What Lawyers Do

This book, written by twenty-one members of the Yale Law School class of 1958, illustrates how lawyers are engaged in an incredible range of professional activities beyond the law office and the courtroom though they do some of that too. From negotiating NAFTA to translating “Beowulf”, from developing a new form of business to running a Red Cross shelter, these lawyers tell stories from their remarkable careers. Reflections on a time past or a script for the future of the profession, in either case it provides an unusual perspective on a great American institution.