Law School Professors Back Sonia Sotomayor and Her Ivy Standard
As previously noted, Ivy law schools have come to dominate the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court. Sotomayor will add to the domination.
As reported yesterday, law school professors have come out strong in support of Sotomayor. From 177 law schools across the country, 1,181 professors have signed a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee endorsing Sotomayor.
Of the eight Ivy schools, six have law schools, so I suppose it’s doubly appropriate to add Stanford and Chicago as I did in my initial post on this subject. An Ivy professor (Columbia) led the effort to sign up law professors. The six Ivy law schools plus Stanford and Chicago (representing approximately 4% of the total number of law schools participating) accounted for approximately 12% of the signatures on the law professors’ letter of endorsement. In a call to the media announcing the letter, four of the six professors on the call were from Harvard, Columbia and Stanford.
I’m not arguing against Judge Sotomayor. As I’ve previously indicated, I think she’s qualified and that her labor and employment record is neutral as between employers and employees. What I’m arguing is that when there’s a lot of talk about diversity on the Court (which Sotomayor’s nomination has spurred), let’s make clear that there is no educational diversity.
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