Assuring Law School Grads are Competent Lawyers

WSJ Letters, March 2, 2015 Ben Bratman is wrong to state that “performance tests came on the bar-exam scene in the 1990s” (“Reforming the Bar Exam to Produce Better Lawyers,” op-ed, Feb. 26). When I took the Massachusetts bar exam 44 years ago, they were the norm. Candidates were presented with a complex fact situation…

The Innovation Act & Loser Pays

Wall Street Journal Letters, April 30, 2015 University Presidents Brown and Clements complain of “loser pays” provisions in the proposed Innovation Act, directed at “patent trolls” and shifting legal fees to the losing party in patent litigation. The legislation could require a plaintiff bringing a patent action to file a bond to cover the other…