Judges and Judiciary
Jul. 20, 2007
The Taciturn Judge
Forum Column - By William Domnarski - Judges who don't write their own opinions aren't practicing workplace efficiency; they're betraying their craft.
William Domnarski
Email: domnarski@gmail.com
William Domnarski is a Southland mediator and practitioner. His latest book is "Richard Posner," published by Oxford University Press in 2016.
By William Domnarski
The problem with judicial writing is that, with only a few exceptions, it is not written by judges. We have long known that the rise of the law clerk in the federal system has meant the decline of judge-written opinions. Law clerks first rose to dominate the Supreme Court 60 years ago, and in the last few decades they have come to dominate both the district courts and the circuit courts of appeal...
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