An alternative occupation - Just in case you want to escape the BlueBlooks . . .

I will venture that most of us love teaching.  However, if you are looking for another way to use your legal acumen, you might consider applying for a federal judgeship in the next four years or so.  Findlaw's Professor Carl Tobias (of Richmond Law) has an article outlining the many reasons why academics make exellent appellate jurists and explicitly encouraging the president-elect to reach out to academia to fill the many federal vacancies.

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