Law.com Litigation Trendspotter: As Judicial Pay Loses Pace With Prestige, Courts Struggle to Fill Vacancies
There was a time when the idea of state courts struggling to find lawyers eager to don the black robe would have been unheard of. But more recently, the prestige of being a state judge has been overshadowed by a stark economic reality: experienced lawyers can make a lot more money doing just about anything else in this industry.