Draft:Clare Dalton
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Comment: Appears to be notable for one event only. MurielMary (talk) 10:53, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Clare Dalton is a theorist and advocate in feminist legal theory at Harvard Law School and Northeastern Law School..[1] Her gender discrimination case against Harvard Law School, which resulted in the Law School settling with a US$260,000 payment to found a domestic violence institute, attracted national attention and was credited as a major development in feminism in US legal academia.
Sexual discrimination case against Harvard Law School
[edit]Denial of tenure
[edit]Dalton taught at Harvard Law School from 1981 to 1988. She applied for and was denied tenure in 1985. She reapplied and was denied tenure for a second time in 1987; on appeal to then Harvard President Derek Bok, Bok affirmed the denial of her tenure.[2][3][4]
Dalton then sued Harvard University claiming sexual discrimination before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, which ruled in 1992 that there was "probable cause" that she was discriminated against by Harvard.[2][3][5]
Harvard's Settlement and the Northeastern Law School's Domestic Violence Institute
[edit]Harvard eventually settled the law by paying US$260,000 to sponsor a new Domestic Violence Institute at Northeastern Law School, with US$80,000 set aside for Dalton's salary as executive director of the institute.[3][5][6] The Domestic Violence Institute continues to be active as of 2023.[7]
Significance
[edit]Dalton’s success in holding an elite law school to account attracted national attention at the time and was reported by the New York Times[3], Washington Post[4], the Chicago Tribune[6] and the Chronicle of Higher Education[5].
In 2010, Dalton's achievements in feminist scholarship and advocacy is recognised in a special issue of Brooklyn Law School's open-access journal Journal of Law and Policy[8], where Harvard Law Professor Martha Minow described Dalton's creation of the Domestic Violence Institute at Northeastern Law School as "landmark and vital" and celebrated her holding Harvard to account and negotiating a settlement that enabled its funding[9]
Personal life
[edit]Dalton was previously married to the American economist and Clinton advisor Robert Reich.[10] After retiring from her legal career, she became an acupuncturist.[11]
Bibliography
[edit]- Co-author, Domestic Violence and the Law: Theory and Practice[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Critical Legal Studies". exhibits.law.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ a b "Law School Settles Case Of Sex Discrimination | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ a b c d "Harvard Settling Suit Alleging Bias". The New York Times. 1993-09-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ a b MANN, JUDY (1993-09-29). "A WIN FOR THE 'WRONG KIND OF WOMEN'". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ a b c "End of Harvard Bias Case is Coup for Northeastern". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 1993-09-29. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ a b "TIME TO LAY DOWN THE LAW ON TENURE". Chicago Tribune. 17 October 1993. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ "Domestic Violence Institute". School of Law. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ "Journal of Law and Policy | Vol 20 | Iss 2". brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ Minow, Martha (2012-01-01). "Preface". Journal of Law and Policy. 20 (2). ISSN 1074-0635.
- ^ "Robert Reich", Wikipedia, 2023-03-25, retrieved 2023-04-07
- ^ "15 The Healers - Life After Law: Finding Work You Love with the J.D. You Have [Book]". www.oreilly.com. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ Schneider, Elizabeth M.; Dalton, Clare, eds. (2008). Domestic violence and the law: theory and practice. University casebook series (2nd ed.). New York: Foundation Press. ISBN 978-1-59941-028-9.