Category Archives: Academia

CALL FOR PAPERS – NEW DATE The University of Baltimore School of Law’s Center on Applied Feminism seeks submissions for its Fourth Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference. This year’s theme is “Applying Feminism Globally.” The conference date has changed from … Continue reading →

A new organization has formed to track the sexist statements and foci on women political candidates.  Regardless of whether one supported Hillary Clinton, it was very difficult to escape the barrage of sexist “white noise” generated by media, political commentators … Continue reading →

 As I read this post from Above the Law, I found myself thinking about Professor Felice Batlan and the law students from Chicago-Kent who presented their study, Not Our Mother’s Law Students?: A Feminist Study of Women’s Experiences in Law … Continue reading →

Kimberly A. Neuendorf, Thomas D. Gore, Amy Dalessandro, Patricie Janstova, and Sharon Snyder-Suhy have published Shaken and Stirred: A Content Analysis of Women’s Portrayals in James Bond Films at 62 Sex Roles 747-761 (2010).  Here’s the abstract. A quantitative content analysis of … Continue reading →

This is a topic with which I am constantly engaged so it was surprising to find it in the news (though a blog entry only).  The article makes the point that wars in places like Afghanistan and Iraq that have … Continue reading →

Two Canadian professors have contributed some provocative scholarship on sexual assault law recently. Janine Benedet, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, has published The Sexual Assault of Intoxicated Women , forthcoming in the Canadian Journal of Women and the … Continue reading →

Work has long been an issue for feminist legal scholars, but in a new article just posted on ssrn here, Professor Shirley Lung argues that we need to refocus.   Lung is addressing the new “family/work” policies often adopted by employers … Continue reading →

Dan Markel at Prawfsblawg asks (here) for information on Appointments Committee Chairs at schools that are hiring. If you are on Appointments, or know who is, please share here.

Cynthia Pittson, Head of Reference Services and Adjunct Professor of Law at Pace Law School, has prepared a useful reference list (here) of the change, tweaks and modifications to the citation rules contained in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, now … Continue reading →

Seems that a full-fledged gender-panic may be breaking out.   As if the whole mishigas with Constance McMillen being told she couldn’t wear a tux to her senior prom weren’t enough, now a mom in Maple Shade, New Jersey has … Continue reading →

Ms. Magazine seeks letters to the editor responding to its most recent issue (here). There is a student rate for profs using the   magazine in the classroom. -Bridget Crawford

In an article otherwise about the perils of discussing family matters and responsibilities at work, I stumbled upon this description of a job-seeker’s experience: A friend who is a high-powered scholar told me about his job interview at an allegedly … Continue reading →

In case you weren’t able to attend the Symposium we held last Friday at Columbia Law School, recognizing the influence of Judith Butler’s work to the law of gender and sexuality, you can now watch videos of the three panels … Continue reading →

Utah has joined Delaware and New York in criminalizing intentionally or knowingly caused miscarriages after a 17 year old girl asked someone to beat her until she miscarried.  The link, from Jezebel, is here.  Perhaps another option might have been … Continue reading →

Ross Davies (George Mason) (not pictured above) has updated his study of law reviews, Law Review Circulation, 2009 Green Bag Alm. 164.   His 2010 update,   Law Review Circulation 2009: The Combover,    2010 Green Bag Alm. 419, adds … Continue reading →

Over at Jotwell [the Journal of Things We Like (Lots)], the Trusts & Estates section is now live (here).   Fellow contributors to the T&E Section include Feminist Law Profs Julia Belian (Detroit Mercy), Wendy Gerzog (Baltimore), Bill LaPiana (NYLS) … Continue reading →

What is the difference between an “article” and an “essay”?  For many law reviews, including Penn, an essay is a piece less than 10,000 words (see here).  That’s an empirical standard that makes sense to me. Apart from length, are … Continue reading →

The Beatrice Bain Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley, has issued this Call For Applications.           The BEATRICE BAIN RESEARCH GROUP (BBRG) is the University of California, Berkeley’s critical feminist research center, established in … Continue reading →

The University of Baltimore School of Law’s Center on Applied Feminism will host its Third Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference on March 4-5, 2010. The theme of this year’s conference is Applied Feminism and Marginalized Communities. A full conference schedule … Continue reading →

Did I Miss Anything? by Tom Wayman From: The Astonishing Weight of the Dead. Vancouver: Polestar, 1994. Question frequently asked by students after missing a class Nothing. When we realized you weren’t here we sat with our hands folded on … Continue reading →

Five articles.  Zero written by women. Three student notes.  Two written by women. Gender balance can be a conscious choice. -Bridget Crawford