Publicity continues for the recent report Trial Lawyers Inc., published by the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Legal Policy (with which I’m associated): The Economist (“Gone are the days when law students were expected to absorb lofty sentiments such as the one uttered by Roscoe Pound, a former dean of Harvard’s law school: ‘The professional man does not measure out his service in proportion to reward.’ Now, many law-school professors are highly-paid consultants for litigating lawyers. Even The Roscoe Pound Centre is, the report notes, funded by trial lawyers.” (Sept. 27). In the New York Sun, Ryan Sager (“The guys in white”, Sept. 29) attempts to reconcile the report’s findings with the opinions of Leon Silverman, former chairman of New York law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Silverman regards increased litigation as a “triumph of democracy,” though for all we know he may be a sensible person in other ways. Also see Jennifer G. Hickey, “Washington Diary: Congress Shifts Into High Gear”, Insight, Sept. 29.
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Publicity continues for the recent report Trial Lawyers Inc., published by the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Legal Policy (with which I’m associated): The Economist (“Gone are the days when law students were expected to absorb lofty sentiments such as the one uttered by Roscoe Pound, a former dean of Harvard’s law school: ‘The professional man […]
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