My Interviewees as Professional Writers

In this post I'll be discussing the different writings that my interviewees have published.

1. Bambauer: Jane Bambauer's publications are largely analytical. Primary factors include data and legal education and careers.
Barnes: Katherine Barne's publications have a theme of considering racial profiling in different aspects of life nowadays. She additionally considers those faced with drug charges, sometimes combining the two elements.

2. Bambauer: Bambauer has written "The Secret of My Success: How Status, Prestige and School Performance Shape Legal Careers" and Tragedy of the Data Commons, both in a professional paper format. They differ mainly in subject matter, one covering her apparent interest of legal education and the other of data.
Barnes: Barnes has published "Is Affirmative Action Responsible for the Achievement Gap Between Black and White Law Students?" and "Against Judgement", also both in a professional paper format. These do not differ in any significant way, as they both cover her main topic of racial profiling.

3. The context comes from today's issues, which relate to Bambauer's papers in the context that we now live in an age where college is very necessary and that prestige of a school is a primary consideration when people pick a college to attend. They relate to Barnes' papers in that now is a time where police especially are under fire for cases of racial profiling, along with other groups (fraternities, etc).

4. The message of Bambauer's paper is that you shouldn't choose a school for prestige, because prestigious schools are more difficult and expensive, and these factors play a pretty insignificant role after graduation.
The message of Barnes' paper is that in a school where a student's peers outmatch them, they may not fare very well- this is known as "mismatch theory"

5. The purpose of Bambauer's paper is to inform both prospective and current students, and debunk myths that surround extremely prestigious law schools.
The purpose of Barnes' paper is to investigate how well minority students perform in states with different affirmative action laws, and how well students perform in universities where their peers outmatch them.