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- ↑ Douglas O. Linder, Nancy Levit (2010), The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195392329. Amazon Kindle Edition.
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- ↑ "Douglas O. Linder". UMKC School of Law. Archived from the original on 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ↑ University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law: Douglas O.Linder
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