lawyers, justice, and literature Michael Blumenthal Tuesday, August 25, 2009: Introduction to Michael Blumenthal and the Course Letter on "Law and Literature" to Australia Students [handed out in class] [on-line text] Thursday, August 27, 2009: Michael Blumenthal's Introduction to the Course Discussion of J.S. Marcus, "Centaurs" [instructor's notes] J.S. Marcus, The Art of Cartography 17-23 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991) [reprinted in Jay Wishingrad (ed.), Legal Fictions: Short Stories About Lawyers and the Law 97-100 (Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press, 1992) Tuesday, September 1, 2009: Three Law School Stories by Lowell B. Komie "The Interview," "Spring," and "The Ice Horse," in Lowell B. Komie, The Legal Fiction of Lowell B. Komie (Chicago: Swordfish/Chicago, 2005) [instructor's notes] For Further Reading (on the craziness of law firm interviews): Brenda Waugh, A Theory of Employment Discrimination, 40 J. Legal Educ. 113 (1990)(Brenda Waugh, in a footnoted prose poem, pokes savage fun at the law firm interviews she suffered at our own College of Law) Thursday, September 3, 2009: Scott Turow's One L For Further Study: [Scott Turow interviewed by Charlie Rose] Tuesday, September 8, 2009: Lowell Komie's Lawyer Stories Read the following stories: "The Cornucopia of Julia K." (69-76); "Mentoring" (47-54); "The Honorable Alicia Beauchamp" (161-173); "Podhoretz Revisted" (225-230); "The Kite Flyer" (231-238) For those of you who may be interested in further study of Lowell Komie's stories: [James R. Elkins interview of Lowell Komie] [Louise Harmon, Illuminating the Dark: The Stories of Lowell B. Komie and the Pursuit of Meaningful Work, 31 Legal Stud. F. 851 (2007)(on-line text)] [James R. Elkins, Meditation on the Odd Lives We Live, 31 Legal Stud. F. 885 (2007)(on-line text)] Thursday, September 10, 2009: Back to the Blumenthal Syllabus (and proposed schedule of readings) Professor Blumenthal informs me that he intends to be fit enough to rejoin you on September 8th and work with you on the Lowell Komie stories. He plans to resume the scheduled assignments from the syllabus beginning on Thursday, September 10th (when he has assigned "In the Penal Colony" and excerpts from Antigone from the Elizabeth Gemmette book and Kafka's 'Before the Law' which you can find by way of a Google search).   Lawyers and Literature Home Page   .