Comments on: NYSBA “Responds to Concerns Regarding Annual Meeting Panel Presentation by the Committee of Women in the Law” http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2010/01/nysba-responds-to-concerns-regarding-annual-meeting-panel-presentation-by-the-committee-of-women-in-the-law/ Nearly all of us root for fairness, not for our own sex. - Nicholas Kristof Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:26:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anita Bernstein http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2010/01/nysba-responds-to-concerns-regarding-annual-meeting-panel-presentation-by-the-committee-of-women-in-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-6564 Anita Bernstein Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:12:50 +0000 http://feministlawprofessors.com/?p=14566#comment-6564 Bridget, awesome work from you. On Friday I had the devil's own time on the NYSBA website trying to figure out who should get my protest e-mail, in which I asked when the membership could expect a panel of black lawyers on the strengths and weaknesses of white ones, Christian lawyers on Jewish lawyers, the short opining on the tall, etc. Eventually I settled on someone who wrote back saying she wasn't the right recipient but she'd forward my message if I wanted. I said okay and heard nothing further. I'd love to know which "important objectives" were so cruelly silenced by the uproar. It sounds as if the New York State Bar Association believes that female lawyers need to be assessed by male ones. That way we'll know whether women are good enough lawyers to deserve employment rights, I guess. Bridget, awesome work from you. On Friday I had the devil’s own time on the NYSBA website trying to figure out who should get my protest e-mail, in which I asked when the membership could expect a panel of black lawyers on the strengths and weaknesses of white ones, Christian lawyers on Jewish lawyers, the short opining on the tall, etc. Eventually I settled on someone who wrote back saying she wasn’t the right recipient but she’d forward my message if I wanted. I said okay and heard nothing further.

I’d love to know which “important objectives” were so cruelly silenced by the uproar. It sounds as if the New York State Bar Association believes that female lawyers need to be assessed by male ones. That way we’ll know whether women are good enough lawyers to deserve employment rights, I guess.

]]> By: Ann Bartow http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2010/01/nysba-responds-to-concerns-regarding-annual-meeting-panel-presentation-by-the-committee-of-women-in-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-6555 Ann Bartow Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:13:26 +0000 http://feministlawprofessors.com/?p=14566#comment-6555 But still no"distinguished panel of ladies from the legal field" to "discuss the strengths and weaknesses of men in the areas of communication, negotiation, mediation, arbitration, organization and men's overall management of their legal work." But still no”distinguished panel of ladies from the legal field” to “discuss the strengths and weaknesses of men in the areas of communication, negotiation, mediation, arbitration, organization and men’s overall management of their legal work.”

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