Comments on: The Prestige http://madisonian.net/2007/03/21/the-prestige/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:59:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Goldman's Observations http://madisonian.net/2007/03/21/the-prestige/comment-page-1/#comment-196865 Goldman's Observations Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:03:36 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/03/21/the-prestige/#comment-196865 <strong>Legislative Audiences for Law Review Articles...</strong> Cardozo Law School held an event entitled "Trends in Federal Judicial Citations and Law Review Articles" where 7 appellate judges...... Legislative Audiences for Law Review Articles…

Cardozo Law School held an event entitled “Trends in Federal Judicial Citations and Law Review Articles” where 7 appellate judges……

]]> By: Nancy Rapoport http://madisonian.net/2007/03/21/the-prestige/comment-page-1/#comment-189619 Nancy Rapoport Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:52:19 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/03/21/the-prestige/#comment-189619 I like your framing of the question even better than mine, and I'm often surprised when people who aren't law profs have (1) said they've read something I've written and (2) said they liked it. I think that we (law professors) spend so much time with our heads down, writing, that we forget to look up and see the rest of the world. And I think that we have many reasons to write, some of which are better reasons than others. I write now because I think I have something to say and--now that I have my free speech rights back (I'm no longer a dean)--I can't seem to shut up. (Grin.) Others write to play the "my brain is bigger than your brain" game that they learned in law school. Still others write because they've been told that they must. And a few write because they have truly original things to say. I like your framing of the question even better than mine, and I’m often surprised when people who aren’t law profs have (1) said they’ve read something I’ve written and (2) said they liked it. I think that we (law professors) spend so much time with our heads down, writing, that we forget to look up and see the rest of the world.

And I think that we have many reasons to write, some of which are better reasons than others. I write now because I think I have something to say and–now that I have my free speech rights back (I’m no longer a dean)–I can’t seem to shut up. (Grin.) Others write to play the “my brain is bigger than your brain” game that they learned in law school. Still others write because they’ve been told that they must. And a few write because they have truly original things to say.

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