Topic
Gender Gap
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Family Law Prof Blog
Cahn & McClain: “Gendered Complications of Covid-19: Towards a Feminist Recovery Plan”
By Family Law
Naomi Cahn (UVA) & Linda C. McClain (BU) have recently posted their article Gendered Complications of Covid-19: Towards a Feminist Recovery Plan, Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law (2020).…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Study Documents Disparity in Research Productivity during the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Tracy Thomas
Ruomeng Cui, Hao Ding & Feng Zhu, Gender Inequality in Research Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic" We study the disproportionate impact of the lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak…
Litigation Finance Journal
The Power of GCs to Improve Equity
By John Freund
Despite improved awareness, the issue of gender inequity in law has not been satisfactorily addressed. It’s difficult to say precisely where the problem lies. What we do know is that…
Litigation Finance Journal
Burford Capital Equity Project: Closing the Gender Gap in the Legal Field
By John Freund
It’s a stressful time for legal professionals right now. Court delays, financial pressure, the inconveniences of remote working, and a huge influx of cases is keeping firms on their toes.…
Litigation Finance Journal
The Equity Project Seeks to Balance the Gender Gap in Law Firm Culture
By John Freund
International Women’s Day has come and gone. But the issues women face in the workplace—and in law firms in particular—are still present. With that in mind, Buford Capital has set…
The Right Coast
Good Men Aren’t Getting Harder to Find – Quillette
In fact, it is the least selective schools that are driving the national gender gap in bachelor s degrees. For example, at for-profit colleges, most of which have very low…
Pay Equity Matters: Mind the Gap
Crazy Rich Pay Equity Dispute? Movie Co-Writer Quits Project After Claiming Pay Equity Problem
Crazy Rich Pay Equity Dispute? Movie Co-Writer Quits Project After Claiming Pay Equity Problem Pay equity concerns in Hollywood are not limited to famous actresses (such as Michelle Williams) or…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Gender Inequality of Cognitive Household Labor
By Tracy Thomas
Allison Daminger, The Cognitive Dimension of Household Labor, American Sociology Rev. (July 2019)Household labor is commonly defined as a set of physical tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and shopping. Sociologists…
The Right Coast
TV’s Big Role in America’s Free-Time Gender Gap – The Atlantic
There is a leisure gap in America: The average man has about five and a half hours of free time a day, according to government data. The average woman has…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Examining gender realities and disparities in modern federal sentencing
Main March 30, 2018Examining gender realities and disparities in modern federal sentencing David Dagan has this interesting new piece at FiveThirtyEight under the headline "Women Aren’t Always Sentenced By The…