A very short list of must-read books for the budding criminal-defense lawyer (just those that pop into my head right now)

“To Kill a Mockingbird” (Harper Lee)

“Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae” (Steven Pressfield)

“Wilkes: His Life and Crimes” (Winston Schoonover [Charles Sevilla])

“The First Rumpole Omnibus (Rumpole)” (John Mortimer)

“Being Peace” (Thich Nhat Hanh)

“The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists” (Neil Strauss)

“My Voice Will Go With You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson, M.D.” (W. W. Norton & Company)

“Frogs into Princes: Neuro Linguistic Programming” (Richard Bandler, John Grinder)

“Impro for Storytellers (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback))” (Keith Johnstone)

“Indefensible: One Lawyer’s Journey into the Inferno of American Justice” (David Feige)

And an even shorter list of must-see movies:

“True Believer” (Joseph Ruben)

“Primal Fear” (Gregory Hoblit)

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