown University Professor] The Horse’s Mouth by Joyce Cary [Picked by Marci Hamilton, Cardozo Law School Professor]… [read post]

Frederick, reminds us at Trial Theory that today is also the 112th anniversary of Teddy Roosevelt's "Citizenship In A Republic" speech delivered at the Sorbonne, Paris, France, 23 April, 1910. [read post]