Professor Cameron Stracher
Publications
BOOKS
Dinner with Dad: How I Found My Way Back to the Family Table. (Random House 2007) (read the blog) (view the video)
Double Billing: A Young Lawyer’s Tale of Greed, Sex, Lies, and the Pursuit of a Swivel Chair. (non-fiction) (Morrow 1998; Quill paperback 1999). (Read an excerpt published in the American Lawyer)
The Laws of Return. (a novel) (Morrow 1996).
LAW REVIEW AND OTHER SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
"Reading, Writing, & Citing: In Praise of Law Reviews", 52 New York Law School Law Review 349-370 (2007-2008).
"Suing Amy: A Love Story" (New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day II), 49 New York Law School Law Review 687-693 (2004-2005).
"Eyes Tied Shut: Litigating For Access Under CIPA In The Government's War On Terror" (Symposium: Criminal Defense in the Age of Terrorism), 48 New York Law School Law Review 173-200 (2003-2004).
SELECTED ARTICLES
"School Rankings" The Wall Street Journal (Dec. 31, 2007)
"The Price of Overlawyering," The American Interest (Jan. 2008)
"Chip Shot" The Wall Street Journal (Nov. 2, 2007)
"Periodically at the Table," The New York Times (June 17, 2007).
"Making the Majors," The Wall Street Journal (May 5, 2007).
"Meet the Clients" The Wall Street Journal (Jan. 26, 2007).
"Make Benefit Glorious Legal System of America" The Wall Street Journal (Nov. 18, 2006).
"Law School by Default" The Wall Street Journal (June 23, 2006).
"Cut My Salary, Please!" The Wall Street Journal (April 1, 2006).
"After (Billable) Hours," The Wall Street Journal (March 24, 2006).
"Google Me!," The Wall Street Journal (Commentary), October 24, 2005, at A14.
"Much Depends on Dinner," The Wall Street Journal (Weekend Journal), July 29, 2005, at W13.
"It's Hard to be Easy," The Wall Street Journal (Weekend Journal), June 3, 2005, at W13.
"Getting Away From It All," The Wall Street Journal (Weekend Journal), March 3, 2005 at W13.
"Taste: The Endless Summer", The Wall Street Journal (Weekend Journal), September 3, 2004 at W13.
"Push Button Putsch," in The Wall Street Journal (Weekend Journal), December 31, 2004, at W11.
“Give Them Shelter,” The Wall Street Journal (Weekend Journal), April 16, 2004, at W15.
"Scan and Deliver," Wall Street Journal (Weekend Journal), June 14, 2002, at W15.
“Romancing the Suburbs” in The New York Times (Op-Ed, July 5, 2001).
"Let the Lawyer Layoffs Begin," The Wall Street Journal (Commentary), May 14, 2001, at A18.
“Why Fathers Work” in The New York Times (Op-Ed, December 26, 2000).
“Child Care and Other Traps” in The New York Times (Op-Ed, Sept. 2, 2000).
“The Law Firm’s New Clothes” in The New York Times (Op-Ed, March 24, 2000).
“It’s All About the Bonus” in The New York Times (Op-Ed, December 17, 1999).
“Rejection at an Early Age” in The New York Times (Op-Ed, April 15, 1998)
“Let the Lawyer Layoffs Begin” in The Wall Street Journal (Op-Ed, May 14, 2001).
“Beyond Billable Hours” in The Wall Street Journal (Commentary), February 12, 2001, at A 26
“Eat and Run” in The Wall Street Journal (Taste Column, November 3, 2000).
“Perks or Work? Not a Close Call for Law Students” in The Wall Street Journal (Op-Ed, Aug. 9, 2000).
“Scenes from a Seduction” in The Wall Street Journal (Taste Column, June 23, 2000)
“Lawyers on the Auction Block” in The Wall Street Journal (Op-Ed, June 1, 2000).
“The Case of the Legal Thriller” in The Wall Street Journal (Taste Column, March 17, 2000).
“Show Me the Misery” in The Wall Street Journal (Op-Ed, March 6, 2000).
“Lawyers Strike Gold in Silicon Valley” in The Wall Street Journal (Op-Ed, Feb. 3, 2000).
“Fat Firms Fill Law Partners’ Pockets” in The Wall Street Journal (Op-Ed, January 10, 2000).
"In Praise of Zeal: Once Too Cool for School, The Author Has Learned To Appreciate Why It's Never Too Late To Become The Good Student," The American Lawyer, August 2004, at 57.
“Raising the Bar” in New York magazine (February 26, 2001).
“A Year Off” in Newsweek: How To Get Into College (2000 Edition).
“The Chains of Justice” in Newsweek: Careers 2000.
“The Midnight Ride” in The American Lawyer (January 2001).
“Still Golden” in The American Lawyer (January 2001).
“Go Go Bono” in The American Lawyer (December 2000).
“First Impressions” in The American Lawyer (September 2000).
“Making Nicey” in The American Lawyer (July 2000).
“Taking Your Leave” in The American Lawyer (January 2000).
“Evaluate This!” in The American Lawyer (October 1999).
“associate.com” in The American Lawyer (September 1999).
“The Summer (Associate) Scoop in The American Lawyer (July 1999).
“So You Wanna Write a Thriller?” in The American Lawyer (June 1999).
“All Aboard the Mommy Track” in The American Lawyer (March 1999).
“Bunkmates” in Parents (April 1998).
“Fighting Back” in Parents (September 1998).
“I Sold My Baby for a Blurb” in Salon (April 1997).
REVIEWS
Anonymous Lawyer by Jeremy Blachman in The Wall Street Journal (August 5, 2006)
Julie & Julia by Julie Powell in The Wall Street Journal (November 2, 2005)
Barman Ping-Pong, Pathos & Passing the Bar, by Alex Wellen, in The American Lawyer, October 2003, at 84, reprinted as Measuring Up, 3 Corporate Counsel 132 (November, 2003).
Diversity in America: Keeping Government at a Safe Distance, by Peter Schuck, in The American Lawyer, July 2003, at 83-84.
Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court v. The American People, by Jamin Raskin, in The American Lawyer May 2003, at 59, reprinted as Juris Imprudence, 3 Corporate Counsel 120 (June, 2003).
Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid in The San Francisco Chronicle (April 9, 2000).
Words and Rules by Steven Pinker in The San Francisco Chronicle (December 26, 1999).
First Years NBC Sitcom in Slate (March 19, 2001).