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Gender
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The History of Sex Discrimination in Public Accommodations
By Tracy Thomas
Elizabeth Sepper & Deborah Dinner, Sex in Public, 129 Yale L. J. (forthcoming)This Article recounts the first history of sex in public accommodations law—a history essential to debates that rage…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Book: Unequal Profession: Race and Gender in Legal Academia
By Tracy Thomas
Meera Dao, Unequal Profession: Race and Gender in Legal Academia (Stanford U. Press 2019)This book is the first formal, empirical investigation into the law faculty experience using a distinctly intersectional…
PrawfsBlawg
Colorado Calling! It’s a Barbie World, this Thursday
Main Wednesday, March 06, 2019Colorado Calling! It's a Barbie World, this Thursday I am thrilled to be heading to Colorado where the University of Colorado is holding its annual IP…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Mothers With Disabilities: At the Intersection of Family and Employment Law
By Tracy Thomas
Nicole Porter, Mothers with Disabilities, 33 Berkeley J. Gender, Law & Justice (2018) This paper explores the intersection of three marginalized groups: women, mothers, and individuals with disabilities. At the same…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Book Review: Lifetime Disadvantage, Discrimination and the Gendered Workplace
By Tracy Thomas
Nicole Porter, An Ambitious Approach: A Review of Lifetime Disadvantage, Discrimination and the Gendered Workforce, 22 Employee Rgts & Employment Policy J. (2018) In this review of Susan Bisom-Rapp’s and Malcom…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Gender and Judging: Evidence from the European Court of Human Rights
By Tracy Thomas
Erik Voeten, Gender and Judging: Evidence from the European Court of Human Rights, Are women’s appeals for judicial remedies more likely to be successful if there are more women on the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
19th Women and Law Conference: The Way Forward-Gender, LGBTQIA Rights, and Religious Liberties
By Tracy Thomas
Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 19th Women and the Law Conference: The Way Forward: Gender, LGBTQIA Rights, and Religious Liberties, Feb. 1, 2019Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s 19 th Annual…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Revisiting Critical Pedagogy in the Era of Diversity
Changing economic and social dynamics have tilted the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of law students nationwide to greater diversity. While law faculties are inching toward more racial and gender…
TortsProf Blog
Bernstein: The Common Law Inside the Female Body
Anita Bernstein has published The Common Law Inside the Female Body with Cambridge University Press. The blurb provides:In The Common Law Inside the Female Body, Anita Bernstein explains why lawyers…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Lawsuit Filed Against Harvard for Ban on Single-Sex Clubs Including Fraternities and Sororities
By Tracy Thomas
Harvard Sued by Fraternities and Sororities Over Single-Sex RuleSeveral national fraternities and sororities sued Harvard University on Monday over a 2016 rule that discourages students from joining single-gender social clubs,…