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Digging in: Jacobs stands by speech, Chemerinsky stands by criticism

By Richard Binder

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Reaction to Erwin Chemerinsky's op-ed in this week's NLJ has run the gamut from strongly worded to gentler incredulity. Judge Jacobs' own response arrived in the form of an update on the WSJ blog, in which the chief judge (through a spokesperson) claimed his comments were taken out of context and his talk concerned "abuses" of pro bono work. Dean Chemerinsky is unappeased, calling for a debate on the matter, which would certainly promise to be lively. But as David McGowan suggests here, this may ultimately come down to what a famous Danish prince once expressed as "nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so."

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on October 28, 2008 (boomark / email).

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