Keywords
Judge Rakoff
Abstract
The title of my little talk here tonight is “Are
Federal Judges Competent?” This naturally raises the question of whether I am competent to answer that question. I put this question to myself, and, after careful consideration of both sides of the argument, concluded that I am competent to determine whether I am competent. As H. L. Mencken once said, “A judge is a law student who grades his own exams.”
Recommended Citation
The Honorable Jed Rakoff,
The Eleventh Annual Albert A. DeStefano Lecture On Corporate, Securities & Financial Law At The Fordham Corporate Law Center: Are Federal Judges Competent? Dilettantes In An Age Of Economic Expertise,
17 Fordham J. Corp. & Fin. L. 1
(2012).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/jcfl/vol17/iss1/1
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