Shon Hopwood has viewed the legal system from all angles: He has robbed banks, served hard time, written U.S. Supreme Court petitions and edited others, and now he is a law student at the University of Washington.

And now Hopwood, 37, is an accomplished author. His book Law Man — a powerful memoir of crime, fighting odds and restarting his life through the law — went on sale August 7. It is a vivid account of how robbing one bank in Nebraska can turn into stealing from several, the ever-present threat of violence in prison, and how he worked his way to a Supreme Court victory with help from the likes of former Solicitor General Seth Waxman.

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