Annotated Bibliography 3

Douglas, Mariah. "Top Lawyers 2016." Louisville Magazine, vol. 67, no. 3, Mar. 2016, pp. 70-85. EBSCOhost, proxygsu-sfor.galileo.usg.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=fth&AN=113489169&site=eds-live&scope=site.

 This is an article from a Louisville magazine about the best lawyers in Louisville.  It has several, small interviews with lawyers, which includes background information about the lawyer and the questions and answers to a few questions.  The questions and answers provide a good amount of detail into the characters of the lawyers presented.  For example, based off of the answer

   “Learning something new, whether it’s about an

     area of law or about another culture or country,"

to the question, "A Day doesn't go by without...?" I can tell that this person appreciates the new things about everyday.  Which is very helpful to my research, because one thing that seems to be present over all lawyers is a sense of repetition.  Repeated cases, meaning only doing DUI's for criminal, or only doing immigration cases, for an immigration lawyer.  So, this shows that people who still want change in their jobs can still be well-renowned lawyers.

Some potential quotes I can use:

“People who aren’t exposed to the criminal-justice system

might think it works perfectly, but that can’t be further from

the truth; (innocent people being convicted) does happen,

and it’s important for people to understand that,"
"

Why class-action law?

“It allows people whose claims would

typically be pushed aside to join

together and fight. It levels the playing

felid for individuals against the large

corporations of the world.”

 

 
 This source is reliable because it is from a notable magazine, it was found using Galileo, and it provides real people with real answers without any opinions from the magazine's author. 

This fits into my research because it shows real lawyers.  I will be able to looks at each lawyer and determine why they became an attorney and what makes them good enough to be put into a magazine.  This is relevant to my topic because its about lawyers who are the "best."

Capstone Project paragraph

    For my capstone project, I am currently working on researching lawyers.  My project is about what makes an attorney great.  So, I've been looking into lawyers, those I know from my internship and those from researching online.  I have been looking at why a lawyer is well known, why he's considered better than another, and other "why" questions.  For example, in real life, the attorney I work for is friends with an attorney I know from mock trial, a club/competition I compete in, so I was talking to the one from mock trial and she said her son just won a case that is infamous for being difficult.  She also said, her son is a lot like the attorney I work for, in that they both are very aggressive in court.  She said they both are very articulate and can be very empowered against the other side.  So, one thing I learned from that is that a good attorney is aggressive in court.  I've been trying to find things, such as this instance, where I learn of a real scenario that exemplifies a specific quality that I can use in my capstone.   

Annotated Bibliography, paragraoh

Chapman, Lindsey. "Happy Birthday, George Crockett Jr., Lawyer, Politician and Civil Rights Activist." FindingDulcinea. 29 Jan. 2017. Web. 29 Jan. 2017.

     This article is celebrating a famous, African-American lawyer, George Crockett.  The article goes into detail about Crockett's life; he went to the University of Michigan's law school, he founded the first interracial bar association in the U.S., he became the director of the Fair Employment Practices Department of the International United Auto Workers, and he was a judge in Detroit.  Crockett spent most of his career advocating civil rights.  He belonged the communist party, and he became a congressman for Michigan.  Crockett has been said to have “operated so far beyond the trenches that it was often decades before society caught up.”  Meaning he was a lawyer ahead of his time; someone to be admired and researched.  Crockett was dedicated, he "spent [his career] championing Civil Rights issues."  This shows that Crockett stood for something, and that something is what led him to go as far as he did.  Meaning, that one trait that helps someone in law go forward in the profession is having a passion.  

   This source is credible because the website was found from one of the given databases to search on.  It cites its sources and gives links to more information on individual parts used in the article.  The source was written somewhat, recently, in 2009.  The information used is well-documented.  

   This article will be used in my research in order to establish traits Crockett held that made him a good lawyer.  These traits will be compared to other lawyers.  For example, Crockett's goal was to increase civil rights; he had a passion.  Another lawyer may have sought after money; he would be greedy.  I would be able to compare which lawyer did better and after basing traits off of several lawyers be able to say which trait goes towards the best lawyer.  This source was very helpful, in that it showed me a famous attorney, whom I have not heard of previously.