Feminist Law Prof Profile: Ann Bartow

Posted on January 20, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Honestly I’m not a complete narcissist, I’m just profiling myself as an introduction to the folks who find their way here who do not know me. It would be fun to feature profiles of everyone on the blogroll, so we all get to know each other a little bit, to the extent that “blogrollees” are amenable.

So back to me. I teach and write about Intellectual Property Law here at the University of South Carolina School of Law, which is a terrifically fun and engaging subject area. I’m lucky enough to have a lot of friends who also teach IP law, and I generally find the “IP law prof community” to be pretty warm, welcoming and diverse. One of the things that has helped link IP law profs together is the Cyberprof listserv founded and maintained by Mark Lemley. In my view, blogs are starting to render listservs clunky and obsolete, which is why I started this blog, instead of a feminist e-mail listserv. Of course, back in 1996 I wondered who in the world would want to SHOP over the Internet, so let’s just say with some understatement that I’ve been wrong before. This is an experiment that will require lots of feminist law prof participation to succeed. Please e-mail me things you would like to see posted at: feministlawprof@yahoo.com. I look forward to hearing from you!

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CFP: IP/GENDER: THE UNMAPPED CONNECTIONS

Posted on January 20, 2006 by Ann Bartow

IP/GENDER: THE UNMAPPED CONNECTIONS : MARCH 24, 2006
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW
WASHINGTON, D.C.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Two years ago, we organized our first workshop on IP/Gender: The Unmapped Connections. Sponsored by the WCL Program on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest and the Women and the Law Program. That first meeting was our initial effort to bring scholars together to focus interdisciplinary attention on the interplay between intellectual property and gender. Last Spring, we built on the discussions from that first workshop by holding a second program highlighting the work of two scholars writing in this emerging area and the publication of their work in the Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law. This Spring, on March 24th we are convening a symposium to explore these connections and showcase ongoing scholarship touching on these topics.

We extend this invitation for papers exploring intellectual property and gender connections. Topics we have discussed in our past meetings have ranged from the impact on intellectual property law and policy of gender-related imbalances in wealth, cultural access, political power, and social control; creative production and gender; the effects of stereotyping and of actual and rhetorical feminization and masculinization of participant roles upon intellectual property stakeholders; the gendered development of IP doctrines and doctrinal categories; related issues in the teaching and practicing of intellectual property; and feminist jurisprudential insights about intellectual property law.

We are hopeful that our Spring 2006 symposium might provide a forum for work that you now have underway or may be contemplating. We are inviting anyone interested in participating to submit a paper to be considered for presentation at the symposium. We would also be grateful if you would forward this email to others you know to be working in or interested in this area. We would appreciate receiving abstracts by Monday, January 23, 2006.

Papers selected for presentation and possible publication will be due in early March. Please send abstracts to Vicki Phillips at vfphillips@wcl.american.edu. Please don’t hesitate to contact one of us if you have any questions. We look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Peter Jaszi
Ann Shalleck
Christine Farley
Vicki Phillips
Josh Sarnoff

For more information: http://www.ipclinic.org

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Book Recommendation: “The Place of Families: Fostering Capacity, Equality, and Responsibility,” by Linda C. McClain.

Posted on January 20, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Larry Solum recommended this book at his Legal Theory blog a couple of weeks ago and it looks great!

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Welcome to the “Feminist Law Professors” Blog

Posted on January 20, 2006 by Ann Bartow

This is the initial iteration of a blog that will:

1. List law professors (by law school) who self-identify as feminist, and provides links to their professional or personal web pages (or wherever is preferred by the listee) – see initial blogroll in the righthand column.

2. Announce CFPs and conferences likely to be of interest to feminist law profs.

3. Highlight the publication of books and articles authored by feminist law profs, or that feminist law profs may find of interest.

The overarching goal of this blog is to build a stronger feminist law prof community across scholarly subject areas. If you think you would like to be listed on the blogroll, email me at feministlawprof@yahoo.com. Feel free to mention this blog to friends and colleagues who might also like to be listed. Hopefully the blog will have a nice ethos of inclusivity.

Once I have the content-based aspects of the blog functioning better, I will certainly invite and welcome more substantive participation from interested feminist law profs. I’m trying to gauge interest (and also to learn how to build and maintain a web log). Advice and input are always appreciated. Also if I seem to be duplicating someone else’s efforts with this, please let me know.

warm regards,
Ann Bartow

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Technical Problems

Posted on August 17, 2001 by Ann Bartow

Obviously.

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