Author Archives: Bridget Crawford

Part-Time Lawyers Overwhelmingly Female

From the National Law Journal (here): Working part-time is an option few attorneys take, and the vast majority of those who do are women. According to figures compiled by the National Association for Law Placement, 5.6 percent of U.S. attorneys … Continue reading

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Bacon Up! Holiday Gift Review 2008

The best gifts I received this year are a bottle of Lemon Up shampoo and an unabridged dictionary (in hard copy).  The Lemon Up played right to the nostalgia that runs high with my family at this time of year. … Continue reading

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Symposium Celebrating Work of Martha Nussbaum, February 13, 2009

From the FLP Mailbox, this notice from the Program in Gender & Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School, co-directed by Feminist Law Profs Katherine Franke and Suzanne Goldberg: Symposium Celebrating the Work of Martha Nussbaum Friday, February 13th, 2009 This … Continue reading

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Rutgers School of Law-Newark Celebrates Women Reshaping American Law, February 13, 2009

From Feminist Law Prof Suzanne Kim (Rutgers-Newark), this notice of an upcoming conference: Rutgers School of Law-Newark is pleased to be celebrating its  centennial this year.   To honor the law school’s tradition of contributing to  social justice, we are … Continue reading

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CFP: Women, Incarceration and Human Rights, February 27-28, Atlanta, GA

From the FLP mailbox, this notice of yet another great workshop being convened by Martha Fineman and the Feminism and Legal Theory Project at Emory Law School: From 1995 – 2006, the number of incarcerated women in the United States … Continue reading

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Law Student Writing Competition on Domestic Violence Issues

From the FLP Mailbox, this announcement of the annual law student writing competition sponsored by the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence:   Law students are invited to submit articles addressing domestic violence and the law from a national or international … Continue reading

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New Feminist Blog of Interest: UVA Feminist Legal Forum

Welcome to the blogosphere, UVA Feminist Legal Forum.    The new blog “is dedicated to advancing feminist discussion and awareness. The Feminist Legal Forum provides a place for law students to examine legal issues which affect women, clarify what feminism … Continue reading

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Who Needs Feminism When We’ve Got Raw Foods?

“It’s not feminism you need.  It’s a new eating regime,” proclaims the headline of an article from SHAPE Magazine (March 2000, here) that touts the “raw food” movement. Tonight I had my first-ever vegan, raw-food restaurant experience at Pure Food … Continue reading

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Judging a Book’s Cover

Joseph Sullivan at the Book Design Review has named the cover of the paperback edition of Susan Faludi’s The Terror Dream:  Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America as one of his “favorite book covers of 2008.”  I’m pretty sure he … Continue reading

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On ‘Sloppy Seconds’: Women as Objects of Consumption

Sean Avery of the (National Hockey League) Dallas Stars has been suspended for 6 games for comments he made to reporters. Avery said:   “I’m really happy to be back in Calgary; I love Canada. I just want to comment … Continue reading

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Be Careful What You Wish For

So I’m probably the only one who missed this interesting development in the ongoing saga of reform of the ABA Standards for the Approval of Law Schools. There has been much hoo-ha and concern about the Special Committee Reports on … Continue reading

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Wear White on Monday in Support of Victims of Mumbai Attacks

Forwarded to me from one of my students: *In Remembrance of an event that has been called India’s *9/11:   ****Please wear WHITE on Monday, December 1st to memorial of all those affected. 10,000 strong and gaining more, let’s spread … Continue reading

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Webs, Tapestry, Life and Law Schools

  With the web metaphor on my mind, today I thought of this quotation from Justice Sandra Day O’Connor differently than I have before: We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone … and whatever happens is the result of … Continue reading

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Feminists Discuss More Than Periods

We discuss commas, too.   Readers, when listing items in a series, do you use the “serial comma,” aka the comma before the conjunction?  The Chicago Manual of Style says you should.  The New York Times Manual of Style and … Continue reading

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An Open Door Is Not Enough

Today’s Chronicle of Higher Education features a provocative “Balancing Act” column by  Mary Ann Mason (Berkeley).  In “Frozen Eggs  Oocyte Cryopreservation is not the Secret to Professional Success in Academe,” Mason reports some eye-catching statistics: Among the professions charted by … Continue reading

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What To Do When There is an Internal Sphincter Eruption (or the Importance of Being a Good “Host” Even When There Are No Guests)

Ann’s post here  about the importance of courteous behavior towards job candidates got me thinking.  When a school hosts faculty candidates or guests, and there is an “asshole eruption,” there is a clear need for damage control.  But what about … Continue reading

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CFP: Special Issue of Hypatia

From the FLP Mailbox, this announcement from Hypatia of a “Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Conference and Special Issue: Feminist Legacies / Feminist Futures”: Hypatia has been published as an independent journal of feminist philosophy since 1986; Volume 25 will appear in 2010. … Continue reading

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Why Women Don’t Have “Cool Cred”

The “Observer” column in the November 14, 2008 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education caught my eye.   In “Cool Cred: High Theory, Daffy Duck, and the Blues,” Jim Courter (Western Illinois) takes a close look at ways in … Continue reading

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Research Associateships at Five College Women’s Studies Research Center

From the FLP mailbox, this notice of Research Associate positions at the “Five College Women’s Studies Research Center”: The Center invites applications for its RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIPS for 2009-2010 from scholars and teachers at all levels of the educational system, as … Continue reading

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Feminist Law Profs Among New ALI Members

The ALI has announced the names (here) of its newly-elected members, including Feminist Law Profs Ann Bartow (South Carolina), Miriam Cherry (McGeorge),  Tony Infanti (Pitt), Margaret Russell (Santa Clara) and Margaret Taylor (Wake Forest).  Congratulations!   -Bridget Crawford  

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Bloggers as Handmaidens of True Public Intellectuals?

Anne Applebaum, Barbara Ehrenreich, Malcolm Gladwell, Christopher Hitchens, Fareed Zakaria, Paul Berman, Debra Dickerson, Rick Perlstein, David Rieff, Robert Wright, William A. Galston, Robert Kagan, Brink Lindsey, Walter Russell Mead, Eric Alterman, Michael Bérubé, Joshua Cohen, Tyler Cowen, Jared Diamond, … Continue reading

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Law Student Writing Competition – National Association of Pregnant Women

From the FLP mailbox, this announcement of the NAPW Law Student Writing Competition: Issues of concern to pregnant and birthing women have often been missing from discussion in law school courses and among reproductive rights activists. Thanks in large part … Continue reading

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Rethinking Faculty Recruitment

Instead of the traditional Faculty Recruitment Conference, what if the AALS coordinated a matching program à la medical school residencies?   My talented colleague Karl Coplan made this suggestion during a recruiting break today.   I have initial thoughts on … Continue reading

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Love-Hate at the Faculty Recruitment Conference

I  simultaneously like and dislike  the Faculty Recruitment Conference.   I like meeting people, reading the scholarship of professors-to-be; talking to candidates about their interests in teaching and scholarship; seeing friends from other faculties; spending time with my current colleagues … Continue reading

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Mary Lily Research Grants – Duke University

The Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, part of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, announces the availability of Mary Lily Research Grants for research travel to our collections. The Sallie Bingham Center … Continue reading

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Austin Named to Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations

Feminist Law Prof Regina Austin has been appointed to the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations  (PCHR), the city agency “that enforces civil rights laws and deals with all matters of inter-group conflict within the city.”  Austin is the William A. … Continue reading

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Sarah Weddington Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights Law

From the FLP mailbox, this call for papers that might be of interest to some of our students: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – WIN MONEY AND GET PUBLISHED Law Students for Reproductive Justice is accepting submissions for its 4th annual Writing … Continue reading

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The “Opt Out Revolution” 5 Years Later

On Friday, October 24, 2008, Lisa Belkin was the keynote speaker at a conference at Pace Law School on “Women and the Law: How Far We’ve Come and Where We Need to Go.”  I was a fan of Belkin’s “Life’s … Continue reading

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Hoochie Magazine

I came across the blog for  Hoochie, “a feminist magazine created by and for the Boston University community (while remaining unaffiliated with Boston University).”  Their on-line Body Image Issue is available here.  There’s lots on the blog and in the … Continue reading

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CFP: Freedom Center Journal

From the FLP mailbox, this message from the Call for Papers: The Freedom Center Journal (“FCJ”) is a joint scholarly publication of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Law.   The purpose of … Continue reading

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Announcing the Animal Blawg

Feminist Law Professor David Cassuto (Pace), together with Professor Luis Chiesa (Pace) and JD candidate Suzanne McMillan have started the Animal Blawg (tagline “Transcending Speciesism Since October 2008”).   Here’s the description of the blog: This blog’s scope is intended … Continue reading

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Man-Lovin’ Shoes

From the October 21, 2008 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education: Sixty-three fraternity members from Centre College donned identical red pumps and hobbled en masse through downtown Danville, Ky., last week as part of “Walk a Mile in Her … Continue reading

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Welcome to the Blogosphere, Constitutional Law Profs

Feminist Law Profs Nareissa Smith (Florida Coastal) and Ruthann Robson (CUNY), together with Steven Schwinn (John Marshall), have launched the Constitutional Law Prof Blog.  Here’s an excerpt from their announcement:   We are proud to announce a new blog.   … Continue reading

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Gay, Married and Testate in Queens

In Queens, New York, the executor of a gay person’s estate must follow different procedures than the executor of a straight person’s estate, so says The Honorable Robert L. Nahman, in a decision issued last month. Because of the uncertain … Continue reading

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Lawyers’ Salaries: Mommy Penalties, Daddy Bonuses, and Pure Gender Effects

Even among highly educated professionals, there is a persistent difference in the salaries of men and women. Untangling the reasons for that difference is quite difficult, and it involves as a threshold matter trying to figure out whether there are … Continue reading

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“Girls’ Books” and Financial Hard Times

Over at slate.com, Erica Perl recalls her favorite books from childhood: The first time I heard the word  recession, I was 10 years old. It was 1978, and my parents, like everyone we knew, were cranky and stressed out about … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Ntozake Shange!

From brittanica.com, this short bio: Shange attended Barnard College (B.A., 1970) and the University of Southern California (M.A., 1973). From 1972 to 1975 she taught humanities, women’s studies, and Afro-American studies at California colleges. During this period she also made … Continue reading

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CFP: Women, Equality and Fiscal Policy: Gender Analysis of Taxes, Spending and Budgets

Call for papers for workshop on : Women, Equality, and Fiscal Policy: Gender Analysis of Taxes, Spending, and Budgets     Context and purpose of the workshop: The political economy of women is deeply affected by gender differences: women’s incomes … Continue reading

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Scott on “Surrogacy and the Politics of Commodification”

 Elizabeth Scott (Columbia) has posted to ssrn her article “Surrogacy and the Politics of Commodification.”  Here is the abstract: This essay examines the changing social and political meaning of surrogacy contracts over the twenty years since this issue first attracted … Continue reading

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Imagining Law: On Drucilla Cornell

SUNY Press has published Imagining Law: On Drucilla Cornell, an edited volume of essays by authors in philosophy, political science and law.   Each discusses the importance of Professor Cornell’s work.   The last essay in the book is Professor … Continue reading

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Law at Columbia U. is Stuck in the 1990s

The Columbia University Institute for Research on Women & Gender,  “the locus of interdisciplinary feminist scholarship and teaching at Columbia University,” offers an undergraduate degree program as well as a graduate “certification” in Feminist Scholarship.  There are some tremendous feminist … Continue reading

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Comments You Are Most Likely to Hear From Feminist Law Professors

On the Freakonomics blog at the New York Times, Justin Wolfers reminded readers  (here) of  economist  George Stigler‘s  suggestion that during presentations of a scholarly work, audience members would increase academic efficiency by shouting out a number that corresponded to … Continue reading

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What Does Our Legal System Owe Future Generations? New Analyses of Intergenerational Justice for a New Century”

The George Washington University Law Review, in collaboration with Feminist Law Prof Neil Buchanan, will be hosting a symposium entitled “What Does Our Legal System Owe Future Generations? New Analyses of Intergenerational Justice for a New Century.”  The Symposium is … Continue reading

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Heelarious? Not So Much

From the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition, this action notice: Two Seattle moms have found a way to raise the stakes in race to sexualize young girls in adult trappings: plastic high heels for infant girls aged 0-6 months old. The … Continue reading

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Interview with Feminist Law Prof Martha Fineman, Founder of the Feminist Legal Theory Project

For more than 25 years, Feminist Law Professor Martha Fineman (Emory) has been one of legal feminism’s leading voices.  She is a mentor and role model to countless other scholars.  Professor Fineman’s publications include  The Autonomy Myth: A Theory of … Continue reading

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Sex, Testation and Undue Influence

In the basic Wills, Trusts & Estates course, students learn that transfers brought about by undue influence, duress and fraud are invalid.   The Restatement (Third) of Property: Wills and Other Donative Transfers § 8.3(b) defines undue influence this way: … Continue reading

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CFP: Columbia J. of Gender & Law Symposium, “Gender on the Margins”

The Columbia Journal of Gender and Law announces an open call for papers addressing Gender on the Margins for its upcoming symposium to be held at Columbia Law School on April 10, 2009. Papers accepted for and presented at the … Continue reading

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Your Right to Choose…a Sandwich

Many smart people disagree with Linda Hirshman about many topics, but I think she was spot-on when she described feminism’s “critical failure” as the watering down of choice rhetoric to “an umbrella to put over anything any woman said she … Continue reading

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Not the Babar You Remember

New  York’s Morgan Library is currently hosting “Drawing Babar:  Early Drafts and Watercolors,” a show  of “manuscript drafts, sketches, and watercolors, for the first book by each of Babar’s two authors, father and son Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff.”  The … Continue reading

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Gender and Wage Disparity in the Legal Profession

From the ABA Journal, and blogged already by Ann (here): The highest earners in 2007 were men in legal occupations, who earned a median salary in 2007 of $105,233, according to a Census Bureau report. The online  report  issued in … Continue reading

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