Richard Posner

Judge Posner Has Some Harsh Words For Law Professors

Judge Posner doubts that law professors can change much.

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Judge Richard Posner

Judge Richard Posner

I don’t doubt that law professors are frequently active outside the classroom and that their academic work sometimes addresses practical issues, but what I’d like to see is evidence of impact. Amicus briefs? Working for nonprofits? Blogging? “Speaking truth to power?” Absurd: speak all you want, professors, power doesn’t listen to the likes of you.

—Judge Richard Posner, as part of Slate’s Supreme Court Breakfast Table, weighing in on whether legal academics are in a position to or are willing to provide a check on Supreme Court justices’ power and authority. Judge Posner doubts that even the best law professors have the ability to change judicial behavior.

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