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...burden thrust on an employer for the use of subjective criteria are light," said William Gould, Beardsley professor of law at Stanford University. "It's very hard for plaintiffs to win these cases...
Harvard may have a further advantage in this case, Gould says, because courts have traditionally accepted universities' arguments that they are the best judges of academic talent...
...Universities have been able to promote the idea that they are self-governing institutions who possess an expertise in the selection of academics which the courts' don't have," Gould says. "The courts have been intimidated by this line of argument...
Before the students' suit is even heard by a judge and jury, the court must recognize that the students have been harmed by the alleged discriminatory hiring practices. It is possible that Harvard will file for a motion to dismiss the case, although both Gould and Bonifaz agree that precedent does exist for hearing similar suits...
...social worker, I am very concerned about how it [rape] is handled," Gould said. "I'm not sure rape cases can be best handled by a body formed to deal with academic and disciplinary concerns...