Foreword / Frank J. Williams -- Lincoln the law student -- Unlocking Lincoln -- Honest Abe? -- Lawyering like Lincoln -- Attorney and client : matchmaking -- Credibility, credibility, credibility -- Fast check : confirming truth -- Legal check : confirming law -- Pleadings and discovery : specifying issues and facts -- Moving targets : judges and motions -- Demonstration : the elements of a trial -- Appeal -- Jefferson and Lincoln -- Euclid, the apple of Newton's eye -- How does a speech mean? -- Abraham Lincoln : the great demarcator -- Conclusion : listening to Lincoln -- Afterword / John Stauffer -- Appendices