Frank T. Read is a former president and dean of South Texas College of Law where he is currently a professor of law.
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The Lawyer Myth
A Defense of the American Legal Profession
By Rennard Strickland and Frank T. Read
“When you mentioned to family or friends that you were considering becoming a lawyer, you probably faced skepticism, if not serious criticism… You are undoubtedly asking yourself if three or four years of a rigorous andcostly legal education is really worth the candle. For you … we add these final comments. We hope that they willreassure you, as well as your friends and family, that it is possible, as Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. proclaimed,‘to live greatly in the law.’”
