Richard Fallon on Law Professor Amicus Briefs

(Orin Kerr)

An interesting essay, via Prawfs. If I were a law clerk, I would ignore the names of professors who are signatories but not authors of amicus briefs. In my experience, some of the professors who sign on to amicus briefs don't even bother to skim the briefs filed in their name. Those who read the briefs sometimes have serious reservations about their content, and others simply don't know enough about the area of law to determine if the brief is accurate. Caveat scriba, you might say. More from Ward Farnsworth here.