Legal Scholarship:  It Should Be Relevant Again, by Aaron D. Twerski (Brooklyn):

The infusion into the legal academy of professors with doctorates in economics, philosophy, psychology and sociology has brought perspectives into the law school curriculum that have enriched the academy and brought new insights into the law. But the idea that the legal academy is a closed club that speaks only to each other and not to the bench and bar is decidedly not healthy. If interdisciplinary work is to have an impact on the changing face of the law, it must be made accessible to lawyers and judges who are not schooled in other disciplines. And the scholars must demonstrate that the theories they set forth have real-world relevance that make a difference.