Category Archives: Academia

Supposedly Liberal Satire

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Law prof Jack Chin appeared on the Daily Show in a clip that law prof Eric Muller at Is That Legal? does not find particularly funny.

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I Wanted To Like It

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Ann Bartow

The Alliance for Justice produced a film called “Quiet Revolution” that is, according to an accompanying booklet, pitched at informing viewers about the “transformative legal agenda that movement conservatives are pursuing” through the political process generally and the judiciary particularly. … Continue reading →

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The “Northwestern Colloquy”

Posted on October 16, 2006 by Ann Bartow

According to this site: The Northwestern Colloquy will be the first scholarly weblog to be operated by a major law review. It will feature legal commentary written in the form of blog posts. This new format will allow scholars to … Continue reading →

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The Cocks and the Lady Cocks

Posted on October 15, 2006 by Ann Bartow

The “Fighting Gamecock” is the mascot of the University of South Carolina. For the male sports teams this is abbreviated to “Cocks” because they are clearly the ones the mascot is meant for. Officially the women’s teams are more demurely … Continue reading →

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“If people stand still on escalators, then why don’t they stand still on stairs?”

Posted on October 15, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Evolutionary psychologists offer some fairly odd accounts of the intersection between gender and behavior, see e.g. this, this and this, but when it comes to getting things utterly, ridiculously wrong, economists can sometimes give them a run for the money, … Continue reading →

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Take the Bait? Or Not?

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Ann Bartow

At “Above the Law,” David Lat has been running a “Law School Dean Hotties Contest.” Today he instrumentally linked to this blog, so obviously he wants some attention. If you have any interest in reading about or voting on the … Continue reading →

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Do you have what it takes to be a university administrator?

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Take this simple quiz and find out.

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A Primer To Gender?

Posted on October 9, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Over at Crooked Timber, Ingrid Robeyns asks: Suppose you do research on gender issues in the social sciences (or practical/political/moral philosophy). It is quite likely that from time to time, or perhaps even often, you meet other scholars who are … Continue reading →

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The Yale Women’s Center’s “Gender, Career and Family” Report

Posted on October 7, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Per this site: In September 20th, 2005, the New York Times ran a front-page article (“Many Women at Elite Colleges Set Career Path to Motherhood,”) alleging that undergraduate women at elite colleges such as Yale plan to choose motherhood over … Continue reading →

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Robin Fretwell Wilson, “Don’t Let Divorce Off the Hook”

Posted on October 4, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Congratulations to Robin Fretwell Wilson on her Op-Ed in the NYT that appeared October 1st! Here is an excerpt: NEW YORK is one of the few states without unilateral no-fault divorce, which means that New York couples can get a … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: “Happiness and the Meaning of Life”

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Ann Bartow

When I saw this CFP at the Legal Theory Blog I suspected it might be satire, but then I noticed the related conference was being organized by the Philosophy Department at the University of Birmingham, rather than a law school. … Continue reading →

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“Poison Ivy”

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Ann Bartow

The Economist has published a review of Daniel Golden’s book,”The Price of Admission: How America’s Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges:and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates.”The Economist review has as its subtitle: “Not so much palaces of … Continue reading →

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“Study finds gender patent gap in life sciences”

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Ann Bartow

According to this article: Male academic scientists in life sciences secure patents at more than twice the rate of their female colleagues, according to a new study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and researchers at Haas School of Business, … Continue reading →

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Teach-in on Guantanamo

Posted on September 23, 2006 by Ann Bartow

I am writing to see if you may be willing to publicize a truly exceptional event: Guantanamo: How Should We Respond? It is a national teach-in on Guantanamo organized primarily through law schools – with the origin being Seton Hall … Continue reading →

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“Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering”

Posted on September 18, 2006 by Ann Bartow

“Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering“is a report prepared by a panel convened by the National Academy of Sciences to study the reasons women are not succeeding in greater numbers in academic … Continue reading →

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Nancy Rapoport on the AALS FAR and FRC

Posted on September 17, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Nancy Rapoport is blogging at MoneyLaw, and her first blogservations there focus on the AALS FAR and FRC. See her posts: Things that faculty appointments committees should know (if they don’t already) and Why the Faculty Recruitment Conference is like … Continue reading →

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Why?

Posted on September 15, 2006 by Ann Bartow

What leads a law professor who describes herself as a feminist to do something like this? See also Echidne of the Snakes. –Ann Bartow

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Lovely.

Posted on September 7, 2006 by Ann Bartow

From the comments at Concurring Opinions: I think that Ann’s criticism stems from the fact that the article’s purpose is very different from what she was expecting. I think that Ann’s criticism stems from the fact of your pistil. Posted … Continue reading →

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Nantiya Ruan on Payments to Plaintiffs in Discrimination Class Action

Posted on September 6, 2006 by Scott Moss

Nantiya Ruan (U. Denver Law School) has posted on SSRN, Bringing Sense to Incentives: Harmonizing Courts’ Chaotic Caselaw on Class Action Incentive Payments.   It makes what I find to be a really persuasive point about how courts handle class … Continue reading →

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It’s a pissing match, so having a penis is required.

Posted on September 1, 2006 by Ann Bartow

The June 2006 edition of the Yale Law Journal is available here, and as Eric Muller notes, it boasts a Colloquium with “head-turningly nasty exchanges between Yale lawprof Jed Rubenfeld and Minnesota lawprof Michael Stokes Paulsen.” It also contains three … Continue reading →

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Ernesto Arrives in South Carolina

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Cripes has it been raining. Huge puddles everywhere. After seven years of losing the USC parking “lottery” badly, the good news is, I finally won a coveted spot in a faculty/staff parking lot. The bad news is, my new lot … Continue reading →

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Prof. Anthony D’Amato argues that porn has decreased rape.

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Glenn Reyolds proposed this thesis at Instapundit a while back. Now law prof Tony D’Amato has posted a short law review article, “Porn Up, Rape Down,” with the same thesis; it is downloadable at SSRN here. Below is the abstract: … Continue reading →

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New Paper on Confidential Settlements (mine)

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Scott Moss

I’ve recently posted on SSRN an article that’s sort of half employment discrimination, half civil procedure, and half economic analysis: Illuminating Secrecy: A New Economic Analysis of Confidential Settlements, 105 Mich. L. Rev. __ (2007).   The reason I think … Continue reading →

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Let Me Know of Your Scholarship

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Scott Moss

I’ve meant to say this for a while: some of my posts are of the “hey, here’s an interesting new piece of gender-related scholarship” variety, so I would love to hear (and post) about new (or recent) works by by … Continue reading →

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Susan Sturm, “Advancing Workplace Equity in Higher Education”

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Scott Moss

Susan Sturm’s writings are some of the most interesting analyses of discrimination around; a favorite of mine is her 2001 article, Second Generation Employment Discrimination.   Her newest piece just got posted on SSRN: The Architecture of Inclusion: Advancing Workplace … Continue reading →

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The ACLU Sucessfully Prevents Sex-Segregated School in Louisiana

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Ann Bartow

The ACLU’s account of the dispute (and its positive resolution) is here; the page includes a link to the Complaint it filed in its successful lawsuit. Recent discussions of sex-segregated education have transpired at feminist blogs such as The Happy … Continue reading →

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Anyone Who Blogs From Work Needs To Read This

Posted on August 10, 2006 by Ann Bartow

At orinkerr.com. Below is an excerpt: … Ziegler was an employee of a company called Frontline Processing, described in the opinion as”a company that services Internet merchants by processing on-line electronic payments”in Bozeman, Montana. Ziegler downloaded some child pornography to … Continue reading →

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How Not To Recruit Women Scientists: Send Them E-mails That Say, “I honestly recommend you to take one of these [other offers] rather than plunge into the hot pan.”

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Ann Bartow

And don’t send e-mails that say, “Alla, as you are very aware, two competing labs in the same building is something we should avoid by all means. Some people who are promoting your arrival here are ignoring this basic principle, … Continue reading →

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Academicsecret

Posted on August 6, 2006 by Ann Bartow

A cool new academic blog! Via the Blogher Research & Academia Blog.

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Stanley Fish on the 2000 AALS Annual Meeting

Posted on August 6, 2006 by Ann Bartow

From Slate: “…I have just returned from the AALS (American Association of Law Schools) meeting in Washington, where I was a member of a panel considering the state of legal theory at the beginning of the new century. I gave … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Standing Up For Other Women, Expletives and All

Posted on August 1, 2006 by Ann Bartow

It’s Absinthe’s story, click here to read it at her blog.

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Cat Blogging One’s Way To Tenure and Promotion?

Posted on July 30, 2006 by Ann Bartow

I’m not a regular Instapundit reader, but I’ve been to that site enough to have a general sense of the typical posts, and I found this one rather flabbergasting: SOME THOUGHTS ON ACADEMIC BLOGGING from me and from some other … Continue reading →

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Law Review Page Limits: Know When To Say When!

Posted on July 25, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Some of the most cited law journals express a preference for pithiness here. Via Larry Solum at the spiffily redesigned Legal Theory Blog.

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Jim Chen Has Started a New Blog

Posted on July 15, 2006 by Ann Bartow

He is calling it “Jurisdynamics.” I’m betting it will be very interesting, one of those “You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll send him flowers and hate mail” kind of law prof blogs. Check it out!

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New Blog Tackles Sex Discrimination in the Academy

Posted on July 12, 2006 by Ann Bartow

The blog is Absinthe, and it has the tag line: “A blog for pissed off female scientists and academics. Because 1000 years of affirmative action for white males is more than enough.” The blog author writes: I choose to blog … Continue reading →

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On-Line Bullying By Law Students

Posted on July 3, 2006 by Ann Bartow

See this post at the Law School Academic Support Blog. Via the Leiter Law School Reports, where Brian Leiter notes: One putatively prelaw discussion board–memorably described in the comments here as the place where “the amount of racism, anti-semitism, and … Continue reading →

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Law Prof Glenn Reynolds Sees Some Correlation, Or Something, Between the “Porn Explosion” and A Drop In Reported Instances of Rape

Posted on June 26, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Read his observations on rape and porn in a short piece entitled “Porn: Good For America” here. Then see the Washington Post article that he links to. Just for starters, notice how Reynolds says “…rape has gone down 85%” but … Continue reading →

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Because She Couldn’t Possibly Be Smart and Hardworking?

Posted on June 16, 2006 by Ann Bartow

  Over at Concurring Opinions, law prof Kaimipono Wegner posted the above photo and wrote: The New York Times front page is running a photo of Karl Rove. Alone? No — the photographer is careful to include the smiling woman … Continue reading →

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On Academic Freedom

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Long and terrific essay by Michael Berube accessible here.

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Online Copyright Agreements for Authors

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Ann Bartow

From Jamie Boyle: “A team at Science Commons — which includes…[law prof] Mike Carroll — has just released the first set of Science Commons’ Authors Addenda, designed to aid the author in the attempt to “change the terms of a … Continue reading →

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“Women Gaining in Education, But Wage Gap Persists”

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Ann Bartow

From the 6/5/2006 Feminist Weekly News: Federal statistics on advanced education released on Thursday revealed that women are now earning the majority of undergraduate college degrees in traditionally male-dominated fields such as biology and business, as well as in education … Continue reading →

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ANN WEAVER HART TO BECOME NINTH PRESIDENT OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

Posted on June 3, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Ann Weaver Hart, Temple’s first female president, will assume leadership of America’s 26th-largest university on July 1, succeeding David W. Adamany, who is retiring June 30 after nearly six years at Temple’s helm. Hart, 57, has been president of the … Continue reading →

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Who is in the Academic Dungeon?

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Bridget Crawford

Slate reports today on an academic study by Paul Oyer, Associate Professor of Economics at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.   Professor Oyer has published a study that examines, among other things, the impact of one’s first job placement … Continue reading →

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“The Little Professor” on Grading Exams

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Ann Bartow

She deconstructs “one of academia’s most sacrosanct rituals.” I perform a sub-ritual that she does not mention. I count how many bluebooks there are, making sure that this number corresponds with the tally of enrolled students. Then I grade one. … Continue reading →

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Teachers’ TV

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Ann Bartow

This Guardian article observes: Teachers’ TV is a channel for everyone who works in education, from heads to NQTs, governors to support staff. Programmes take you inside classrooms and schools across the country to see how good teachers are bringing … Continue reading →

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Fact Checking David Horowitz

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Ann Bartow

That would be a full time job, huh? Inside Higher Ed reports: …a coalition of academic and civil liberties groups is releasing a more detailed analysis of the Horowitz book,The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America. In”Facts Count,”the … Continue reading →

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The Duke University Administrative Response to the Lacrosse Team Rape Allegations

Posted on May 9, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Duke President Richard Brodhead recently issued a statement about the University’s initial response to the rape allegations, and it includes a link to an investigative report written by William Bowen and Julius Chambers, which is accessible here.

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From the FLP Mailbox: “RAPE VICTIMS RALLY FOR 24 HOURS IN UNION SQUARE”

Posted on April 20, 2006 by Ann Bartow

“Starting at noon April 21, for the next 24 hours NYC survivors will tell their stories of rape. Part vigil, part art happening, the Sexual Assault Yearly Speak Out will end the silence around the city’s epidemic of sexual violence.” … Continue reading →

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“Gender Gap in Professorial Pay”

Posted on April 13, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Paul Caron at TaxProf Blog has a post up with interesting (and depressing) information and additional links.

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Still More on the American Association of Law Deans, Tenure, and Long Term Contracts

Posted on April 9, 2006 by Ann Bartow

For background, read this and this, two posts by Marina Angel. From “Law Deans Dispute ABA’s Tenure Power” by Leigh Jones in the National Law Journal: The American Law Deans Association has submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of … Continue reading →

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