A COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER: JUST SOME READINGS I HAVE ENJOYED LATELY

First, this blog replaces my previous blog, thecosmoplitanlawyerblogspot.com . Second, unlike that earlier blog, the present one is primarily meant as a record of my readings. It is not meant to suggest that others will be or should be interested in what I read. And third, in a sense, it is a public diary of one who is an alien in his own American culture. A person who feels at home just about anywhere, except in his birthplace . . . America.

Monday, August 24, 2015

FOOD FOR THOUGHT ON THE FIRST DAY OF CLASSES

William Dalrymple, In Xanadu: A Quest, with a new introduction by the author (London: The Folio Society, 1990, 2015) ("'Of course,' he said, 'to be a lawyer is not the most interesting of careers.' 'Really?' I said. 'I know some lawyers who love their jobs.' 'Oh don't be absurd,' he replied. 'Everyone knows lawyers are the dullest people in the world. The only thing to be said for it is that it pays well'" Id. at 165.).