A course of literary readings (emphasizing fiction and novels) that involve lawyers and focus on the theme of reflection and introspection.
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History
Subject Area
Law
Geographic Region
South Atlantic
University or College
West Virginia University
Funding Status
Public
Endowment (according to NACUBO's U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20) ($1,000)
611336
Annual Tuition and Mandatory Fees 2021-2022 ($) (Resident; Non-resident, where applicable)
24714; 41058
Course Title
Lawyers and Literature
Terminal Degree of Instructor(s)
LLM, JD
Position of Instructor(s)
Professor of Law Emeritus, Visting Professor of Law
J.S. Marcus, Centaurs; selected stories in Lowell B. Komie, The Legal Fiction of Lowell B. Komie; Margaret Atwood, Weight; Rebecca Meacham, Let’s Do; Cynthia Ozick, Puttermesser: Her Work History, Her Ancestry, Her Afterlife; selected lawyer stories in John William Corrington, The Collected Stories of John William Corrington; Leslie Hall Pinder, On Double Tracks; Herman Melville, Bartleby, the Scrivener; Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych; and selected poetry in James Clarke, The Juried Heart.