Law schools today give the impression they are thriving. Many have magnificent facilities with state-of-the-art technology. Their resources are the envy of every department in the university. Law professors are among the best paid in the academy, with sparkling credentials, and are sought after not just as leading academic and legal figures but also as public intellectuals, as consultants, and for important state and federal government positions. The first decade of the twenty-first century has been a golden age of plenty for law schools
