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- Subject: Re: Young Law School Professors
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.133413.375@midway.uchicago.edu>
- From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:34:13 GMT
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- In article <bhayden.727946739@teal> bhayden@teal.csn.org (Bruce Hayden) writes:
- >thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) writes:
- >
- >>How common is it for law schools to hire law professors under the age
- >>of thirty? What kind of resumes do these professors have?
- >
- >Well - what color are you? If you are white male, unless you are
- >at the top of a top tier law school, forget even applying. It seems
- >that pretty much every law school in the country has quotas by race,
- >sex, etc. (and very soon sexual orientation), and the white male
- >quota has been filled for years.
-
- I'm curious whether you're speaking from experience or something else.
- Three of the five youngest University of Chicago professors are white
- males.
-
- >The problem with being under 30 is that there is somewhat of a
- >tendancy to hire over 40's because of the possibility of age
- >discrimination suits.
-
- I acknowledge a tendency to hire over-40's, but I suspect it's more
- because of the greater experience and law schools' discomfort with
- hiring teachers younger than many of their students. Career choices
- by the young have more than a little to do with it, as well.
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