Assistance

[jay krishnan]

Dear Mark:

In the Dukeminier and Krier PROPERTY book there is a footnote about John
Marshall having only a few weeks of legal training (i.e., he had no formal
legal education, let alone the fact that he wasn't a formal lawyer).

Also, you may want to check out:
http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/uGetInfo?jid=2828

this site discusses the bio of Bob Katzmann who recently was appointed to
the second circuit.  while he has a J.D. (as well as a Ph.D) and did a
federal clerkship, since then he has been a pure (and in fact wonderful)
academic who was tapped to be on the fed. appellate court. (i'm not even
sure if he took a bar. As you know, there are several fed. clerks out there
whose judges don't require that).

Hope this helps,

All the best, Jay Krishnan, William Mitchell College of Law.



>From: Mark S Kende <kendem at SELWAY.UMT.EDU>
>Reply-To: Discussion list for con law professors
><CONLAWPROF at listserv.ucla.edu>
>To: CONLAWPROF at listserv.ucla.edu
>Subject: Re: Assistance
>Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 17:07:53 -0600
>
>I'd love to get assistance with two questions if possible.  First, has
>there ever been a U.S. Supreme Court Justice who was not an
>attorney or who was not at least "licensed" at some point in
>their career to practice law?  Second, can anyone recommend a book that
>provides historical backgrounds or helpful political contexts to most of
>the major cases one finds in Con. Law casebooks?  I have some ideas but
>would appreciate the list's expertise.  Replies off-list are welcome to
>avoid cluttering the list. Thanks.
>
>Mark Kende
>Associate Professor of Law
>University of Montana School of Law
>Missoula, Montana 59812
>406-243-4317 (phone)
>406-243-2576 (fax)


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