Author Archives: Bridget Crawford

Bye-Bye U.K Tampon Tax

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Bridget Crawford

Global Citizen has a good write-up here about the elimination of VAT on menstrual products, coincident with Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, as of January 1, 2021. Other than Ireland, all other EU countries impose a VAT on menstrual … Continue reading →

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Remembering Deborah Rhode, 1952-2021

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Bridget Crawford

Stanford Law School has posted a wonderful tribute here. An excerpt follows: “Deborah was a pioneering woman on the Stanford faculty when she joined the law school in 1979. A beloved teacher and mentor to many, she will be missed by … Continue reading →

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Hiring Announcement: Florida A&M University College of Law Seeking Director of Legal Research and Writing

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Bridget Crawford

Florida A&M University College of Law welcomes applications for appointment to the position of tenured Associate or Full Professor of Law and Director of Legal Research and Writing to administer and direct the College of Law’s Legal Research and Writing … Continue reading →

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Hiring Announcement: Florida A&M University College of Law Seeking Director of Legal Clinics and Field Placement Program

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Bridget Crawford

Florida A&M University College of Law welcomes applications for appointment to the position of tenured Associate or Full Professor of Law and Director of Legal Clinics and Field Placement Program to administer and direct the College of Law’s clinic and … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Deborah Rhode

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Bridget Crawford

Via colleagues at Stanford and elsewhere, we have received sad news of the passing of Professor Deborah Rhode. Professor Rhode was a friend and mentor to so many feminist law professors and others. Here is information from her faculty … Continue reading →

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Faculty Hiring Announcement – University of Dayton School of Law

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Bridget Crawford

The University of Dayton School of Law invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin August 16, 2021. Areas of particular need include contracts, secured transactions, business organizations, property, wills and trusts, and/or tax. Applicants must have a … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Liz Schneider and Ben Liptzin!

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Bridget Crawford

Today’s New York Times has a lovely wedding announcement/profile of Liz Schneider (Brooklyn Law) and Dr. Benjamin Liptzin. Here is an excerpt: “Never in my life did I imagine until I met Ben, I could meet someone I had so … Continue reading →

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Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Faculty Hiring Announcement

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Health Law Position – Tenured or Tenure Track Loyola University New Orleans is now accepting applications for a tenure-track or tenured position in Health Law to begin August 1, 2021. We particularly welcome candidates … Continue reading →

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The University of Oklahoma College of Law Faculty Search Announcement

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

The University of Oklahoma College of Law Associate Professor of Law The University of Oklahoma College of Law seeks outstanding applicants, either entry level or pre-tenure lateral, to fill a full-time tenure-track position to begin fall semester 2021. Successful applicants … Continue reading →

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New Planned Smithsonian Museums: The Identity Debates Continue

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

The New York Times recently ran a story (here) about two new proposed Smithsonian Museums: a National Museum of the American Latino and a national women’s history museum. Funding approval for both museums came as part of the year-end COVID … Continue reading →

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OSU Moritz College of Law – Alternative Dispute Resolution Faculty Position

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law seeks lateral candidates from the junior to the senior rank in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution, broadly understood. We thus welcome expressions of active interest from faculty who research and write … Continue reading →

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Austria Lowered Its Tampon Tax But Missed an Opportunity to Eliminate Its Discriminatory Law

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

The Austria Federal Council (the upper house of the country’s parliament) has approved the COVID-19 Tax Measures Act. See here. Apart from the extension of the lower 5% VAT tax on certain sectors (such as hospitality) and the creation of … Continue reading →

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Spindelman on “The Constitutionality of Reason-Based Abortion Bans”

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Marc Spindelman (Ohio State) has published with the Georgetown Law Review Online his essay Embracing Casey: June Medical Services LLC v. Russo and the Constitutionality of Reason-Based Abortion Bans. Here is the abstract: June Medical Services L.L.C. v. Russo has … Continue reading →

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Updated Guide to Submitting Essays, Commentaries, Reviews to Online Law Review Companions

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

I’ve updated and expanded my guide to submitting to online law review companions at 60 law schools. It is here on SSRN. As before, the document contains information about word count limitations, subject matter preferences, submission details and other guidelines … Continue reading →

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This Week in #MenstrualEquity News

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

This week in menstrual equity news from around the world…. The Scottish Parliament passed a bill making menstrual products available at no charge to all who need them. Products will be in all schools (including university) and the government can … Continue reading →

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Interview with Prof Deborah Gordon on Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Trusts & Estates Opinions

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

In this interview, Professor Deborah Gordon (Drexel), one of the editors of Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Trusts & Estates Opinions (2020), talks about critical opinion writing and the challenges of rewriting opinions using precedents and facts in existence at the time … Continue reading →

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Pace Law School Hiring Announcement

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Hiring Announcement The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University invites applications to fill up to two full-time, academic tenure-track/tenured faculty positions at the rank of assistant professor, associate professor, or professor. The … Continue reading →

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CFP: Trusts & Estates at LSA 2021

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Trusts & Estates Collaborative Research Network Law and Society Association Annual Meeting Chicago, Illinois (& Virtual), May 27-30, 2021 Call for Participation – Deadline December 31, 2020 11:59 PM ET(USA) Submission Link: here The Trusts & Estates Collaborative Research … Continue reading →

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CFP: Transnational Legal Feminism – Beyond Western Hegemonies of International Law and Feminist Theory – Abstract Deadline Dec. 15

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Transnational Legal Feminism – Beyond Western Hegemonies of International Law and Feminist Theory A Transnational Legal Theory Journal Virtual Symposium in collaboration with London South Bank University and Cornell Law School’s India Law Center 25-26 March 2021 Overview The Transnational … Continue reading →

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CFP: 2021 Detroit Mercy Law Review Symposium Pandemic: From Disparity to Equity

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

The Detroit Mercy Law Review at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law has extended the deadline for proposals for its 105th annual symposium, which will be held March 5, 2021. This year’s topic is Pandemic: From Disparity to Equity, focusing on disparities arising from the … Continue reading →

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CFP: Symposium on the COVID Care Crisis and its Implications for Legal Academia

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

The COVID care crisis and other multiplying effects of related shutdowns, embedded inequalities, and health and safety risks are likely disproportionately impacting people with caregiving responsibilities in academia. The division that separates work from home has collapsed, threatening the very … Continue reading →

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Yuvraj Joshi on “Racial Transition,” forthcoming in Washington University Law Review

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Yuvraj Joshi (Fellow, Yale Law School) has posted to SSRN his article, Racial Transition, 98 Wash. U. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2021). Here is the abstract: The United States is a nation in transition, struggling to surmount its racist past. This … Continue reading →

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New Article: “Period Poverty in a Pandemic: Harnessing Law to Achieve Menstrual Equity”

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Emily Gold Waldman (Pace) and I have posted to SSRN a draft of our article Period Poverty in a Pandemic: Harnessing Law to Achieve Menstrual Equity, 98 Wash. U. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2021). Here is the abstract: Period poverty is … Continue reading →

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Remarks of Zelle W. Andrews at Westchester Women’s Agenda Conference at Sarah Lawrence College (circa 2012)

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Dr. Zelle Andrews, a graduate of Wheaton College and the University of Hawai’i, had a long career as an organizer and activist. She served as president of the New York State and Westchester chapters of the National Organization for Women, … Continue reading →

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Corbin on “Religious Liberty in a Pandemic”

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Caroline Corbin (Miami) has posted to SSRN her essay, Religious Liberty in a Pandemic,70 Duke LJ. Online 1 (2020): Here is the abstract: The coronavirus pandemic caused an unprecedented shutdown of the United States. The stay-at-home orders issued by most … Continue reading →

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Professor Kristin Johnson to Join Emory Law School

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

From Emory’s website, this news of a lateral move by Professor Kristin Johnson: Emory University School of Law welcomes Kristin Johnson to the faculty beginning in January 2021. Johnson comes to Emory Law from Tulane University Law School where she … Continue reading →

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Emory Law Journal CFP: Systemic Racism in the Law & Anti-Racist Solutions

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

From students at the Emory Law Journal: We write to you in troubling times, yet we are hopeful for a brighter future ahead. First, we hope that you are taking care of yourselves and your loved ones. Second, we want … Continue reading →

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Scottish Feminist Judgments Podcast!

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

The indomitable conveners of the Scottish Feminist Judgments Project have a new podcast series. Here‘s a précis of the first episode: Episode 1: Drury – history and cultural legacies In 1998, Marylin McKenna was murdered by Stuart Drury. Drury was … Continue reading →

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ANU Student Work Comparing Justice Kagan and Justice Bell

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Professor Heather Roberts (Australian National University) teaches a course called Selected Topics in Australian-United States Comparative Law. Her students produce some engaging work that may be of interest to readers. Consider this podcast (with video) featuring work by student Jessica … Continue reading →

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New Class Action to Tampon Tax in Michigan

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

In case you missed it, there is a new lawsuit challenging the Michigan state sales tax on menstrual products. The Detroit News has a story (here). Emily Beggs, Clare Pfeiffer and Wei Ho are seeking class action status on behalf of … Continue reading →

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Period Leave as the New Progressive Workplace Benefit?

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

From the New York Times, this news of a new policy at Zomato in India: How many days a month have you missed work or requested a day off for stomach pains and cramps because of menstruation? This is the … Continue reading →

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CFP: Pakistani Feminist Judgments

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Marva Khan and Orubah Sattar are the conveners.

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Wildman, “On Learning and Relearning about White Privilege”

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Stephanie Wildman (Santa Clara) has posted to the NYU Press blog a post “On Learning and Relearning About White Privilege.” Here is an excerpt: Later in the 70s, a Black student in my Sex Discrimination and the Law seminar came … Continue reading →

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New Book Announcement: Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Here is the publisher’s description of the newly-published Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies (Bobel, C., Winkler, I.T., Fahs, B., Hasson, K.A., Kissling, E.A., Roberts, T.-A. eds.) : This open access handbook, the first of its kind, provides a comprehensive … Continue reading →

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Menstrual Equity and the Bar Exam: Round Up of Op-Eds and Other Media Coverage

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Op Eds Bridget J. Crawford & Emily Gold Waldman, Tampons and Pads Should Be Allowed at the Bar Exam, Law.com (July 22, 2020) Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Raising the Bar for Menstrual Equity. Period., Ms. Magazine (July 23, 2020) Julie D. Cantor, Periods Can Be … Continue reading →

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Op-Ed “Stop the Stigma Against Menstruation, Starting with the Bar Exam”

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Margaret E. Johnson (Baltimore), Marcy L. Karin (UDC), and Elizabeth B. Cooper (Fordham) have published an op-ed in National Jurist, Stop the Stigma Against Menstruation, Starting with the Bar Exam. Here is an excerpt: The distrust of menstruators is front and … Continue reading →

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Greer Donley @PittLaw Receives 2020 @HaubLawatPace Emerging Scholar Award in Women, Gender & Law

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Professor Greer Donley of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law has been selected as the winner of 2019-2020 Haub Law Emerging Scholar Award in Women, Gender & Law for her paper Contraceptive Equity: Curing the Sex Discrimination in the … Continue reading →

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Does @WV Courts Have a Secret Policy Permitting Tampons and Pads at the Bar Exam? #bloodybarpocalypse

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Over at the ABA Journal (here), Stephanie Francis Ward confirms that, yes, there are really are states the prohibit test-takers from bringing menstrual products with them to the bar exam. Here’s an excerpt of the article: Susan Henricks, executive director … Continue reading →

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Op-Ed: “Tampons and Pads Should Be Allowed at the Bar Exam”

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Over at Law.com, Emily Gold Waldman (Pace) and I have published an op-ed, Tampons and Pads Should be Allowed at the Bar Exam. Here is an excerpt: The judgment of bar examiners that plan to hold in-person tests this summer … Continue reading →

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NE Bar Examiners Want to Know Why You Need to Change Your Tampon So Often

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

From Professor Victoria Haneman (@TaxLawProf) at Creighton University, this disturbing news that if a Nebraska bar exam taker needs to change a tampon or pad more frequently than once every two hours, they must “provide [the Board of Law Examiners] … Continue reading →

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Spindelman’s Completed 6-Part Series: “The Shower’s Return: A Serial Essay on the LGBT Title VII Sex Discrimination Cases”

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

I previously blogged (here) The Shower’s Return: A Serial Essay on the LGBT Title VII Sex Discrimination Cases, a set of six papers by Marc Spindelman. Here is the abstract: “The Shower’s Return”–a series of six separately published papers, all … Continue reading →

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#BLM Black Lives Matter’s Broad Reach

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Earlier this months, the New York Times published an article Black Lives Matter May be the Largest Movement in History. Here is an excerpt: Four recent polls — including one released this week by Civis Analytics, a data science firm … Continue reading →

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Two New Feminist Judgments Books – Reproductive Justice Rewritten & Family Law Opinions Rewritten

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

The U.S. Feminist Judgments Project is pleased to announce the publication of two new volumes in the Cambridge University Press series. Feminist Judgments: Family Law Opinions Rewritten (Rachel Rebouché ed. 2020) This book provides new, feminist perspectives on famous family … Continue reading →

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Do Not Bring Tampons or Pads to the Bar Exam in Arizona

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Via @BarExamTracker, this news that the Arizona board of bar examiners is telling candidates to refrain from bringing any tampons or pads with them on the day of the exam. The complete Arizona information for candidates is here. This policy … Continue reading →

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Taxation and Gender Equality Conference Postponed

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

The Taxation and Gender Equality Conference and Research Roundtable that were to be held on September 14 and 15, 2020, in Washington, DC, have been postponed due to the travel and other risks brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The … Continue reading →

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Should Breastfeeding Be Treated as Taxable Labor?

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Over at the Lily, I read with some interested this article: Breastfeeding Isn’t Free. What if That Work Was Included in the GDP? Here is an excerpt: Of the nearly four million babies born in the United States every year, … Continue reading →

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Boso on “Anti-LGBT Free Speech and Group Subordination”

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Luke Boso (San Francisco) has posted to SSRN a new article, Anti-LGBT Free Speech and Group Subordination. Here is the abstract: In 2020, the Supreme Court in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia held that Title VII, a federal workplace antidiscrimination … Continue reading →

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Protestors Are Getting Period-Shamed and Mistreated

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

In an opinion piece for Newsweek, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf (NYU Brennan Center) highlights here the ways that jail officials are withholding menstrual products from detainees, including those arrested in recent protests. Here is an except: Just last week, a New York … Continue reading →

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Spindelman, The Shower’s Return: A Serial Essay on the LGBT Title VII Sex Discrimination Cases

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Marc Spindelman (Ohio State) has made available The Shower’s Return: A Serial Essay on the LGBT Title VII Sex Discrimination Cases. Here is the abstract: The Shower’s Return offers a detailed account of, and engagement with, important aspects of what … Continue reading →

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Women, Gender & the Law Emerging Scholar Award: Call for Submissions

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Bridget Crawford

Bumping to the front in anticipation of the July 1, 2020 deadline. The Elisabeth Haub School of Law is pleased to announce the competition for its inaugural Women, Gender & the Law Emerging Scholar Award. This paper competition is open … Continue reading →

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