Posner says he is open to litigating on behalf of pro se litigants, defends book

"Retired Judge Richard Posner isn’t giving up on his crusade to help pro se litigants, even as he defends his book on the subject amid criticism for its use of internal memoranda from his former court, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Posner tells the ABA Journal he isn’t ruling out handling a case on behalf of pro se litigants.

Posner’s self-published book, Reforming the Federal Judiciary: My Former Court Needs to Overhaul Its Staff Attorney Program and Begin Televising Its Oral Arguments, was released earlier this month. In the book, Posner says he was rebuffed in efforts to give pro se litigants a better shake by reviewing the memos of 7th Circuit staff attorneys, who evaluate appeals by such litigants and make recommendations in their cases..."

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