Category Archives: Academia

Sabbatical Visitorships at Columbia Law School’s Center for Gender & Sexuality Law

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Katherine Franke

The Center for Gender & Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School invites applications for sabbatical visitors for the 2017-2018 academic year to undertake research, writing and collaboration with Center faculty and students in ways that span traditional academic disciplines. The … Continue reading →

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Joshi on “Measuring Diversity”

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Bridget Crawford

Yuvraj Joshi, a Fellow at Lambda Legal, has published an essay “Measuring Diversity” in the Columbia Law Review Online. Here is the abstract: In Fisher v. University of Texas in June 2016, the Supreme Court upheld the use of race-conscious … Continue reading →

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On International Women’s Day, Advocacy Groups Launch “Full Citizenship Project for Law Faculty”

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Bridget Crawford

From national colleagues at the Legal Writing Institute and Association of Legal Writing Directors, this press release: Professional associations unite to support full institutional citizenship—an effort to correct gender and related disparities among law faculty The Legal Writing Institute (LWI) … Continue reading →

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Inniss from Cleveland-Marshall to SMU Dedman School of Law

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Bridget Crawford

In Fall 2017 Lolita Buckner Inniss will move from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University to SMU Dedman School of Law. She will teach Property Law and Critical Race Theory. Good news for SMU!

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Nasty Women and the Rule of Law @woolleylaw

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Christine Corcos

Alice Wooley, University of Calgary School of Law, and Elysa Darling are publishing Nasty Women and the Rule of Law in the University of San Francisco Law Review. Here is the abstract. Lawyer bashing is a robust and accepted social … Continue reading →

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Prenups, Gender and IP

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Orly Lobel

Should prenups assigning ideas and inventions not yet born be enforced? In my book Talent Wants to be Free I analyze the vast expansion of pre-innovation assignment agreements in employment relations — generic employment contracts that assign in advance any … Continue reading →

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White Paper on Title IX & the Preponderance of the Evidence, 3d Edition

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Nancy Chi Cantalupo

Please see the “third edition” of the White Paper on Title IX & the Preponderance of the Evidence at the link below, including the first 100 signatures from law professors across the country.  We will continue to accept signatures from law … Continue reading →

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White Paper on Title IX & the Preponderance of the Evidence, 2d Edition

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Nancy Chi Cantalupo

Please see the “second edition” of the White Paper on Title IX & the Preponderance of the Evidence at the link below, including the first 100 signatures from law professors across the country.  We will continue to accept signatures from law … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Title IX & the Preponderance of the Evidence

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Nancy Chi Cantalupo

Please see the “second edition” of the White Paper on Title IX & the Preponderance of the Evidence at the link below, including the first 100 signatures from law professors across the country.  We will continue to accept signatures from law … Continue reading →

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When Applying for College Yields Feminine Hygiene Product Samples

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

In the annals of weird product placement, consider this story out of the UK about the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service sending female college applicants samples of tampons and sanitary napkins “so you can stay your fresh and confident self … Continue reading →

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SULC Hiring Director of Law Library

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

From colleagues at the Southern University Law Center: SULC hiring for a Director of Library Services (at Assistant/Associate Professor rank) The Director of the Law Library Reports to the Chancellor of the Southern University Law Center Responsible for all aspects of library operations … Continue reading →

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A Professor’s Decision to Write About His Rape

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

R.M. Douglas (Colgate, History) writes in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education (here) about his forthcoming book, On Being Raped. Professor Douglas is a rape survivor. He writes about how his decision to go public with his story may  impact his … Continue reading →

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Studies in Law, Politics, and Society: Special Feminist Legal Theory Issue

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

A new issue of the interdisciplinary journal Studies in Law, Politics, & Society is devoted to feminist legal theory. Here’s an excerpt from the Intro: Half a century after the beginning of the second wave, feminist legal theorists are still … Continue reading →

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Public Rights/Private Conscience Project Seeks New Director

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Katherine Franke

    We’re hiring a new director of the Public Rights/Private Conscience Project – an incredible opportunity to work at Columbia Law School shaping our work on religious exemptions and sexual liberty and equality. Please share the job description with … Continue reading →

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Women and Law Conference: Diversity in Higher Education

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Kaimipono D. Wenger

  Pursuing Excellence: Diversity In Higher Education Thomas Jefferson School of Law This conference brings together leading academics, educators, institutional leaders, and policy makers to examine how diversity in institutions of higher education affects and is inspired by students, faculty, … Continue reading →

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Survey on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, & Policing

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Donna Coker

National Survey Finds That Police Hostility and Bias Remain Problems for Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence By Sandra Park, Donna Coker, and Julie Goldscheid reposted from Move to End Violence http://www.movetoendviolence.org/blog/national-survey-finds-that-police-hostility-and-bias-remain-problems-for-survivors-of-sexual-and-domestic-violence/ The shooting deaths by police of unarmed African-American … Continue reading →

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Craig & Woolley on Rape & Consent In Canadian Law

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Christine Corcos

Elaine Craig, Assistant Professor of Law at Dalhousie University, and Alice Woolley, Professor of Law, University of Calgary, have contributed this important piece to the Globe and Mail. They analyze a recent Alberta Court of Appeal holding that rejects the … Continue reading →

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A New Blog Devoted To the History of Women Lawyers

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Christine Corcos

Bari Burke, University of Montana School of Law, has launched a new blog, Montana’s Early Women Lawyers: Trail-Blazing, Big Sky Sisters-In-Law.  Each post focuses on an interesting (and unknown) story about a female lawyer from the past, which Professor Burke … Continue reading →

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Converge! conference follow up projects

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Donna Coker

Announcing the Completion of Two Converge! conference projects! Donna Coker The UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI RACE & SOCIAL JUSTICE LAW REVIEW published Converge! Reimagining the Movement to End Gender Violence symposium.  The  publication includes 11 articles, 18 edited panel transcripts, and the … Continue reading →

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Report on AALS Midyear Meeting Workshop on “Next Generation Issues of Sex, Gender, and the Law”

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

The AALS’s 2015 Midyear Meeting Workshop on “Next Generation Issues of Sex, Gender, and the Law” concluded Friday in Orlando.  It was one of the best substantive programs I have attended in many years.  The quality of the speakers was … Continue reading →

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Federal Recognition Of Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Christine Corcos

Mae Kuykendall, Michigan State University College of Law, has published Marriage Goals and Government Interests: Handling Complexity, Apportioning Expertise, Using Federalism. Here is the abstract. This Article argues that the Supreme Court should require that all states recognize legal same-sex … Continue reading →

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Thirty Law Profs Sign On To Letter Analyzing Proposed Indiana Religious Liberty Law

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Katherine Franke

Upon the request of a member of the Indiana legislature, a letter signed by 30 law professors, many from Indiana University, was released today analyzing the proposed “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” bills pending before the Indiana legislature.  The letter provided careful … Continue reading →

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Thomas Jefferson School of Law Announces 15th Annual Women In Law Conference

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Christine Corcos

Thomas Jefferson School of Law announces registration is open for its 15th annual Women and the Law Conference. The Conference will be held March 27, 2015. Well-known defense attorney Leslie Abramson will deliver the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture this year. … Continue reading →

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CFP: National Women’s Studies Association’s Lesbian Caucus, November 12-15, 2015

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Christine Corcos

From the Lesbian Caucus of the National Women’s Studies Association: The Lesbian Caucus of the National Women’s Studies Association invites submissions for a sponsored session on “The Revolutionary Lesbians of the 1970s,” to be held at the annual conference in … Continue reading →

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“Bitch in Business”

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

From a group of students at Columbia Business School, this parody video riffing on Meghan Trainor’s “All About that Bass”: It includes a shout-out to women in law schools and med schools, too.  Very funny. -Bridget Crawford

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Sabbatical Visitorship: Columbia Law School Center for Gender & Sexuality Law

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Katherine Franke

The Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School invites applications for a sabbatical visitor for the 2015-2016 academic year to undertake research, writing and collaboration with Center faculty and students in ways that span traditional academic disciplines. … Continue reading →

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Where are the Women? Illinois College of Law “Significant Lectures” Edition

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Bridget Crawford

The University of Illinois College of Law posts its Annual Report here, listing many good things happening at that school.  The online materials include a two-page spread, with photos, touting the school’s “Significant Lectures” in 2012-2013.  Notice anything? Apparently the … Continue reading →

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Citation Rates For Male and Female Law Profs in Legal Scholarship: Different From What We Thought?

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Christine Corcos

Highlighted in the National Law Journal: Christopher Anthony Cotropia, University of Richmond School of Law, and Lee Petherbridge, Loyola Law School (Los Angeles), have published Gender Disparity in Law Review Citation Rates.  Here is the abstract. Gender disparity in scholarly … Continue reading →

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The Next Frontier in Marriage Equality: Religious Exemptions for Magistrates, Justices of the Peace etc Who Don’t Want to Issue Licenses to Same-Sex Couples

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Katherine Franke

In recent months litigation in federal courts has resulted in the lifting of a ban on same-sex couples access to civil marriage in 33 states. (This number is changing almost every day as new jurisdictions are ordered to lift the … Continue reading →

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Nursing Mothers on the Academic Job Market

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Bridget Crawford

The October 22, 2014 edition of the Chronicle ran an “Advice” column, Breastfeeding on the Job Market, by a pseudonymous professor in the humanities.  The professor describes her experiences as a job candidate and bringing her nursing infant with her … Continue reading →

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60+ Law Professors Submit Comments On ACA Contraception Accommodation

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Katherine Franke

Reposted from The Public Rights / Private Conscience Project Blog Back in August the Obama Administration responded to the Supreme Court’s opinion inHobby Lobby and its order in Wheaton College by issuing two new sets of regulations to govern the … Continue reading →

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Law and Film Events At the AALS Annual Meeting, January 2-5, 2015

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Christine Corcos

If you are planning to attend the AALS Annual Meeting in January 2015 you may be interested in two law and film AALS Film Committee-sponsored events taking place during the conference. The first, on January 2, at 7:30 p.m. (the first night of the conference), … Continue reading →

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Canadian Journal of Women and the Law Welcomes a New English Language Editor

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Christine Corcos

From the mailbox: Canadian Journal of Women and the Law/Revue Femmes et Droit welcomes a new English language editor, Natasha Bakht.Co-editorship of the CJWL is currently shared by Associate Professor Natasha Bakht from the Faculty of Law at University of … Continue reading →

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Herma Hill Kay Receives AALS Section on Women in Legal Education Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award for 2015

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Christine Corcos

From the mailbox: The AALS Section on Women in Legal Education is delighted to announce that Professor Herma Hill Kay, the Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law, is the 2015 recipient of the AALS Section … Continue reading →

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Women of Color In Legal Education

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Christine Corcos

Carmen G. Gonzalez, Seattle University School of Law, has published Women of Color in Legal Education: Challenging the Presumption of Incompetence in the Federal Lawyer (July 2014). Here is the abstract. Female law professors of color have become the canaries … Continue reading →

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The New HHS Regulations Can’t Win A Zero-Sum Game

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Katherine Franke

Kara Loewentheil is the Director of the Public Rights / Private Conscience Project and a Research Fellow at Columbia Law School. You can find out more about the Project here. This blog was originally posted on the Center for Gender … Continue reading →

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Race, Gender and Psychiatric Disabilities

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Bridget Crawford

Katie Rose Guest Pryal (UNC) writes here for Chronicle Vitae on “Shattering the Madness Monolith: On the Intersections of Race, Gender, and Psychiatric Disability. She also wrote another powerful column on mental health and the academy, “She’s So Schizophrenic!”: How … Continue reading →

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Over 50 Legal Scholars Urge President Obama to Deny Religious Exemption Clause in LGBT Executive Order

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Katherine Franke

More than 50 legal scholars today strongly urged President Obama to resist calls for an overly broad religious exemption in a proposed executive order prohibiting sexual orientation and/or gender identity discrimination by federal contractors. The effort is being spearheaded by … Continue reading →

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The Case Western Law Sexual Harassment/Retaliation Claim Has Settled

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Ann Bartow

The story and a host of links are available at TaxProf Blog. One question I have is whether the man accused of sexual harassment and retaliation will continue to teach students. I assume the answer is yes, but given the … Continue reading →

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What A Difference Three Days Make: The Hobby Lobby Fallout Arrives

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Katherine Franke

By: Kara Loewentheil Kara Loewentheil is a research fellow and the director of the Public Rights/Private Conscience Project in the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School. You can see her interview on Bloomberg News with more of her … Continue reading →

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Women’s Tennis and (Gratuitous) Grunting vs. Shrieking

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Bridget Crawford

Writing (here) for the (UK) Telegraph, reporter Kathryn Dobson covering the Wimbledon beat asks, “Why do women grunt?”  The explanations proferred in the article include a tennis player’s desire to gain psychological advantage over one’s opponent, facilitate application of maximum … Continue reading →

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Why Are (Almost All of) the Most-Cited Legal Academics White Men?

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Nancy Leong

On Wednesday, Brian Leiter posted a list of the ten most-cited legal scholars during the years 2009-2013 (really eleven, due to a tie for tenth place). All eleven are men, and to the best of my knowledge, 10/11 are white. … Continue reading →

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What Does It Mean to Design a Car “Specifically for Women”?

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Jennifer Hendricks

According to this story about Tesla Motors, it means doors that are “perfect for tight parking spots at the mall” and seats placed to make it easier to climb over the baby seats. In terms of appearance, says Tesla designer Franz … Continue reading →

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How Not To Review Women’s Writing

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Ann Bartow

Over at The Toast, Mallory Ortberg writes: I have gone back and forth several times over the last few days on whether or not it would be worth addressing Adam Plunkett’s New Yorker.com review of poet Patricia Lockwood’s latest book … Continue reading →

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Should Connecticut’s New Campus Sexual Assault Legislation Be a National Model?

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Colin Miller

Yesterday, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy “signed legislation into law that will strengthen sexual assault prevention and response procedures at institutions of higher learning in Connecticut.” Today, an editorial in The Courant asserted that the legislation should be a national model. So, what … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 9, 2014 by Ann Bartow

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Case Western Law School retaliation law suit update

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Ann Bartow

Here. Oy.

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“As Dartmouth makes efforts to combat sexual assault, posts on an anonymous online forum have students terrified.”

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Ann Bartow

Below is an excerpt from “How Cyberbullying Is Making Sexual Assault on College Campuses Even Worse” by Katie Van Syckle: Less than two months ago, a commenter on an anonymous online forum threatened to gang-bang me at a fraternity house. … Continue reading →

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End Sexist Citation

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Darren Rosenblum

Others on this blog have noted, with some shocking numbers, how leadership posts and article slots in top journals exclude women.  It appears they also may be missing “below the line.” This article “Are You Reading Enough Academic Women” asserts that being … Continue reading →

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Harvard Law School is on a list of 55 schools under Title IX investigation related to sexual assaults.

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Ann Bartow

Story here. Facing mounting pressure from lawmakers, sexual assault survivors and activists, the U.S. Department of Education on Thursday released for the first time a comprehensive list of colleges and universities under Title IX investigation. Fifty-five higher education institutions are … Continue reading →

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