Word: austin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other legal experts say that such criticism is based upon a fundamental conservatism in the legal community, which keeps any experimentation with conventional legal methods--like Austin's work--from being accepted...
...course, those familiar with Austin say she has always shied away from the spotlight...
...Barry Spiegel, managing partner of the Philadelphia law firm Schnader, Harrison, Segal and Lewis, where Austin worked from 1974 to 1977, says "Her style was more on the quite side than the loud or aggressive side...
...Austin's demeanor is reserved, Spiegal characterizes her scholarship as "intellectually aggressive." Austin's scholarship often challenges traditional legal norms and has provoked a fair share of controversy...
Much of the current academic debate concerns Austin's latest work, "Sapphire Bound!" It is a case study of an unmarried pregnant Black woman who gets fired from her job as a schoolteacher because she is not deemed an adequate role model. According to Austin, such a judgment, made from the perspective of the white middle class, might not be an appropriate...