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"Where, Indeed, Is Atticus Finch in the 21st Century? Atticus Lives! We Just Need to Coax Him out of the Shadows"

This post was written by Stephanie WestAllen: "Who is Atticus Finch and for what does he stand? Those questions flow from our recent article "Atticus Finch Would Not Approve: Why a Courtroom Full of Reptiles Is a Bad Idea" (The Jury Expert). As I said in my last post on this article:

... I was disappointed that the use in the article of Atticus Finch, archetype of a principled and honorable lawyer, was said by some to be a mistake because he lost. In an article looking at topics which included values inherent in a practice, I believe we could have included no better moral compass.

My thoughts about Finch are articulated well in an essay entitled "In Search of Atticus Finch" (Clark Memorandum - J. Reuben Clark Law School) [pdf]. Excerpt..."

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Source: idealawg, 31 May 2010, reproduced with permission of the author.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on June 01, 2010 (boomark / email).