Gender Bias in the Courts: Time Is Not the Cure
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Authors
Schafran, Lynn Hecht
Issue Date
1989
Volume
22
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Journal Article
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FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|This month marks my seventh year as Director of the National Judicial Education Program to Promote Equality for Women and Men in the Courts, known as NJEP. The purpose of this program, which began in 1980, is to introduce into established judicial education programs for state and federal judges, information about the ways in which the three aspects of gender bias - stereotyped thinking about the nature and roles of women and men, society's perception of the relative worth of women and men and what is perceived as women's and men's work, and myths and misconceptions about the social and economical realities of women's and men's lives - affect judicial decision making and court interaction; to explain why gender bias is inimical to due process and fundamental fairness; and to suggest how it can be eliminated...
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22 Creighton L. Rev. 413 (1988-1989)
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Creighton University School of Law