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Aug 3, 2018 · Here's the abstract: There are comparatively few conservative and libertarian law professors on U.S. law school faculties. Why is this? One possible explanation is discrimination based on...
May 29, 2021 · If a Dean adopted a position on some issue of public concern, faculty and students may fear opposing that position. Especially for untenured people, the threat of retaliation is real.
Oct 6, 2024 · The school has become “a bastion for conservative Catholic principles,” said Marci Hamilton, a former Supreme Court law clerk for the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and a professor who...
Sep 25, 2020 · The result was the Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse Project, a website co-curated by five women-of-color law school deans. The group collected and posted antiracist statements and encouraged others to “listen” as a first step.
May 17, 2016 · Two new studies prove that elite law schools have discriminated against conservatives for years — to disastrous effect.
May 5, 2022 · (Reuters) - Recent moves by the American Bar Association to require bias training for law students and beef up law school diversity and inclusion rules have disturbed some conservative...
The best evidence suggests discrimination at the point of hiring and promotion certainly does not account for the dominance of liberals in the professoriate. Nonetheless, much evidence suggests that conservatives confront real discrimination, especially from those on the cultural right.