Robert Rand is editor of National Public Radio’s “Weekend All Things Considered.” He is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia bar associations and has researched and written extensively about Soviet affairs for various publications including the Wilson Quarterly; Foreign Service Journal, Atlantic Community Quarterly, and the Wall Street Journal

• Preface -- The Trial -- Law Practice: The Moscow Bar and the Legal Consultation Bureau -- Borzov’s Pretrial Consultation -- The Trial Continues -- Perestroika and the Moscow Bar -- The Trial Ends -- Lawyers, Crime, and Punishment in Gorbachev’s USSR -- Appeal, Retrial, and Resolution of the Borzov Case -- Conclusion -- Instructions on Payment for Legal Aid Provided by Advocates to Citizens, Enterprises, Institutions, Organizations, and Cooperatives -- Subject Matter of Law Office Twenty-one Consultations (Nov. 1987-June 1988) -- On the Work of the Moscow City College of Advocates in Light of the Demands of Perestroika -- Charter of the Union of Advocates of the USSR -- USSR Law: On the Inclusion of Changes and Additions to the Principles of Criminal Procedure in the USSR and Union Republics