Study: Law School Hiring Skews Liberal, but Liberals Don’t Get All the Key Jobs

Master — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:43:32 +0000

Law schools hire more openly liberal professors than openly conservative ones, but the plum jobs at the most prestigious schools don’t appear to be going solely to the liberals. That’s the conclusion reached by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law who analyzed the ideology of recently hired law professors. Their study, “Ideological Diversity and Law School Hiring,” is the first to focus specifically on the political leanings of law professors.

6th Circuit Finds Limits on Religious School’s Freedom to Fire

Master — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:58:18 +0000

Religious schools don’t have a free pass to ignore a key federal employment law based on a “ministerial exception.” At least not in the 6th Circuit, according to a ruling Tuesday in a case of first impression. Kindergarten teacher Cheryl Perich says she was unlawfully fired by Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran School in Redford, Mich., after she suddenly became ill — she was later diagnosed with narcolepsy — and went on disability leave.

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Study: Law School Hiring Skews Liberal, but Liberals Don’t Get All the Key Jobs

6th Circuit Finds Limits on Religious School’s Freedom to Fire