Michael Selmi

George Washington University Law School

Professor of Law

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Washington, DC 20052

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Family Leave and the Gender Wage Gap

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Family Leave and the Gender Wage Gap

A revised version of this paper is in North Carolina Law Review, March 2000
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 16 Feb 2000
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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Family Leave and the Gender Wage Gap

George Washington University Law School, Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper No. 001
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 11 Oct 1999
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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The Work-Family Conflict: An Essay on Employers, Men and Responsibility

University of St. Thomas Law Journal, 2008, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 395, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 395
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Feb 2008
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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employment law, labor economics, gender

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Was the Disparate Impact Theory a Mistake?

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 53, p. 701, 2006, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 188
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 07 Feb 2006
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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Sex Discrimination in the Nineties, Seventies Style: Case Studies in the Preservation of Male Workplace Norms

Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1, Winter 2005, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 155, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 155
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Sep 2005
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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The Price of Discrimination: The Nature of Class Action Employment Litigation and its Effects

Texas Law Review, April 2003
Number of pages: 102 Posted: 18 Dec 2002
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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Sex Discrimination in the Nineties, Seventies Style: Case Studies in the Preservation of Male Norms

GWU Law School, Public Law and Legal Theory No. 73
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 14 Oct 2003
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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sex discrimination, harassment, workplace

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Women in the Workplace: Which Women, Which Agenda?

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Vol. 13, Spring 2006 (Symposium Issue), George Washington University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 181
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Jan 2006
Michael Selmi and Naomi Cahn
George Washington University Law School and George Washington University - Law School
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Interpreting the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Case Study in Pragmatic Judicial Reconstruction

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 247, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 247
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Mar 2007
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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Disabilities, Employment Discrimination, Positive Political Theory, Statutory Interpretation

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The Evolution of Employment Discrimination Law: Changed Doctrine for Changed Social Conditions

GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2014-8, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-8
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 29 Apr 2014
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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discrimination, law and society, employment law, employment discrimination

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Privacy for the Working Class: Public Work and Private Lives

Louisiana Law Review, Vol. 66, 2006, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 222, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 222
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Sep 2006
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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privacy, employment law, workplace

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The Paradox of Implicit Bias and a Plea for a New Narrative

Michael Selmi, The Paradox of Implicit Bias and a Plea for a New Narrative (Aug. 24, 2017) (Unpublished manuscript)., GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2017-63, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-63
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Aug 2017
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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bias, discrimination, implicit bias

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The Many Faces of Darlene Jespersen

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Vol. 14, p. 465, 2007, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 238, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 238
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 19 Jan 2007
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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sexual stereotyping , social norms, employment law, workplace, antidiscrimination law, gender, women, status, employment discrimination, Jespersen v. Harrah's Operating Co.

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Theorizing Systemic Disparate Treatment Law

Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Forthcoming, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 548, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 548
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 Apr 2011
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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Remedying Societal Discrimination Through the Government's Spending Power

GWU Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 10
Number of pages: 102 Posted: 16 Apr 2001
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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Race in the City: The Triumph of Diversity and the Loss of Integration

Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. 22, Spring 2006, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 154, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 154
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 Sep 2005
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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Unions, Education, and the Future of Low-Wage Workers

University of Chicago Legal Forum Symposium Issue, 2009, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 464, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 464
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Mar 2009
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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Statistical Inequality and Intentional (Not Implicit) Discrimination

Law and Contemporary Problems (2016), Forthcoming , GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2016-19, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-19
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Jun 2016
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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Discrimination, Education, Criminal Law, Law and Society Public Law

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The Obama Administration's Civil Rights Record: The Difference an Administration Makes

Ind. J.L. & Soc. Equality, v. 2, 2014, pp. 108-136 , GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2014-9, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-9
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 17 May 2014
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination, Law and Society Public, Discrimination

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Employment Discrimination Class Actions After Wal-Mart v. Dukes

Akron Law Review, Vol. 48, 2015, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2015-46, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-46
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Nov 2015
Michael Selmi and Sylvia Tsakos
George Washington University Law School and George Washington University, Law School, Students
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Can All Women Be Pharmacists?: A Critique of Hanna Rosin’s The End of Men

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 93, No. 3, 2013, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-114, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2013-114
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Sep 2013
Michael Selmi and Sonia Weil
George Washington University Law School and George Washington University - Law School
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The Supreme Court’s Surprising and Strategic Response to the Civil Rights Act of 1991

Wake Forest Law Review, Forthcoming, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 559, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 559
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 May 2011
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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civil rights, discrimination, employment discrimination, Title VII, positive political theory

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Hostess and the Search for Workplace Dignity

Washburn Law Journal, Vol. 52, 2013, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-115, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2013-115
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Sep 2013
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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The Restatement's Supersized Duty of Loyalty Provision

Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Vol. 16, p. 101, 2012, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-64, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2013-64
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 02 Apr 2013
Michael Selmi
George Washington University Law School
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Caretaking and the Contradictions of Contemporary Policy

Maine Law Review, Vol. 55, No. 1, Winter 2003
Posted: 04 Dec 2003
Michael Selmi and Naomi Cahn
George Washington University Law School and George Washington University - Law School

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labor market