I am persuaded by Craig Forcese that we should embrace the potential of service as public citizens, which I must confess runs counter to my general view that academics should try to stay in the bubble.  Forcese’s piece, “The Law Professor as Public Citizen” doesn’t make the case for public engagement; instead, it is a study of how much of that kind of work academics do.  We’re scant on empirical work about the lives of legal academics, so this piece is a welcome contribution.  Plus, if you read it, you can find out what you aren’t doing.  Forcese assures us, based on his study, that there is time in the day for this work …