Age Discrimination in Law School Hiring

[Earl Maltz]

What you are suggesting is absolutely prohibited by the ADEA.

At 08:41 AM 10/15/2006 -0400, Steven Jamar wrote:
>Is age a permissible factor?  If a faculty has 10 faculty 60 and older, 10 
>faculty 50-59, 10 faculty 40-49, 5 faculty 30-39, and 1 under 30, can the 
>faculty take into account age in hiring?
>
>What of the "train our own" into our own system (as distinguished from 
>someone who comes from a position of experience, especially teaching 
>elsewhere, and is set in his or her ways, is that ok?
>
>Steve
>
>On Oct 15, 2006, at 8:33 AM, <mailto:XGreencard at aol.com>XGreencard at aol.com 
>wrote:
>
>>Some of you may have read the Nov. 28, 2005 posting at Virginia Law 
>>School entitled, "Law Schools Could Face Age Discrimination Suits Over 
>>Faculty Hiring, Panelists Say." America's law schools are vulnerable to 
>>age discrimination lawsuits, according to Douglas Richmond and Ethan 
>>Burger, the co-authors of a forthcoming article on this topic in the 
>>Virginia Journal of Social Policy and Law.
>>
>>I practiced law for 25 years and had a distinguished career in my field. 
>>I hold an LL.M. from a top 10 school. I had prior publications but this 
>>spring/summer produced two articles both of which have been accepted for 
>>publication in law reviews. I am currently a Ph.D. student at an Ivy 
>>League School.
>>
>>I registered for the AALS faculty recruitment conference in August for 
>>the upcoming meeting Nov. 2-4. In addition, I wrote directly 15 schools 
>>to whom I was particularly interested. I have not received one call, or 
>>one interview. It is so obvious that this is pure and simple age 
>>discrimination.
>>
>>I am outraged by this BS and am assembling my legal arsenal as we speak. 
>>Stay tuned, you may be seeing the next Grutz v. Bollinger.
>>
>>Potential Plaintiff.
>
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