Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special.
Irving KaufmanThe Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
Irving KaufmanThe trial lawyer does what Socrates was executed for: making the worse argument appear the stronger.
Irving KaufmanWhat most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it is the moment when we are suddently aware of the sweep and direction of the law, and its place in the lives of men.
Irving Kaufman