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Want to Increase Opportunities for Female Students on Law Reviews? Increase Faculty Diversity
From New York Law School: The New York Law School Law Review (NYLS) has issued its 2010–2011 Law Review Diversity Report examining female and minority representation among the membership and leadership, including editors in chief, of general interest law reviews … Continue reading
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Calling all Speed Mentors and Speed Mentees, AALS Annual Meeting, January 5, 2012
The AALS Section on Women in Legal Education has planned an exciting program for Thursday, January 5, 2012. From 9:00 – 10:15 AM, the Section will host a “speed mentoring” program. The Section’s Executive Committee is looking for faculty members … Continue reading
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Ms. JD Call for Writers in Residence
From the FLP mailbox, this message from Amanda Gonzalez, Ms. JD Executive Director and guest blogger here at Feminist Law Profs: Do you feel your creative spirit fading as you work tirelessly to perfect your legal writing skills? Do you … Continue reading
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What’s Wrong with this Picture?
I am familiar with and admire the scholarship of three of the faculty members pictured above: Dan Markel, Steve Johnson and Reid Fontaine (also a law school classmate — he was smart from Day 1, I can attest). My casebook … Continue reading
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Two Perspectives on Feminism and the Legal Academy
Two recently published pieces caught my eye, and might be interesting to read in tandem. The first is An Inconstant Affair: Feminism and the Legal Academy, by Margaret Thornton (Australian National University). Here is the abstract: Drawing on the Australian … Continue reading
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Nancy Levit, “Cutting Edge Scholarship and Tips on the Mechanics of Scholarly Productivity”
Nancy Levit (UMKC) was one of the plenary speakers at the AALS Workshop on “Women Rethinking Equality” last month. During the panel on scholarship, she had some great comments that might be interesting for readers of this blog. Under Nancy’s … Continue reading
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AALS Section on Women in Legal Education Mentoring Program
This information about the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education about the Mentoring Program: At different stages of their careers, individuals may need different types of mentoring. One’s mentoring needs could be in teaching, in scholarship development, or with … Continue reading
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Guest Blogger Amanda Gonzalez: How We Can Support Legal Education for Women in the United States…and Abroad
In the United States, women have a long way to go to reach parity with men when it comes to partnerships in leading law firms. Despite strides, women are still only 16% of equity partners at major law firms and … Continue reading
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Washington & Lee Dean Search Open
Washington and Lee University School of Law has begun a search for a new dean. Information about the search and school is here. Long-time FLP contributor Professor Joan Shaungnessy is chair of the search committee. She can be reached at shaughnessyj@wlu.edu. … Continue reading
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Can One Law Prof Be “Superior” or “Subordinate” to the Other?
Writer Ben Heineman asks in The Atlantic, “Sex Between Superiors and Subordinates: What Are the Rules?” It depends, Heineman says (here) on “different approaches and different cultural traditions.” Heineman describes three cases: Boeing CEO Harry Stonecipher was forced to resign … Continue reading
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On Faculty Collegiality and Civility
Or the lack thereof. Yeesh.
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How Many Law School Chairs are Named After Women?
Yesterday’s post with the good news of Kim Krawiec’s appointment as the Kathrine Robinson Everett Professor at Duke Law School made me wonder about the number of law school chairs that are named after women. Hey, readers! We need … Continue reading
University of the Andes School of Law (Bogotá, Colombia) Gender and Law Research Group
Feminist Law Professors is pleased to welcome to the blogroll five members of the faculty at the University of the Andes School of Law: Gloria Marcela Abadía Cubillo; Helena Alviar García; Isabel Cristina Jaramillo Sierra; Julieta Lemaitre Ripoll and Paula Torres Holguín. All are … Continue reading
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CFP: “Effective Faculty/Student Collaborations and Student Initiatives”
From the FLP mailbox, this notice from the AALS Section on Balance in Legal Education: The section on Balance in Legal Education is pleased to announce its program topic for the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association of Law … Continue reading
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Ten Years of Student Notes
We have heard a lot lately about women occupying less written space than men. Women write and review significantly fewer books. Women author significantly fewer articles in most major magazines. Even in the supposed cyber-utopia of Wikipedia, women author only … Continue reading
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Visitor Opportunities at the University of South Carolina School of Law
The University of South Carolina School of Law is looking for visitors in the following subject areas for next academic year. Depending upon matches to needs, the visits will be either a semester or a year. Constitutional Law (fall) Wills, … Continue reading
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Where the Women ARE: In Leadership Positions at the Columbia Law Review!
This nice news from Joy Ziegeweid, 2L at Columbia Law School: The Columbia Law School community found out this week that the Editor in Chief of the Columbia Law Review for 2011-2012 will be [Ms.] Maren Hulden. Of the administrative … Continue reading
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University of Mississippi LGBT Symposium Friday, March 11, 2011
The National LGBT Bar Association cordially invites you to attend the: University of Mississippi LGBT Symposium Friday, March 11, 2011 | 9:00am-5:00pm E. F. Yerby Conference Center 7 Alumni Drive Oxford, Mississippi Click here to download the registration form. The day-long … Continue reading
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On Writing As A (Sort Of) Group Project
Over at Inside Higher Ed, Kerry Ann Roquemore explains the utility of writing groups. She observes: Faculty development researchers have demonstrated that accountability and support increase writing productivity among new faculty members. And yet, when graduate students, post-docs and new … Continue reading
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Oh Man! Where are the Women: Georgetown Edition
The Georgetown Law Journal shows that it can get worse. Instead of publishing few female faculty authors (see here), how about none? Here’s the line-up for volume 99, issue 2. Four articles, 5 authors, all men. How International Financial Law … Continue reading
An Interesting Critical Tax Student Note Topic
I often get asked by students for tax topics for their student notes. Normally, I suggest some places to look where they can get a sense of hot topics, etc., but don’t suggest an actual topic. But yesterday, I came … Continue reading
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Gender and Student Note Publication
For the past year or so, I’ve been engaged in a large-scale data collection project relating to gender and student note publication. Over winter break, I came to think that the time had come when the project could benefit from … Continue reading
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Should the AALS Limit Annual Meeting Appearances to One Per Person?
Should the AALS prefer programs with speakers making only a single AALS appearance? Stated another way, should there be a disincentive (or even a rule precluding) multiple conference appearances by the same faculty member? Here’s what I observe in the … Continue reading
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Guest Blogger Amanda Gonzalez: Must We Wait for Women to be Represented in Classroom Materials?
Must we wait for women to be represented in classroom materials? I’m slightly ashamed to admit that it took me an entire year of law school before I figured out that I needed to use the Examples and Explanations books … Continue reading
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A Network Of One’s Own
Looking for scholars with interests similar to yours? Check out this resource: Collaborative Research Networks. Among its networks are “Collective Human Rights,” “Feminist Legal Theory,” “Gender and Judging,” Gender, Sexuality, and Law,” Integrating Gender Into Legal Education,” International Socio-Legal Feminisms,” … Continue reading
Guest Blogger Liz Kukura – LSRJ Study Highlights Dearth of Reproductive Rights Law & Justice Courses
Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) recently completed its first comprehensive survey of reproductive rights and justice course offerings at all ABA-approved law schools in the U.S. for the last seven years. While perhaps not surprising to many within the … Continue reading
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Live Blogging “After Gender? Examining International Justice Enterprises”
I’m attending the Pace Law Review Symposium “After Gender? Examining International Justice Enterprises.” The symposium’s goal is “to expand our understanding of the role of gender in international law.” So far, there have been opening remarks by conference organizers Matthew … Continue reading
Be an Affirming Teacher or Peer: No More Silence, No More Bullying, No More Discrimination
From a joint statement issued by GLSEN (Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network), PLFAG (Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) and The Trevor Project (crisis and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth): Recently, there has been heightened media attention surrounding the … Continue reading
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Where are the Women? GW Edition July 2010
The July 2010 issue of the George Washington Law Review is here. It contains eight pieces (including the Foreward); zero are written by women. H/T Ruthann Robson -Bridget Crawford
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Feminist Law Prof 1L Stories Revisited
The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Review has published another Law Stories issue, this one with the theme "One L Revisited" (including an introduction by author Scott Turow). In this Summer 2010 issue, several law professors and other law … Continue reading
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NYSBA Announcement on US News Decision to “Rate” (Not Rank) Law Firms
New York State Bar Association President Stephen P. Younger (Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP) sent this message today to the group’s members: As many of you know, U.S. News and World Report announced earlier this year that, working with … Continue reading
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Kansas Dean Search
The University of Kansas is conducting a search for a new Dean of the Law School. Details here. The former Dean, Gail Agrawal is the incoming Dean at Iowa.
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Camille Nelson Named Dean at Suffolk Law
Professor Camille Nelson (Hofstra) has been named Dean at Suffolk University Law School in Boston. Suffolk’s press release is here.
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Chapman Dean Search
Chapman University School of Law has announced its Dean’s Search. Applications are welcome immediately. For further details, see after the jump. Chapman law faculty members of the Dean’s Search Committee are Tom Bell, Bobby Dexter, Kurt Eggert, Henry Noyes, John … Continue reading
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The Internet Pile-on over a Woman Dean’s Paycheck
The legal blogosphere has been embroiled recently in a series of discussions about Karen Rothenberg, formerly dean at Maryland law. For those living in a cave (or avoiding Above the Law as a paper-finishing strategy), the basic facts are these: … Continue reading
Ms. JD Fellowships for 2Ls
Ms. JD has announced a new fellowship opportunity for 2Ls, which will select 20 of the most promising second-year law students in the country and provide them with one-on-one career mentorship from the nation’s most accomplished female attorneys. I’m hoping … Continue reading
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Call for Volunteers: Paying it Forward to other Women in Legal Education
Feminist Law Prof Colleen Medill (Nebraska), on behalf of the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education, is assembling a list of women law profs who might be willing to share materials, experiences, perspectives, etc. with other women law profs. … Continue reading
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Law School Diversity
There have been a number of articles in the New York Times this week highlighting diversity challenges in law schools, and the lack of legal representation among low and middle income individuals who cannot afford it. In one article, Law School … Continue reading
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Request for Information about Institutional Support for Feminist Legal Theory
For an essay I’m writing on the political economy of feminist legal theory, I’m interested in knowing about ongoing institutional support in law schools for developing and disseminating feminist legal theory, whether aimed at students, faculty or practitioners. … Continue reading
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NYT Profile of Sheena Wright, CEO Abyssinian Development Corp.
For its weekly “The Boss” column, the New York Times’ Sunday business section profiled Sheena Wright, CEO of the Abyssinian Development Corporation, a non-profit “dedicated to building the human, social and physical capital of Harlem.” Wright is a lawyer by … Continue reading
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LSU Legal Clinic Wins Asylum Case
Robert Lancaster, Director of the Legal Clinic at Louisiana State University Law Center, reports that the Immigration Law Clinic won an asylum case for a Kenyan national facing persecution for her religious beliefs and membership in a particular social group. … Continue reading
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Where are the women? There is only one woman among the twelve speakers at the Emory Law Journal’s 2010 Randolph W. Thrower Symposium: “The New New Deal: From De-Regulation to Re-Regulation”
The speakers. –Ann Bartow
ATL Mocks Columbia Law School Student’s Method for Starting a Study Group
Isn’t English rich enough to provide ways to mock something that don’t refer to women’s genitalia? Since when is “douchetastic” a word? -Darren Rosenblum P.S. This is not an endorsement of the student’s methodology for finding a study group! … Continue reading
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Moneyball Comes to Women’s Collegiate Sports
The Penn State women’s volleyball team has a 98-game winning streak. The only longer winning streak in NCAA Division I history is the Miami (Florida) men’s tennis tam that won 137 consequtive matches from 1957 to 1964. Coach Russ … Continue reading
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Where are the Women? Pretty sparse (just one woman co-author!) in the last Georgetown L.J. and none at all in the recent Virginia L. Rev.
98 GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL, NO. 1, NOVEMBER, 2009. Jacobi, Tonja and Matthew Sag. Taking the measure of ideology: empirically measuring Supreme Court cases. 98 Geo. L.J. 1-75 (2009). [H][L][W] Oman, Nathan B. A pragmatic defense of contract law. 98 Geo. … Continue reading
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Where are the Women? Not in the June 2009 Yale Law Journal, that’s for sure.
118 YALE LAW JOURNAL, NO. 8, JUNE, 2009. Engdahl, David E. The classic rule of faith and credit. 118 Yale L.J. 1584-1659 (2009). [H][L][W] Cabranes, Hon. Jose A. Our imperial criminal procedure: problems in the extraterritorial application of U.S. constitutional … Continue reading
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Where are the Women? Among “Law Stories” Editors
Law Stories is a 30-strong (and growing) volume series published by Foundation Press and edited by Paul Caron, the Charles Harstock Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Each “Stories” volume … Continue reading
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Where are the Women? Not in 78% to 88% of NYU Law Review’s Publication Slots
Of the 24 professional (i.e., non-student) pieces published so far in Volume 84 of the NYU Law Review, only 5 were single-authored pieces written by women. That’s only 20.8% written entirely by women. If one excludes from the count … Continue reading
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“Catharine MacKinnon and law as courage, emotion, and social change”
From the Harvard Law Record: When Catharine MacKinnon said goodbye to us at the end of her Sex Equality class on Wednesday October 28, she choked up, and we all choked up with her. The emotion was evident in her … Continue reading
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“I get knocked down: Women publishing law review notes”
Rebecca Tushnet writes: I read an interesting article in the Journal of Legal Education (unfortunately not online) about the underrepresentation, relative to law school enrollment and law review participation, of women publishing notes on the main journals of the top … Continue reading