YOUR VERDICT: A JUDGE'S RECKONING WITH LAW AND LOSS by JACQUELINE ST. JOAN is Coming Soon
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In Your Verdict: A Judge’s Reckoning with Law and Loss, Jacqueline St. Joan reflects on three decades of her life. Her interracial marriage led to a quiet rupture within her family; later, as a judge, her rulings brought her both respect and criticism. She writes of cases that linger long after the gavel falls, of moments when the law offers no clean answer, and of the personal toll which controversial decisions take. Moving between courtroom and home, she explores how gender, sexuality, race, conscience, history and responsibility shape the choices we make and the costs we bear. Your Verdict resists easy closure. What emerges is a hard-won integrity: the author’s refusal to choose either her belief in the law or her belief in love.
Jacqueline St. Joan is a former lawyer, judge, and law professor who turned to creative writing to explore lives and questions the law cannot fully contain. Her award-winning novels, essays, and poetry give voice to women’s stories, cross-cultural journeys, and a search for justice shaped by compassion. Her memoir comes from a life lived deeply in both public service and private reflection.
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