On the Web
Why the Imbalance? - Steven Becker (2021)
Aspiring Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Should Forgo ‘Default’ Career Steps - David Lat (Bloomberg Law, 2026)
Book Recommendations
Fighting Bullies: The Case for a Career in Plaintiffs' Law - Bill Reid (2025)
Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice - David Enrich (2022)
In Praise of Litigation - Alexandra Lahav (2017)
Recognizing Wrongs - John C.P. Goldberg & Benjamin C. Zipursky (2020)
Legal Academia
J. Maria Glover, The Structural Role of Private Enforcement Mechanisms in Public Law, 53 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1137 (2012)
Zachary D. Clopton, Redundant Public-Private Enforcement, 69 Vand. L. Rev. 285 (2016).
Critical Perspectives
The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America's Lawsuit Factory - Elizabeth Chamblee Burch (2026)
John Fabian Witt, Bureaucratic Legalism, American Style, 56 DePaul L. Rev. 261 (2007)
Nora Freeman Engstrom & Brianne Holland-Stergar, Competition and Contingency Fees, 114 Geo. L.J. 581 (2026)
