tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post2870683432043017282..comments2023-10-23T18:40:13.347-04:00Comments on CLASS BIAS AND RANDOM THINGS LAW REVIEW: The Common ThreadJeffrey Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-654318886322683092008-12-11T23:20:00.000-05:002008-12-11T23:20:00.000-05:00I'll take the third option -- that they know and c...I'll take the third option -- that they know and can talk about it.Jeffrey Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-21515845556103303622008-12-11T21:19:00.000-05:002008-12-11T21:19:00.000-05:00Your point is well taken. It seems the same logic ...Your point is well taken. It seems the same logic would apply to law students as well. Although they far outnumber the staff, they seem to be trophies in their own right. Perhaps those 5 questions should be added to the application process as well. <BR/><BR/>Also - As to question 5, who would be the better candidate: The optimist who believes that people can actually succeed under Rawls' Original Position and operate under the Veil Of Ignorance to create justice? Or, the realist/cynic who recognizes the impossibility of the experiment? Or, a third option: they are equally good, simply because they know not only who John Rawls is but his theory as well?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-45916660281337441252008-11-20T18:35:00.000-05:002008-11-20T18:35:00.000-05:00Dear Professor,I certainly agree with your sentime...Dear Professor,<BR/><BR/>I certainly agree with your sentiment here. It's a darn shame that the hiring committee won't get it right. Several of the best hires have been from the top of their *state* schools; but even these people are guilty of the crime you describe. It seems to me they just desperately want to be associated with that Elite (to use your word) milieu. <BR/><BR/>As far as the questions you'd ask, it reminds me of a favorite excerpt from <I>The Little Prince</I>, which talked about how sometimes important information falls by the wayside:<BR/><BR/>“Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you, ‘What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?’ Instead, the demand: ‘How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?’ Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-31432213629638359762008-11-20T17:45:00.000-05:002008-11-20T17:45:00.000-05:00Those are excellent questions, and I will make a p...Those are excellent questions, and I will make a point of posing some or all of them to the candidates we have coming to visit.emfinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867009328118642419noreply@blogger.com