Barry Friedman barryfriedman1@bsky.social Profile picture
Professor @nyulaw. Director @policingproject Litigator, author (and dad). Author - Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission; The Will of the People; Open Book
Nov 13, 2020 8 tweets 1 min read
NYT reports on law firms abandoning the Trump election litigation, leading me to want to elaborate on something I tweeted a bit ago about Jones Day. 1/ I believe people deserve lawyers and so too do unpopular causes. I’d like to think in my life I have represented the latter as well as folks others might not want to represent. 2/
Dec 14, 2018 8 tweets 3 min read
Here’s a #thread about #judges and #judges’ opinions. I don’t want to name names. I’m hoping Twitterland will get the word out. It’s important, to that small audience at least. It’s about a lack of awareness and humility 1/ So there’s this emerging cadre of judges who write opinions that seem clever and erudite and get some adoring attention. But here’s the thing. At a conference of pretty bright academics of various persuasions and we have two things we seem to all think about those opinions 2/