A week after Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman” was released, lawyers are still coming to terms with the fall of their beloved idol, Atticus Finch, the heroic lawyer of the book’s predecessor, “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

Spouting racist comments and fighting for segregation in “Watchman,” Finch is nearly unrecognizable as his “Mockingbird” character, whose commitment to equality under the law inspired many lawyers’ career choice.