Is The Tenure Process Fair And Rewarding For Female Faculty?

As I discuss in more detail over at Leiter, and Paul Caron notes at TaxProf, Katherine Barnes and Elizabeth Mertz have a new study up entitled Is It Fair?  Law Professors’ Perceptions of Tenure.  The authors survey a ton of law professors - OK,more like 500 - and found decidedly mixed perceptions of the titled question, particularly with respect to women.  It's worth a read.

Update: I erroneously stated that the authors surveyed about 500 professors.  The number is actually 1221.  My apologies!