Two law professors who researched the salience of legal research have concluded that, contrary to conventional wisdom, judges increasingly are citing law review articles in their opinions. Analyzing more than 296,000 reported federal circuit opinions filed between 1950 and 2008, David Schwartz and Lee Petherbridge found increased citation to law review articles during the past 20 years. Widespread acceptance of the idea that legal scholarship is irrelevant inspired their empirical look at the data, Schwartz said.
August 02, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Law professors take heart — your scholarship isn’t necessarily destined to fade into obscurity.
Two law professors who researched the salience of legal research have concluded that, contrary to conventional wisdom, judges increasingly are citing law review articles in their opinions.
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