consecutive sentences.for lawyers who read // for lawyers who write // or who wish they had the time

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Lawyers read. Lawyers write. Most of the job is about words. Think about the legal blogosphere. With the exception of perhaps the tech world, there is no other industry with such a robust community of people writing about what they do and what they think, reading, commenting, engaging with one another.

And, sure, part of it is the product of spending all day sitting in front of a computer and needing something to occupy the time, but it’s more than that. We were drawn to law school at least in part because we’re interested in ideas, in debate, in words.

Sites like Above The Law flourish because there’s a community of lawyers online, and a set of news/gossip/discussion topics that a lot of us are drawn to. But what about the kinds of things Above The Law doesn’t really touch? Longer-form content, the kinds of books we read, the kinds of stories we could tell, the novel buried inside most of us.

That’s what this site is for, or at least that’s the hope.

On the one hand– for readers, a place to intelligently discuss books and articles, to get recommendations from fellow lawyers, to find the next great legal thriller, workplace satire, non-fiction courtroom saga, or whatever it is you might be looking for. And beyond book reviews– exclusive content, free books, author interviews, and more.

And on the other hand– for writers, a place to develop your skills, and a place to share your work. Manuscript exchanges, writing workshops (online and offline), editing services, help with self-publishing, and, beyond that, the chance to be discovered. Just because every lawyer has a novel inside him doesn’t mean it’s a novel worth reading– but we’d love to find the undiscovered talent out there and help bring it to the world. What does that mean? If we find something great, words we can’t put down– we’ll showcase that material, share it with our readers, and hopefully help bring a couple of new books to publication.

The overall vision? The history of publishing has been about making content and then finding readers. We want to flip that on its head. We want to bring together a community of lawyers who read, and then figure out the best content we can bring right to you, whether that means pointing you to things that are already out there, or combing through our own community to find new material we’re excited to share. Book butlers for lawyers, in a way.

To start to get there, we ask for only one thing– tell us– what do you like to read, and how can we help you find it? Welcome to consecutive sentences.