Tracey E. George (Vanderbilt University – Law School), Mitu Gulati (University of Virginia School of Law; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)), & Albert Yoon (University of Toronto Faculty of Law) have posted THE INSIDE TRACK on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Roughly 1% of all petitions to be heard are taken by the Supreme Court each year; 5%, if one limits analysis to paid petitions. Getting certiorarari, in other words, is highly competitive. But little is known about the lawyers who, year in and year out, win the competition for cert. In this Essay, we unpack twenty-four years of data on petitions and the lawyers who bring them. Who are the superstars of the cert process and where do they come from?
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Highly recommended.