Comments on: Skillz and Influence http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/08/skillz_and_infl.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:31:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Dave Hoffman http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/08/skillz_and_infl.html/comment-page-1#comment-57378 Dave Hoffman Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:39:26 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/08/skillz-and-influence.html#comment-57378 "The decline in influence may be a result of the fact that law professors on average simply lack some of the skills that gave them access to the corridors of power in years past." Nate, it is a plausible claim, but there is surely much more to it than this. (Chicken-and-egg problems; the decline of the ABA and its drafting role; increasing numbers of professional (albiet poor?) code-writers together with the rise of the full-time state legislator; etc. etc. “The decline in influence may be a result of the fact that law professors on average simply lack some of the skills that gave them access to the corridors of power in years past.”

Nate, it is a plausible claim, but there is surely much more to it than this. (Chicken-and-egg problems; the decline of the ABA and its drafting role; increasing numbers of professional (albiet poor?) code-writers together with the rise of the full-time state legislator; etc. etc.

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