Winner of the LA Times Book Prize in Current Interest An instant New York Times Bestseller! “Stirring . . . Lithwick’s approach, interweaving interviews with legal commentary, allows her subjects to shine...Inspiring.” — New York Times Book Review “In Dahlia Lithwick’s urgent, engaging Lady Justice , Dobbs serves as a devastating bookend to a story that begins in hope.” — Boston Globe Dahlia Lithwick, one of the nation’s foremost legal commentators, tells the gripping and heroic story of the women lawyers who fought the racism, sexism, and xenophobia of Donald Trump’s presidency—and won In the immediate aftershocks of Donald Trump’s victory over Hilary Clinton in 2016, women lawyers across the country, independently of one another, sprang into action. They were determined not to stand by while the Republican party did everything in their power to pursue devastating and often retrograde policies. In  Lady Justice, Dahlia Lithwick, one of the nation’s foremost legal commentators, illuminates these many heroes of the Trump years. From Sally Yates and Becca Heller, who fought the Muslim travel ban, to Roberta Kaplan, who sued the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, to Stacey Abrams, who worked to protect the voting rights of millions of Georgians, Lithwick dramatizes in thrilling detail the women lawyers who worked tirelessly to hold the line against the most chaotic presidency in living memory. A celebration of the legal ingenuity and indefatigable spirit of the women whose work all too often went unrecognized at the time,  Lady Justice  is destined to be treasured and passed from hand to hand for generations to come. One of The New Yorker ’s Best Books of 2022 “Stirring . . . Lithwick’s approach, interweaving interviews with legal commentary, allows her subjects to shine. She unabashedly casts them as heroines with the tenacity and courage to resist governmental pressure at crucial moments, but at the same time she rejects a simplistic, naïve narrative of social progress . . . Inspiring.” — The New York Times Book Review “ Lady Justice isn’t just an important historical document but a necessary guide right now . . . Lithwick’s book insists that there’s simply no time for the sense of helplessness currently felt by so many pro-choicers, feminists and those who don’t believe that a fetus should have more rights than a woman. In other words, Lady Justice is right on time . . . Lithwick writes that 'we have a long way to go, the road will be bumpy, and the destination still feels less than clear.' She’s right. But lucky for us, she’s drawn an excellent map.” —Jill Filipovic, Washington Post “In Dahlia Lithwick’s urgent, engaging Lady Justice , Dobbs serves as a devastating bookend to a story that begins in hope.” — Boston Globe “Wholly inspirational . . . As Lithwick underscores, the Supreme Court’s life-altering Dobbs decision, which ended federal protection for abortion, only underscores the rousing urgency of these 21st-century profiles in courage.” — Oprah Daily “In Slate and in her podcast Amicus, lawyer-journalist Lithwick has distinguished herself as a wise and insightful analyst of law and the courts. Her revelatory new book celebrates the contemporary women lawyers who, building on the work of the late activist and lawyer Pauli Murray, challenged Trumpism, fighting the Muslim ban and working for reproductive freedom and voting rights. These lawyers are heroes, and Lithwick brings a special gravity to the book when she reflects on her own experiences working on the 9th Circuit, especially during the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.” — National Book Review “Lithwick’s writing is friendly to lay readers and marked by her trademark pithy wit and an endearing faith in the promise of the legal system. ‘Women plus law equals magic,’ she concludes . . . Required reading for this post- Dobbs world.” —Kirkus (starred review) “Whipsmart and wickedly acerbic, Lithwick shines a reassuring light on the essential interconnectivity between women and the law and champions the vital role women lawyers must continue to play if American democracy is to persevere.” —Booklist (starred review) “‘American women,’ Dahlia Lithwick argues in this galvanizing book, ‘have a special relationship with the law. They’re exceptionally good at it.’ By telling the stories of heroic women who have changed the law over the past decades through their commitment to the principles of equal justice for all — from Pauli Murray and Ruth Bader Ginsburg to contemporary litigators and public officials — Lithwick inspires women and men to live up to their shining example.” —Jeffrey Rosen, author of Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law “Dahlia Lithwick offers her brilliant perspective on the intersection of feminism, law, and politics in Lady Justice . This is a captivating account of the ways in which women have fought the injustices of the Trump admi