Beauty may only be skin deep, but that’s plenty deep enough to cost you a job……
Read Deborah Rhode’s article in the Sunday Boston Globe here.
2010 Center Newsletter now available for download
The 2010 Center Update features a recap of Center on the Legal Profession activities and initiatives over the past year. A pdf of the newsletter is available for download here.
Rhode interviewed by The Ethical Lawyer
via Michael Santoro’s Modern Ethical Lawyer Blog. Read the full transcript here.
Rhode op-ed on appearance discrimination appears in Washington Post
Deborah Rhode’s piece, Why Looks Are the Last Bastion of Discrimination, recently appeared in the Sunday, May 23rd issue of the Washington Post. Read her op-ed here.
Does the Supreme Court need more mothers?
Deborah Rhode is quoted in Washington Post piece discussing the issue. Read it here.
Professor Rhode quoted in NY Times Article on Elena Kagan
Discussion of the current public conversation on the relevancy of Ms Kagan’s personal life/ marital status. Read the full article here.
Justice Stevens, Last of His Line?
Dan Froomkin of the Huffington Post examines the legacy of Justice John Paul Stevens. Read his post here.
Does Faculty Diversity Impact Law School Quality? Should it be included in rankings?
Vikram David Amar and Kevin R. Johnson
Vikram David Amar and Kevin R. Johnson argue it should be included in US News and World Report rankings. Read their piece here.
Deferred Law School grads head toward legal aid
The Chicago Tribune published an article on the multiple benefits of the trend sending many deferred law school grads toward legal aid work.
Read the article here.
Clorox GC Laura Stein / recent CLP event noted in NY Times article on the future of associates’ pay
The April 1 New York Times features an article on the future of pay for associates in large firms, including the following excerpt:
Speaking on a recent panel at Stanford, Laura Stein, the general counsel of Clorox , said there was a rising awareness among in-house counsel that the traditional model was broken. “This system isn’t working because companies are paying for it,” Ms. Stein said. The challenge, she added, is how to adjust associate salaries to the work being done and restore value to clients.
Ms. Stein participated in a recent Stanford Center on the Legal Profession event (also mentioned in the article), Necessity is the Mother of Innovation: The Legal Profession in a New Economy.
Read the entire article here.