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Cristan Williams of The TransAdvocate interviews Judith Butler here.  Here is an excerpt: nothing is more important for transgender people than to have access to excellent health care in trans-affirmative environments, to have the legal and institutional freedom to pursue … Continue reading →

In today’s Chronicle of Higher Education (pay site – sorry – day passes available), this Student Affairs column looks at the terms used to describe different generations at any point in time.   Here are some that made the list. … Continue reading →

Things have been so busy that I haven’t had much time to post recently. Nonetheless, during the presidential campaign I posted about the tax consequences of Sarah Palin’s per diems, and that post was picked up by the New York … Continue reading →

Readers may be interested to know about Brian Leiter’s other blogs (in addition to his Law School Reports).   Brian Leiter’s Legal Philosophy Blog Brian Leiter’s Nietzsche Blog -Bridget Crawford

From Equality Now: Kobra has already served eight years in prison as an accomplice to the murder of her husband who was killed by a sympathetic client, plus a further three years awaiting execution.  Kobra has recently suffered from a … Continue reading →

My terrific colleague Patricia Williams has offered some thoughts on the significance of the presidential transition tomorrow, reminding us to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama while not losing sight of the horrendous deeds of the outgoing incumbent.   Read … Continue reading →

Read it in full here, at the NYT. Below is an excerpt. The bolding was added by me. I think Obama made a great choice for Secretary of State. She may not have made the cover of Ms. but she … Continue reading →

    Well, to round out my posting for today, I have to voice my hope that the Pittsburgh Steelers cream the San Diego Chargers later this afternoon! Since moving to Pittsburgh–and to the great surprise of my sister–I’ve become … Continue reading →

“a single short document of 30 articles that has probably had more impact on mankind than any other document in modern history.” — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, in her statement marking the 60th anniversary of the … Continue reading →

The American Bar Association is out with its list of the Top 100 Law Blogs, as chosen by its editors. Congrats to Ann, Bridget, and all of the Feminist Law Professors for making the Top 100 two years in a … Continue reading →

November 25th is  designated by the United Nations as “International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.”  The date was selected to “commemorate the lives of the Mirabal sisters,” who were assassinated on November 25, 1960 during the Trujillo … Continue reading →

There has been a staggering increase in bankruptcies in the past year. Federal bankruptcy law is often interpreted with reference to state law, including law regarding property interests that are acquired through marriage.  But what if a same-sex couple got … Continue reading →

This weekend the ACLU elected my wonderful former colleague, Brooklyn Law School Professor Susan Herman, as its new president.   There are many things to love about Susan: her integrity, her intelligence and her wisdom, among others.   Susan’s recent … Continue reading →

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that poses that question today. The case is Crawford v. Metropolitan Gov’t of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn. The Sixth Circuit’s Opinion and links to all the briefs can be found … Continue reading →

Over at TaxProf, Paul Caron has links  to Sarah Palin’s newly released tax returns. It appears, as Paul says, that Governor Palin did not report her per diems or the travel reimbursements for her family as income. In support of … Continue reading →

Today I served on the resource panel (i.e., a panel of legal, social work, theological, and statistical experts) for a deliberative poll on the question of same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania. The poll was taken at four sites across the state—I … Continue reading →

In today’s News York Times, Dorothy Samuels comments on”Sarah Palin and the Rape Kits.”    A few excerpts — When Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, the small town began billing sexual-assault victims for the cost of rape kits … Continue reading →

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Via. Below are pictures depicting the uniform of the male Brazilian volleyball players: I have to think that if exposing your midriff and upper thighs helped you play better, the men would be doing it too. NB: Brazil is not … Continue reading →

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Feminist Law Prof Meredith Miller has launched a new general interest law-related podcast called The Slippery Slope. This is a super-cool project, and I’m not just saying that because she asked me to be a guest! Check it out! Tracy … Continue reading →

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US News is considering altering the way “student quality” is measured for rankings purposes by including the LSAT scores of part time students, as is described here: The first idea is that U.S. News should count both full-time and part-time … Continue reading →

This NYT article reports: The authors of the study are Bob Sommer, who teaches public policy communications and is president of Observer Media, publisher of The New York Observer, and John R. Maycroft, a graduate student in public policy. They … Continue reading →

That’s the title of a piece in Inside Higher Ed that discusses a new article out on attitudes of women in academia. For some of us, it may hit a little too close to home to read the whole thing … Continue reading →

Five law professors from four law schools have  formed Law Profs for the Cure, a team that will walk in the  Komen 3-day breast cancer walk in Philly, October 17-19, 2008.    To support the team or, better yet, join … Continue reading →

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I’ll be walking in the Susan Komen breast cancer 3-day walk this October 17-19 in Philadelphia.   The walk covers approximatly 60 miles in three days and will give the opportunity to stretch yourself beyond limits you thought you had. … Continue reading →

Remember this story? Now there is a video.

Now available for downloading here. The abstract: Intentional tort law generally protects personal autonomy and self-determination vigorously by requiring fair disclosure before consent to physical contact is considered voluntary and valid. A glaring exception exists relative to consent to sexual … Continue reading →

I’m cross-posting this from Millennial Law Profs because I have a feeling that my fellow Feminist Law Profs and readers are going to be some of the greatest outside-the-box creative thinkers on how to use a common everyday item for … Continue reading →

Supercynic writes: … I noticed that my post about how the Southeastern Conference’s website sucks because it takes a computer equivalent of Indiana Jones to find out the latest tennis results had an unusually high readership. It hit me that … Continue reading →