lawyers

While compiling a genealogy of her family of successful attorneys, sixteen-year-old history buff Ivy Breedlove treks into the mountain wilderness to interview a reclusive aunt with whom she identifies and who in turn helps her to truly know herself and her family.

Anne Garnett returns to Lake Forest for her grandfather's funeral twenty-four years after running away from the family that betrayed her. She is now a high-powered divorce lawyer, discovering her power to confront her Uncle Vince and to love fully.

Examines the life of Thurgood Marshall, discussing his youth and schooling, and looking at his work on behalf of Civil Rights, and his appointment as the first African-American to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court.

Discusses the life and work of Thurgood Marshall, a civil rights advocate who later became the first African American Supreme Court justice.

Narrates the life of the first African-American to serve as a judge on the United States Supreme Court.

Examines the life and accomplishments of Michelle Obama, the wife of Barack Obama and the first African-American woman to become the First Lady of the United States.

A brief biography of Michelle Obama, the wife of the forty-fourth President of the United States, and profiles her childhood, education, and the events that led her to the White House.

Presents a depiction of the courtroom legacy of American lawyer Clarence Darrow, who was assigned to defend two teenage "thrill killers" before going on to handle two other groundbreaking cases, and includes new discoveries about his relationship with his friend Mary Field Parton.

A collection of writings in which celebrated American lawyer Clarence Darrow examines a wide range of topics related to Americans' civil liberties, religious beliefs, and civic life.

Profiles the lives and famous cases of eight American attorneys including Andrew Hamilton, John Adams, Belva Lockwood, Abraham Lincoln, Clarence Darrow, Robert Jackson, Joseph Welch, and Morris Dees.