Murdered Journalist + Young Law School Student + Former U.S. Attorney General + Mayor of New York City + $$$ + President of the United States =UNCIVIL PROCEDURELife was pretty good for second-year law school student, TODD CHASE. The other students at The Keith School of Law were not particularly fond of Todd. The guys hated him for dating the most attractive woman in the school, EMILY NEWHALL, and the women hated him because he did not choose one of them. Further, he had somehow managed to get into a weekly tennis match with Professor KURTIS OSLO. Actually, Oslo had sought out Todd for the game as Todd had played varsity tennis for the University of Michigan as an undergraduate. Not only was he Oslo's doubles partner, he was also his assistant. The latter really fueled the ire of the other students who already had grown resentful of Todd's unusual relationships. There was not one student at Keith who would not give their first born for the chance to work with Oslo, the former United States Attorney General.Oslo hired Todd as a 1L (breaking with his usual standard of hiring a third year student) to assist him in his private legal matters. Oslo had taken an instant liking to the amiable and clever student. He was the type of young man Oslo felt he could mold into a future senator, or even principal resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Although Todd believed in public service, his ambitions did not include Capital Hill or, for that matter, the White House.Little did Todd know that Oslo had become involved in a case that would shock the world. After being given the notes of a murdered investigative journalist, Oslo discovers a scandal involving billions of Housing and Urban Development dollars directed to fund New York City's Urban Renewal Initiative (URI). URI was the brainchild of popular New York City Mayor, ELVIS TUCKER, who wanted to rebuild the broken inner city. The project not only had the support of the voters, but also the President of the United State, FREDE