JUSTICE UNBOUND BOOK CLUB

All are welcome to join Legal Aid Society’s book club, Justice Unbound. We believe that stories have the power to create empathy and connect communities. Our book club aims to explore issues related to civil legal justice, better understand the challenges facing low-income communities, and inspire creative solutions to complicated and systemic issues.

Benefits of Joining

20% discount on all book club books at Carmichaels Bookstore
Invitation to our Books and Breakfast series (our book discussion events)
Connection with a community of individuals passionate about civil legal justice

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Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee

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Books & Breakfast

Friday, October 23 @ 8:30 AM

Legal Aid Society (416 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd., Ste. 300)

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Our final book selection for 2026 will be Harper Lee’s Go Set the Watchman. Our Books & Breakfast discuss will be held on October 23, at 8:30 AM featuring two distinguished guest moderators, Judge McKay Chauvin and Judge Denise Clayton.

Judge McKay Chauvin

Judge Denise Clayton

Past Reading

James by Percival Everett

"I hated the world that wouldn't let me apply justice without the certain retaliation of injustice"
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts

“The concept of the kitchen ghosts came to me years ago when I realized that my ancestors are always with me and that the women are most present while I’m chopping or stirring or standing at the stove. The art of cooking and engaging with my kitchen ghosts made me realize that food is never just about the present—every dish”
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

“Their hunger for books could teach them of a better life free of the hunger, but without food they'd never live long enough or have the strength to find it.”
MAID by Stephanie Land

March 2025
“I had to stop hoping for someone to come along and love me. I had to do it myself, ducking my head and barreling through anything life brought. I felt like sitting down meant I wasn't doing enough - like the sort of lazy welfare recipient I was assumed to be.”
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

October 2024
“Live long enough, and all things you ever loved can turn around to scorch you blind. The wonder is that you could start life with nothing, end with nothing, and lose so much in between.”
Other Suggested Reading

View from the Bench by Judge McKay Chauvin
“I Left Poverty After Writing ‘Maid.’ But Poverty Never Left Me.” By Stephanie Land.