Hessick on PrawfsBlawg in September
<p>Professor <a href="/Apps/Faculty/Faculty.aspx?individual_id=51242">Carissa Hessick</a>, of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, was invited to be a visitor on <a href="http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/">http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/</a>, a blog about a variety of topics related to law and life, for the month of September.</p><separator></separator><p>Hessick has discussed issues from target letters for those hoping to land entry-level professorships to a conference aimed at junior professors teaching criminal law and criminal procedure to commenting on the teenage pregnancy of Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin's daughter.</p><separator></separator><p>Hessick argued that the candidates use their children to appear more likeable and easier to relate to, and that it is a double standard to then say they are "off limits" for criticism.</p><separator></separator><p>"While I agree that we should respect the privacy of all candidates' children, I also think that they should play no role in the campaign at all," she wrote.</p><separator></separator><p><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Tahoma">Judy Nichols, <a href="mailto:Judith.Nichols@asu.edu"><font color="#0000ff">Judith.Nichols@asu.edu</font></a><br />(480) 727-7895 <br />Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law</span></p>