Media

Show Trials has received widespread media attention:

  • The California State Bar publication California Litigation published an article by the author about immigration reform, entitled “Basic Fairness.”  The article discusses the need for immigration courts to use the same rules and procedures traditional courts employ in order to protect people from defaults and to protect unaccompanied children.
  • Super Lawyer Magazine profiles Peter’s book.
  • The USC School of Law Magazine profiles Peter and the book.
  • Peter speaks to college students in an Introduction to Law class at  Golden West College addressing the book and the philosophical and social ethics questions involved in immigration reform.
  • Peter speaks at the prestigious Berklee College of Music on copyright law and addresses the intersection of his book Show Trials with the copyright property concepts.
  • The national Super Lawyer magazine recognizes Peter Afrasiabi as a Super Lawyer, an honor given to less than 5% of all lawyers, and publishes an interview with the author about Show Trials and immigration reform.
  • Kicking off the new year, Newport Beach Magazine lists Show Trials as one of three books to read.
  • The national magazine Federal Lawyer favorably reviews Show Trials.
  • A regular speaker on immigration law issues, Peter speaks to college classes in Orange County on the DREAM Act and immigration reform.
  • Pulitzer prize winning investigative journalist and author Maurice Possley publishes a review of Show Trials in the famed Daily Journal legal newspaper.
  • Show Trials receives a 2012 Silver Medal Award for Best Nonfiction Book – Government & Politics.  Along with other award winners, the book will be profiled in Miami, Florida on November 17-18 at a media awards ceremony.
  • Orange County Lawyer magazine publishes an article on immigration reform that is derived from Show Trials.  The article, written by the author, is called Lost Children and addresses the plight of children who are in deportation or removal proceedings in the immigration system but are unrepresented by an attorney.
  • Emmy award-winning CBS journalist and news anchor Catherine Anaya’s interview of Peter about the book Show Trials and about immigration reform is broadcast on CBS.
  • In the Orange Coast Best of 2012 Magazine, Show Trials is profiled along with an author interview.
  • Peter speaks to Norco College political science and philosophy students about Show Trials.
  • Peter speaks to the Iranian American Bar Association of Orange County on immigration reform and the book.
  • The American Lawyer interviews Peter and publishes the interview about immigration reform and the book.
  • Show Trials is named a National Finalist by the Indie Book Awards in the Social Change/Current events category, the largest non-profit book awards program in the nation.
  • Kirkus Reviews profiles Show Trials in its reviews.
  • The American Bar Association publishes a podcast interview with Peter and a reading of Show Trials.
  • Peter speaks to a large group of social ethics and political philosophy students at Cal State Fullerton and Orange Coast College about the immigration court system, the property court system, and the philosophical and political underpinnings of the issues within Show Trials.
  • Lawdragon.com publishes an interview with Peter.
  • Peter is interviewed by 88.9 KUCI in Orange County, California where Show Trials and immigration reform is discussed – click the following for Parts 1 and 2 of the interview.
  • CBS interviews Peter about Show Trials.
  • The Daily Journal newspaper publishes an excerpt of the book.
  • NBC anchor Colleen Williams interviewed Peter about the book, immigration reform and the Supreme Court’s immigration case regarding Arizona’s SB 1070.

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