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“A wild, brilliant takedown of race, greed and the NCAA’s unpaid labor system . . . What if a thriller could double as a civil rights case brief and still make you laugh? That’s the high-wire act Mississippi Blue 42 pulls off.”
—The Judicial Junkie
About Judicial Junkie
Ever read a courtroom scene in a legal thriller and yell, “That’s totally wrong!”? Same here. Surprised when they get it right? Even better. I'm not here just to nitpick (well, not only).
Judicial Junkie is a book blog written by a Brooklyn Law School grad (yes, I passed the Bar) and an erstwhile journalist (I filed stories on John Gotti by fax!). My two decades spent advocating for foster youth in countless New York City family court appearances taught me a five-minute hearing can profoundly reshape a life.
This blog covers legal themes in fiction—from the subtle to the dramatic to the ironic—and is an exploration of how law plays out, both in and out of the courtroom.
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Judicial Junkie covers courtroom thrillers, legal procedurals and literary fiction where a subpoena or statute sneaks into the plot. If your book has anything to do with law, we want to hear about it.
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