Comments on: Onward and upward with law reviews

By: Bloomberg Law: “The End of Law Reviews?” - Overlawyered

Bloomberg Law: “The End of Law Reviews?” - Overlawyered — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:45:16 +0000

[…] reconsider his belief in irrelevance of law reviews.” [Jacob Laksin] Earlier here, here, here, etc. Related: Dave Hoffman on what would happen if we freed up 2 million law student hours a year […]

By: Does Diversity Training Work? | The Laconic Law Blog

Does Diversity Training Work? | The Laconic Law Blog — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:00:35 +0000

[…] are starting to buy into the diversity system, as they are now starting to appoint “diversity editors.”) The question will remain, however, whether such training is actually accomplishing the […]

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:48:46 +0000

The problem with all this is that half the time the motto is “treat us all the same because we are all exactly the same” ..other times, like here, its “we are all different, thus diversity is needed”

(disclaimer: I’m half of an interracial marriage)

By: DEM

DEM — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:50:00 +0000

“CLR defines diversity as a ‘variety of personal experiences, values, and worldviews that arise from differences of culture and circumstance.’1 Such experiences include, but are not limited to: race, ethnicity, gender . . .”

I wonder how they determine which values and worldviews arise from race? And how do they keep tabs of all the different worldviews to make sure they have a “diverse” membership?

By: kimsch

kimsch — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:52:39 +0000

Don’t editors use “red pens” to edit? or are they “blue pens”? Either way there’s a bit more diversity, black, white, and blue or red…. ;>P

By: John

John — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:39:18 +0000

Well, it does appear that it is printed in black & white. Perhaps the diversity editor can increase minority representation by demanding that the black letters appear in a larger font, thus gaining greater representation on each page.

By: mojo

mojo — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:35:20 +0000

Shouldn’t they have two , for, y’know – diversity?

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:06:00 +0000

@Stella: Different things.

By: Stella Baskomb

Stella Baskomb — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:30:16 +0000

I wonder what a “Diversity Editor” actually, you know, edits?