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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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…
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The Pornification of the Household Product Labeling Acts
Another instance of Supposedly Liberal Doods humiliating naked women for a good cause. –Ann Bartow
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Where are the Women? The Staff and Advisors of “Media Matters for America” Remain Overwhelmingly Male
The list is here. I (quickly) counted 38 men and 15 women, meaning the list is about 72% male and 28% female. Same old, same old. –Ann Bartow
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Monk and the Baroness: Nica Rothschild’s Contributions to American Jazz History
Later this month, the documentary film “The Jazz Baroness” will air on cable TV. The film was made by the English artist (and member of the Rothschild banking family) Hannah Rothschild. The “Jazz Baroness” explores…
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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. …
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About that study which purportedly found that “Men married to smart women live longer”
The actual title of the paper is: “Marital partner and mortality: The effects of the social positions of both spouses,” by Robert Erikson and Jenny Torssander From here: Abstract: Background: Individual socioeconomic position -like education,…
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Research Associateships at the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center
From the FLP mailbox, this notice from the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center, a collaboration among Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith and UMass Amherst. The Center invites applications for its RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIPS for 2010-2011…
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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…
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When the System Separates Immigrant Women from their Children
What if I told you that you could permanently lose custody of your child because you are undocumented? Or because you do not understand English? Or because you are unable to communicate with the child…
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New Mammogram Recommendations Patronize Women
A government task force claims that women don’t need to have routine screening for breast cancer until age 50. (See the AP story here.) But the American Cancer Society recommends routine mammograms for women 40…