Ages ago, at my first-year law school orientation, my classmates were told "If you only know the law, then you do not know the law at all." I took the words to heart as I made my way through law school, through law practice and, now, into law teaching. The Cosmopolitan Lawyer lists readings, many non-law, which are influencing my thinking about law. It is my effort to be, and to encourage others to be, more cosmopolitan--and, thus, less parochial--in thinking about law.
September 1, 2011
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, pt. 2
Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings: Letters from London, 1757-1775; Paris, 1776-1785; Philadelphia, 1785-1790; Poor Richard's Almanack, 1733-1758; The Autobiography, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay (New York: Library of America, 1987, 1997) (From Poor Richard's Almanack: "A good Lawyer a bad Neighbor." Id. at 465.).