Judging: A Book for Student Clerks

by Louis J. Sirico Jr.

This new anthology is designed to serve as the primary text for the classroom component of a Judical Externship. Its purpose is to provide insightful readings that permit and encourage deep reflection on the profession of judging. The text of Judging offers stories by and about judges that resonate with the student's own clerking experiences. Thus the readings are not unduly academic or abstract but represent contemporary accounts of judges dealing with topical issues. Although the readings are provocative, they do not deal primarily with high profile incidents that are the exception rather than the rule. Rather, they deal with the sorts of issues that the students' judges might face. With its general focus, Judging will succeed even when the students are clerking for judges in a variety of jurisdiction and settings. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction, followed by a series of relatively short readings by and about judges and raising issues about the chapter's topic. Each chapter ends with a series of questions tied to the readings and designed to provoke class discussion.

228 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2002

Reviews

[Zach Lee · Rating 1 out of 5]

A terribly written book that was not terribly needed.

I read this in the classroom component of a law-school internship at an appellate court. Professors (or adjuncts) teaching a similar class should only assign this book if their ultimate goal is a revolution of students emboldened by their boredom to visit friends and family in Farmville every class period.