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Friday, February 3, 2012

postheadericon Elizabeth Warren changed the country

I so envy Elizabeth Warren, and other law professors feel that way too.
 
It’s not that I want to run for the Senate, or get in the crosshairs of the big banks, or have the Treasury Secretary promise the banks that I will never head a federal agency (though it would be nice if he knew my name).
 
No, it’s that in the span of just a few years, she came up with a great idea, fought for it, and changed the country.
 
A lot of us law professors have ideas for what Congress should do. We put them in articles, but most are ignored. One study found that 40% of all law review articles don’t get cited even once. There’s still time to be the first person to read some of mine (though you better hurry; I’m sure my mother will get to them any year now).

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