Topic
Gender Gap
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“Gender Disparities in Plea Bargaining”
Main March 20, 2018"Gender Disparities in Plea Bargaining"The title of this post is the title of this notable new article now available via SSRN authored by Carlos Berdejó. Here is…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Gender Sidelining Symposium
By Tracy Thomas
A terrific lineup of speakers at the upcoming Gender Sidelining Symposium Subtle, yet pernicious forms of unequal treatment exist wherein women may not experience adverse outcomes that are actionable under anti-discrimination or other laws,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
US Sentencing Commission releases new report on “Demographic Differences in Sentencing”
Main November 14, 2017US Sentencing Commission releases new report on "Demographic Differences in Sentencing"Via this webpage, the US Sentencing Commission provides a helpful summary and some key findings from its…
The Right Coast
Prof finds ‘no evidence’ sexism is behind gender gap in STEM
Dr. Lee Jussim, a professor at Rutgers University, explored the issue in an article published last week in Psychology Today, explaining that girls with strong math and science skills also…
The Right Coast
Prof finds ‘no evidence’ sexism is behind gender gap in STEM
Dr. Lee Jussim, a professor at Rutgers University, explored the issue in an article published last week in Psychology Today, explaining that girls with strong math and science skills also…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Leong on Mika on Gender Disparity of Supreme Court Advocates
Now on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Nancy Leong’s essay, On Gender Disparity and Dialogue. Nancy reviews Jennifer Mika’s recent article, The Noteworthy Absence of Women Advocates at the…
PrawfsBlawg
JOTWELL: Leong on Mika on gender disparity before SCOTUS
Main Friday, June 16, 2017JOTWELL: Leong on Mika on gender disparity before SCOTUSThe new Courts Law essay comes from Nancy Leong (Denver), reviewing Jennifer Mika, The Noteworthy Absence of Women…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Tapping Women Money-Makers
Women entering the workforce and garnering high-level leadership positions has changed the nature of the financial services industry. But, men and women are different. This divergence between the sexes is…
The Faculty Lounge
On International Women’s Day, Advocacy Groups Launch “Full Citizenship Project for Law Faculty”
This press release from colleagues affiliated with the Legal Writing Institute and Association of Legal Writing Directors: Professional associations unite to support full institutional citizenship—an effort to correct gender and…
ContractsProf Blog
On International Women’s Day, Advocacy Groups Launch “Full Citizenship Project for Law Faculty”
Professional associations unite to support full institutional citizenship - an effort to correct gender and related disparities among law facultyThe Legal Writing Institute (LWI) and the Association of Legal Writing Directors…