TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abramson,Leslie Hope
AU  - Flaste,Richard Alfred
TI  - The defense is ready: life in the trenches of criminal law 
SN  - 068481403X (hardcover)
AV  - KF 373 A161d 1997
U1  - 345.73/05044/092 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Abramson, Leslie 
KW  - Women lawyers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Defense (Criminal procedure)
KW  - Abogadas
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Biografías
KW  - Mujeres como abogadas
KW  - Defensa (Procedimiento penal)
N1  - Includes index; 1. Roman's Candle
9	(13)
2. Childhood
22	(20)
3. Law School
42	(10)
4. The Bar
52	(9)
5. Clerking Days
61	(17)
6. Judges and Cops
78	(15)
7. The Count Run
93	(10)
8. Juvenile Hall
103	(11)
9. Baby Killers
114	(11)
10. Moving On
125	(9)
11. Private Practice
134	(10)
12. Bob's Big Boy
144	(19)
13. The Lark
163	(10)
14. Pelican Bay
173	(10)
15. Chinatown
183	(22)
16. A Beautiful Boy
205	(14)
17. Abuse
219	(17)
18. Patricide
236	(12)
19. The Tough Guy
248	(9)
20. Outrage
257	(20)
21. When Worlds Collide
277	(14)
22. Grief
291	(4)
23. ...and Laughter
295	(8)
Acknowledgments		303	(2)
Index		305	
N2  - The Defense Is Ready is about the making of a passionately committed American defense lawyer who believes that everyone accused of a crime, no matter how heinous, is entitled to a vigorous defense of his rights against the overwhelming power of a frequently callous state. Leslie Abramson's journey from eager young law clerk to one of the nation's premier homicide attorneys involved some of the most difficult and notorious criminal cases of the last two decades. Among
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