Comments on: Who’s Your Daddy? http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/11/whos_your_daddy.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: anon http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/11/whos_your_daddy.html/comment-page-1#comment-61906 anon Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:33:00 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2005/11/whos-your-daddy-2.html#comment-61906 I know of only one same-sex couple that is even teaching at the same law school (Iowa). There may be a few more same-sex couples teaching at the same law school, but are there really "many cases" in which a law school has hired the (perhaps second-rate) same-sex partner of a much-sought-after hire? For that matter, are there really many gay faculty members? Perhaps two or three at most law schools... (I have certainly heard of many cases where a law school helps a new faculty member's same-sex partner find appropriate employment in the area. But certainly helping a professor's family get situated in the area isn't the kind of thing Jason is suggesting we should be concerned about.) I know of only one same-sex couple that is even teaching at the same law school (Iowa). There may be a few more same-sex couples teaching at the same law school, but are there really “many cases” in which a law school has hired the (perhaps second-rate) same-sex partner of a much-sought-after hire?

For that matter, are there really many gay faculty members? Perhaps two or three at most law schools…

(I have certainly heard of many cases where a law school helps a new faculty member’s same-sex partner find appropriate employment in the area. But certainly helping a professor’s family get situated in the area isn’t the kind of thing Jason is suggesting we should be concerned about.)

]]> By: Ethan Leib http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/11/whos_your_daddy.html/comment-page-1#comment-61905 Ethan Leib Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:53:20 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2005/11/whos-your-daddy-2.html#comment-61905 I've heard of many cases where same-sex couples get just the same special treatment; it may be less common but then so are same-sex couples. I’ve heard of many cases where same-sex couples get just the same special treatment; it may be less common but then so are same-sex couples.

]]> By: crum http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/11/whos_your_daddy.html/comment-page-1#comment-61904 crum Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:13:48 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2005/11/whos-your-daddy-2.html#comment-61904 Academic nepotism is broader than Mazzone's posting suggests. The academy's tendency to hire only those who share the incumbents' orthodoxy is well-known, as is the use of paper credentials as a substitute for critical analysis of a candidate's work, character, ambitions, energy, and willingness to give to students. These things may not be nepotism, strictly speaking, but they certainly undermine the supposed culture of merit. Academic nepotism is broader than Mazzone’s posting suggests. The academy’s tendency to hire only those who share the incumbents’ orthodoxy is well-known, as is the use of paper credentials as a substitute for critical analysis of a candidate’s work, character, ambitions, energy, and willingness to give to students. These things may not be nepotism, strictly speaking, but they certainly undermine the supposed culture of merit.

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