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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 to political connections. One of my former colleagues was just nominated and she had terrible work ethic and was well known for being unable to drive cases to completion. But she is incredibly well connected so no one was all that surprised when she got it. As far as it being a great job, I think it would be amazing but of course you don’t do it for the money. Ideally you’ve made a nice chunk in private practice before exiting, which is what the judge I clerked for did. [/quote]

You can adjunct teach and give speeches for good money. Not big law money, [b]but you can also work as few hours as you choose[/b] [/quote]

Uh, this part is not really true. While federal judges don't work biglaw hours, most of them are also not doing a part time schedule (setting aside senior judges). Dockets are busy and in the very large district I practiced in as a litigator, most judges had calendar every day. Of course there are some bad apples who don't take the job seriously, but to suggest they can work as little as they choose is not broadly accurate.[/quote]

Their salaries are protected by the constitution. They choose to work the hours they do, but if a judge decided they were fine with 40 hours a week, there is nothing that anyone could do about it [/quote]

LOL 40 hours a week is a standard workweek - so I'm not sure that's "as few hours as they choose." In any event, my point was that the reality is that most federal judges are not working 20 hour or less weeks. Certainly not the two judges I clerked for, or most of the hundreds of federal judges I've appeared in front of during my career, based on how well they knew the record and the fact that during trial, we were all doing 10+ hour days. [/quote]

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