Michael Steven Smith on Lawyers for the Left

In this episode, Michael Steven Smith, an attorney, former board member at the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the cohost of the nationally broadcast radio show "Law and Disorder," discusses his new book "Lawyers for the Left: In the Courts, In the Streets, and On the Air," which is published by OR Books. Smith's book profiles 23 lawyers associated with the political left, including: Charles Abourezk, Myron Beldock, Leonard Boudin, Haywood Burns, Bruce Wright, Ramsey Clark, Rhonda Copelon, Bill Goodman, Abdeen Jabara, Conrad Lynn, William Kunstler, Jim Lafferty, Holly Maguigan, Michael Ratner, Margaret Ratner Kunstler, Bill Schaap, Lynne Stewart, Jan Susler, Michael Tigar, Leonard Weinglass, Peter Weiss, Mel Wulf, Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, and Victor Rabinowitz. He begins by describing his own experiences and how they led to the creation of the book. He reflects on the different lawyers he profiled, and their role in the progressive movement. And he discusses the relationship between lawyering and socialism.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.