The Street Lawyer

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The Street Lawyer is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a high-powered attorney who abandons his lucrative career to advocate for the homeless after a life-altering encounter.

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The Street Lawyer (television film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal thriller
novel
thriller novel
adaptationDirector Steven Schachter
adaptationNetwork TNT
adaptationReleaseYear 2003
adaptationStar Josh Lucas
Mario Van Peebles
adaptationType television film
author John Grisham
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBy The Testament
genre crime fiction
legal thriller
hasAdaptation The Street Lawyer self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Street Lawyer (television film)
hasCharacter Brackman
Megan Brock
Michael Brock
Mordecai Green
Ruby
isbn 978-0-385-48494-0
language English
literaryPeriod late 20th century literature
mainCharacter Michael Brock
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
notableFor critique of large law firms
depiction of pro bono legal work for the homeless
pageCount approximately 350
partOf John Grisham bibliography
plotSummary A high-powered attorney abandons his lucrative career to advocate for the homeless after a life-altering encounter with a homeless man.
precededBy The Partner
protagonistOccupation attorney
corporate lawyer
publicationYear 1998
publisher Doubleday
setting Washington, D.C.
targetAudience adult readers
theme homelessness
legal ethics
poverty
redemption
social justice

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John Grisham notableWork The Street Lawyer
The Partner followedBy The Street Lawyer
The Street Lawyer hasAdaptation The Street Lawyer self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Street Lawyer (television film)
The Testament precededBy The Street Lawyer