Feminist Law Professors
Highlights the work of feminist law professors and contains information about articles and events that are likely to be of interest to them. Posts cover court cases, legislation and scholarship related to sexual discrimination for like-minded readers, as well as alert them to relevant conferences.
Author: Ann Bartow is a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law.
Blawg Related Categories: Careers • Women in the Law • Law Professors • Law Schools • Legal Theory • University of South Carolina • Law Professor
Recent Posts from Feminist Law Professors
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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…
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Unemployment in Female-Headed Households
From our friends at the National Women’s Law Center, this news about the extension of unemployment of insurance benefits, signed into law today: Unemployment rose to 10.2 percent in October, reaching a 26-year high, according…
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When Invisible, Addicted and Ill Women Disappear: A Cry for Cleveland
I grew up 2-1/2 miles from the place in Cleveland, Ohio where the police found the decomposing bodies of 11 women. The victims whose bodies have been identified so far are Nancy Cobbs, Tishana Culver,…
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Perspectives on Tourists in Pisa
From this post: The Art of Gesture in Tourist Italy … In Pisa my elder daughter became fascinated by all the people taking pictures of their friends holding up the leaning tower, or pushing it…
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Another Step Backwards For Women’s Rights in Italy
Last October 17th in Italy, the Court of Appeals of Rome issued a sentence declaring that the rape of a sex worker is less punishable than the rape of a woman that does not choose…
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Three teenaged boys gang rape a 15 year old girl and get probation.
The 15 year girl gets blamed for drinking alcohol, which somehow caused the boys to lock her in a bathroom and rape her, according to the judge. The boys are even permitted to return to…
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Where are the women? None are in the inaugural Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc.
Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc is pleased to present the “first take” pieces for its inaugural Roundtable from Professors Hal Bruff, Steven Calabresi, Gary Lawson, Rick Pildes, and Christopher Yoo. The debate is on Free…
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Deputies Caught Stealing Documents From Defense Attorney During Court Proceeding
From this article: …The tape shows Stoddard walking to the defense table during a sentencing that day. He leans over the table and begins reading from a document in the file of defense attorney Joanne…
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Google Search Has Gender Issues
From Stiletto Revolt, where there are several additional illustrations. –Ann Bartow