Institution: | 1 J.D., University of Michigan, 2003; clerk for Chief Judge Michael Boudin, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 200304. This paper was written and presented before my clerkship began, and the comments in no way reflect my clerkship experience or the opinions of the judiciary. 2 Thomas and Mabel Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School. The authors wish to thank Aviva Orenstein, Mathias Reimann, I. Glenn Cohen, and especially the eight Michigan state court judges who agreed to be interviewed for this paper. |