Not Every Good Jurist Is A Good Manager

Written By Aliza Shatzman

You can be a strong jurist and a poor manager.

But this is rarely a factor when judges are appointed for life, given enormous power, and tasked with running small, intimate, high-stress workplaces.

In Above the Law, LAP’s President and Founder Aliza Shatzman argues that the judiciary has done little to train judges as managers, despite the enormous influence judges exert over clerks’ careers.

Aliza Shatzman
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