Most lawyers, from Wall Street to the county seat, spend their days drafting documents, negotiating with other attorneys, trying cases, researching the law, and counseling clients. How does this everyday law practice relate to Jesus' call to follow him in servanthood?
With decades of experience in the law office, courtroom, and classroom, Robert F. Cochran Jr. explores Jesus' call on lawyers to serve both individual clients and the common good. Cochran pulls back the curtain with stories from his own career and from the legal community to address a wide range of challenges posed by law practice, including counseling clients, planning trial tactics, navigating tensions with coworkers, and handling temptations toward cynicism and greed. This honest and accessible book
– shares wisdom from an experienced practitioner and master teacher
– addresses real-world situations and relationships experienced by most lawyers
– charts the way toward a truly Christian practice of everyday law For students considering a career in law as well as for seasoned attorneys, The Servant Lawyer casts an encouraging vision for how lawyers can love and serve their neighbor in every facet of their work.
Table of Content
Foreword by John Inazu
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Client: ‘This Person God Has Brought into My Life’
2. Lawyers as Builders and Trustees
3. Lawyers as Advocates and Peacemakers
4. Lawyers as Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys
5. Lawyers as Counselors and Colleagues
6. Lawyers as Prophets and Advocates for ‘The Least of These’
7. The Moral and Spiritual Challenges of Law School and Law Practice
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
General Index
About the author
Robert F. Cochran Jr. (J.D., University of Virginia) is Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law at Pepperdine University; founder and director of the Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics; and founder of Pepperdine's Union Rescue Mission Legal Clinic. His numerous works include Faith and Law: How Religious Traditions from Calvinism to Islam View American Law (NYU Press, 2008); Law and Community (Rowman Littlefield, 2003, with Robert M. Ackerman; and Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought (Yale University Press, 2001), with Michael Mc Connell and Angela Carmella.
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