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Faculty Newsletter - Fall 2009, Wiener-Rogers Law Library, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law
Faculty Newsletter - Fall 2009, Wiener-Rogers Law Library, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law
Faculty Newsletters
This newsletter features discussions about: (i) library renewals, (ii) Faculty Services Librarian David McClure; (iii) liaison reshuffles; (iv) research assistance; (v) interdisciplinary resources -- databases other than Westlaw or Lexis; (vi) US Government Depository status; (vii) coffee in the library; and (viii) the library conference room.
Reproducing Gender On Law School Faculties, Ann C. Mcginley
Reproducing Gender On Law School Faculties, Ann C. Mcginley
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This article demonstrates that there is a gender divide on law school faculties. Women work in inferior sex-segregated jobs and teach a disproportionate percentage of female-identified courses. More than 80% of law school deans are men. Men teach the more prestigious male-identified courses. Women suffer from differential expectations from colleagues and students and often bear the brunt of their colleagues' bullying behaviors at work. Using masculinities studies and other social science research to identify gendered structures, practices, and behaviors that harm women law professors, this article provides a theoretical framework to explain why women in the legal academy do not …