Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2023
Abstract
There is a running joke within the legal profession that lawyers choose to go to law school because they are bad at math. Facially, this proposition makes sense. The bread and butter of the legal profession is written and oral advocacy, not numbers and arithmetic.
But the legal profession has never existed outside of the realm of numbers. And in today’s world of big data where judges’ decisions and opposing counsel’s actions can be quantified and packaged into orderly statistics, basic statistical literacy is a critical part of legal research and practice.
Recommended Citation
James, Cody. "What's in a number? Basic statistical literacy for lawyers." Mich. B. J. 102, no. 11 (2023): 42-43
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