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Law Reviews And Affirmative Action

By James Fulford
Created 02/14/13

[1]writing at the Volokh Conspiracy yesterday, asks 

Do Law Reviews Consider the Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation of Authors in Selecting Articles For Publication? [2]

I would have thought the answer was “no,” but Josh Blackman has a very interesting post [3] suggesting that may not be the case at least for some prominent journals.

It would never occur to me that a modern law review editor wouldn't engage in affirmative action, including trying to get more "LGBTQA" writers as well as non-Asian minorities.

In fact, it's not even clear to me that it's even illegal under the Lunch Counter Law (the Civil RIghts Act, I mean) because of the First Amendment.

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Links:
[1] http://www.volokh.com/author/orin/
[2] http://www.volokh.com/2013/02/13/do-law-reviews-consider-the-race-gender-and-sexual-orientation-of-authors-in-selecting-articles-for-publication/
[3] http://joshblackman.com/blog/2013/02/13/should-law-reviews-consider-race-when-selecting-articles/