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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH is a law prof.  Totally normal and usually there is an open signup or it is a seminar/reading group.  [b]Many years we host students for Thanksgiving who can’t go home for whatever reason[/b] (our family is out of town, so why not).  The school encourages mentoring strongly and there is a budget for lunches/coffee/etc. with students.  How are you supposed to write a good, personal recommendation if you don’t know them at least a little?  Also, it helps you connect different personalities to the right clerkships.

I think the Amy Chua situation was a problem because her husband is a creep who isn’t supposed to be around students socially.[/quote]

And how does this affect things when he is grading papers?  Seriously,  I'm a HS teacher, and all teachers know that we are not supposed to show blatant favoritism.  I am truly disgusted that this type of thing seems so common at the Ivy's.  [/quote]

It isn’t favoritism.  The invite goes out to the entire class and the first dozen or so to sign up come.  We rarely fill totally as most kids do go home.  It is much worse to leave students alone on the holidays in a town they barely know when they can’t afford to go home, during a very stressful time (1L fall).  What kind of isolated, lonely world would it be if we were all so uncaring?

Law school first year is completely blind grading so it doesn’t matter AT ALL.[/quote]

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