The Nonsense Factory by Bruce Cannon Gibney is a scathing critique of the American Legal System. A venture capitalist and former big firm litigator, Gibney knows his subject.
There is a lot to criticize in the legal system starting with law school, and Gibney touches on most of it. His criticism of law schools is
The full title of this book is Jury Selection Handbook, The Nuts and Bolts of Effective Jury Selection. Here is the book on Amazon. the authors are Ronald H. Clark and Thomas M. O’Toole. 
Clark was a co-author of the Cross-examination Handbook, which I reviewed here.
I agree with this review on
Although its subject is not the law, Cal Newport’s book Deep Work, Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World is worth the read for legal professionals.
Newport defines Deep Work:
Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. These efforts create new value, improve
I enjoyed writing the post on my favorite books of 2016 and am repeating it in 2017.
This is my list for the year, in the order that I read them. Note that the books weren’t necessarily released in 2017. I also updated the list throughout the year as a read the books instead of
Pretty slow on the legal front, so I’m going to do something new and list my favorite books that I read this year.
A caveat is that I view books as like ice cream–everyone’s taste is a little different. My favorites probably will not be your favorites. But most of us can agree on what
You Can’t Teach Vision is John Morgan’s follow up to You Can’t Teach Hungry, which I favorably reviewed here. The sub-title of the book is the Twenty-First Century Law Firm, which Morgan continues to build. It could have been titled ‘what I’ve learned from thirty years in the law business.”
The book
Keith Mitnik has a job many trial attorneys would envy. As Senior Trial Counsel for the nation’s largest personal injury firm (Morgan & Morgan), Mitnik gets to try cases that other lawyers work up. Mitnik tries 1-3 cases per month. 
Don’t Eat the Bruises is Mitnik’s perspective on what works from the plaintiff’s side of
You know you are a law geek when you get excited reading a book called Typography for Lawyers.
Guilty.
Matthew Butterick’s book first reviewed on this site in 2011 is now out with a second edition. The first edition has a perfect 5 of 5 customer review rating on Amazon with 100 reviews as
Stand Up That Mountain by Jay Erkskine Leutze is the true story of a protracted legal battle to save an area adjoining the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina from development as a gravel mine for the next 100 years.
Here is a description of the book:
LIVING ALONE IN HIS WOODED MOUNTAIN RETREAT, Jay Leutze
Pam Johnson’s Justice for Ella is a story about a courageous battle against white supremacy in 1959 Mississippi. It’s an irresistible feel good story that would make an entertaining movie.
The book’s leading characters are Ella Gaston and Jewell McMahan of Hattiesburg. Ella is black. Jewell is white.
While visiting family in Noxubee County, Ella