Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Late December, 1987: After receiving the results of the second review by the original group of outside experts, Bok announces that he will convene a new group of outside legal experts to review all of the evidence since the beginning of the Dalton dispute, and to hear testimony from faculty members...
...Dalton is denied tenure by the Law School faculty, making her the second tenure track professor in 17 years to be denied a promotion, and the third Critical Legal Studies (CLS)-affiliated professor to have their tenure bid blocked by either Bok or the faculty. Although she receives a 29-20 vote of the faculty supporting her promotion, Dalton falls four votes shy of the two-thrids majority necessary for approval. Dalton says at the time that she will ask Bok to review the case, charging that the faculty discriminated against her because she is a woman and is affiliated...
October 30, 1987: Dalton files a gender discrimination suit in Massachusetts court against the Law School, saying she would withdraw it if the review proved favorable. Dalton says she initiated the legal action to protect her right to sue, since state law requires that gender discrimination suits must be filed within six months of the alleged discriminatory...
...making a decision on tenure, Bok consulted with a panel of five prominent legal scholars this Sunday, who "reached a consensus" on the case, according to a memo the president sent to the school's faculty...
Twenty years later we may not have fallen so far, but a report prepared for the anniversary of the Kerner study reveals that we still have miles to go. Now the key issue is no longer legal barriers to advancement, but economic setbacks...