What Use Are Law Reviews Anyway: A Conversation with Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg

TLR@90, Fall 2018

By Mitchell S. Goldberg [PDF]

It is true that, as a trial judge, I have less time to ponder legal issues than my colleagues on the court of appeals, and this includes poring over law review articles. The scene from I Love Lucy can become a reality when a district court judge presides over a protracted, multiparty trial, while back in chambers voluminous discovery disputes and civil motions—the candy—continue to come down the conveyer belt.

The Honorable Mitchell S. Goldberg serves as a federal judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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