Academic

A Judicial Anecdote

By Gordon Smith, Christine, Hurt, Vic Fleischer, Fred Tung, Lisa Fairfax, David Zaring

I spent two hours this morning with a state court judge. He told me that a decade ago he had 30-35 jury trials, and this year he has had two. Both criminal trials. We didn't have an opportunity to explore all of the variables that might have produced this result, but his point was that people (and businesses) simply don't use the judicial system anymore for civil litigation. This is not a new point, I realize, but it still made me pause and reflect on the litigation-oriented curricula at most law schools.

Full post as published by Conglomerate on December 17, 2009 (boomark / email).