Supreme Court Biographies as a Classroom Resource

In a recent issue of the American Bar Association’s Focus on Law Studies, Editor John Paul Ryan moderated a dialogue among a small group of distinguished legal biographers about the challenges they faced and processes they went through in writing about their subjects. Supreme Court biographies can offer students new perspectives on American history and politics, and are a great resource for the classroom. What follows are excerpts from three of the eight conversations contained in the dialogue. To read it in its entirety, please go to the American Bar Association's Division for Public Education website at www.abanet.org/publiced/focus/home.html.