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Celebrating The 125th Anniversary Of The Notre Dame Law School, Anthony J. Bellia
Celebrating The 125th Anniversary Of The Notre Dame Law School, Anthony J. Bellia
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This year marks the Notre Dame Law School's 125th year of continuous operation. This issue of the Notre Dame Law Review is our contribution to the anniversary celebration.
We asked a few of the Law School's many distinguished graduates to contribute their reflections on legal education at Notre Dame. They are Robert Michael Greene, Class of 1969; Peter T. King, Class of 1968; Patrick McCartan, Class of 1959; and Hon. Martha Vazquez, Class of 1978. We are grateful as well to Hon. Paul V. Niemeyer, Class of 1966, who prepared an essay for the issue.
Making Way For A New Standard: Women Redefine The "Ideal Professor", Margaret F. Brinig
Making Way For A New Standard: Women Redefine The "Ideal Professor", Margaret F. Brinig
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Unfortunately for most women, the profile of an ideal law professor is a married man with a stay-at-home wife. A profile very like that of ideal workers in other legal settings.
It is common knowledge that women who teach law, including very able and committed women, do not achieve tenure and promotion at the same rate as their male counterparts. Although some institutions actually discriminate against women, in most, women lag behind because the committees and administrators deciding promotion and tenure view all applicants through the same lens. Their focus is driven by their law school's need to compete with …