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Women, Gender & the Law Emerging Scholarly Paper Competiton: Call for Submissions

Women, Gender & the Law Emerging Scholar Award: Call for Submissions

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law is pleased to announce the competition for its annual Women, Gender & the Law Emerging Scholar Award.  This paper competition is open to all having with five (5) or fewer years of full-time law teaching experience as of July 1, 2023. The deadline for submissions is July 1, 2023.

The purpose of the award is to encourage and recognize excellent legal scholarship related to gender and the law.  The work chosen for the Women, Gender & the Law Emerging Scholar Award should make a substantial contribution to legal literature and reflect original research and/or major developments in previously reported research.

Papers will be reviewed on a blind basis by a committee comprised of members of the Haub Law faculty with expertise in this area.  The winner of the competition will be invited to present the paper to selected students and faculty at Haub Law (located in White Plains, NY) during the 2023-2024 academic year, with reasonable travel expenses from within the continental U.S. paid, or via Zoom, as circumstances permit and by mutual agreement.

ELIGIBILITY:

• All persons who have held full-time teaching positions for five (5) or fewer full academic years as of July 1, 2023 are eligible for consideration. One does not have to be on the tenure-track or tenured to be eligible. Time as a VAP or Fellow does not “count against” the five (5) year clock.
• There is no subject-matter limitation for submissions, as long as the paper relates in some way to gender and the law.
• Jointly authored papers are accepted as long as each author independently meets the eligibility requirements.

The Last Thing on My Mind [UPDATED w/Judy Collins]

In the early 1960s, Tom Paxton was one of the young folk musicians hanging out in Greenwich Village; a group that included Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Janis Ian, and others. According to Dave Van Ronk, who was in a position to know, Paxton was the first of the group to perform mostly his own material, at a time when even Dylan was still singing traditional folk songs. They were sometimes called topical or "protest singers" for their songs about the civil rights and peace movements. Unlike Dylan, Paxton actually went south to register voters in the Mississippi Summer. (Dylan performed at the March on Washington, but he was not otherwise a movement activist). It's hard to recall the time when Tom Paxton was mentioned along with Bob Dylan. Nobody would ever suggest Paxton for a Nobel Prize, but he did write some beautiful songs, including "Bottle of Wine," "Ramblin' Boy," and "The Marvelous Toy," which were recorded by Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, the Chad Mitchell Trio (for which Paxton unsuccessfully auditioned), Harry Belafonte, Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell, and Peter, Paul, and Mary, among many others.

 Paxton wrote and recorded "The Last Thing on My Mind" in 1964. I saw Paxton perform live several times, but my tastes were so parochial back then, I am embarrassed to admit, that I was unaware of the uptempo cover by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, which was their first big hit in 1967.

David Meyer Named Dean of Brooklyn Law School

Brooklyn Law School has announced that David Meyer will be its next dean.  He is currently dean of Tulane Law.   Meyer, who holds a JD from the University of Michigan, will take over on July 1.

Andrew Strauss Stepping Down as University of Dayton Law Dean

University of Dayton School of Law has announced that Andrew Strauss will step down as dean on December 31st.  Strauss became dean in 2015.  He will rejoin the faculty after a sabbatical.  

 

University of Dayton School of Law has announced that Andrew Strauss will step down as dean on December 31st.  Strauss became dean in 2015.  He will rejoin the faculty after a sabbatical.