Judges and Judiciary
Nov. 8, 2011
Top 100 lists: a good or bad thing?
The 'Top 100' phenomena - does it do the profession more harm than good?
Arthur Gilbert
Justice (ret.)
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
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I can't help it, but when I follow a car with a bumper sticker that states: "My kid is an honor student at Grover Elementary School," I am tempted to rear-end it. Can you imagine marketing your kid? And this takes me to my last month's column.
We explored the corrosive effects of the "Top 100 Lawyers." We could include the "Top 100 Anybody." These exclusive clubs, which often are undisguised marketing devices, do no...
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