The NYT (specifically The Docket, Adam Liptak's newsletter) has A Few Expert Lawyers Dominate Supreme Court Arguments, a New Study Finds -- Chief Justice Roberts, once such a lawyer, has said he has mixed feelings about the trend.
Chief Justice John Roberts has said that he sometimes misses the old days, when “the sole practitioner with the battered briefcase” would arrive in Washington from far away to argue a once-in-a-career case at the Supreme Court. These days, arguments are dominated by a small number of polished lawyers who specialize in Supreme Court advocacy. A new study prepared for The New York Times confirmed the change.
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