"She won't move, she won't even consider doinganything to let it get back to normal," one editorsaid. "Things are just in chaos. People just don'thave confidence."
The editor voiced approval for the trustee'sinvestigation. "If you're going to have thesefacts in dispute you might as well investigatethem and find out she's lying, since she won'tadmit it," the editor said.
A different editor, who also asked to remainanonymous, said that Schulman's refusal to resignsurprises some staff members. "Some peopleare...upset that she hasn't resigned, and she'sscrewing up the Law Review just to save herself,"the editor said. "I think it tarnishes the image.It looks like we can't get our shit together, andit's probably true."
Schulman has said repeatedly she has no plansto resign.
The controversy plaguing the Review began witha charge of racism made by a Black woman at aSeptember 30 Review staff meeting. On October 4,the staff took an unprecedented vote of "noconfidence" in Schulman. The vote was a tie, withSchulman voting for herself.
The accusations that are most controversialinvolve racist and sexist comments she allegedlymade.
According to editors interviewed during thepast two weeks, Schulman said that allowing aBlack woman to edit an article written byAssistant Professor of Law Charles J. OgletreeJr., who is Black, "would be a disaster."
Schulman allegedly said that "this 3-L editorwould be the Black editor on the piece and youknow how complicated that would get."
Editors also alleged that Schulman discourageda fellow classmate from seeking to advance in theLaw Review hierarchy, because that would mean "toomany women in leadership positions."
The calls for formal action against Schulmanhave increased in the last week.
In a statement released last week, 17second-year editors said at least one occasionSchulman had discriminated against a staff memberon the basis of race.
"We firmly condemn that conduct. We feel thatthe body should censure the president," thestatement said.
Of the Review's 11 executives, chosen by amixture of popular vote and presidentialdiscretion, two, including Schulman, are women.
The Law Review, one of the nation's mostprestigious law journals, was at the center of anemotional debate over issues of race and genderlast spring, when it published a parody of thefeminist writings of Mary Joe Frug, a New EnglandSchool of Law professor slain in Cambridge in thespring of 1991.
The parody was widely condemend by students andfaculty, but the school was divided on whether theincident was symptomatic of deeper problems withinthe organization.
At the time, Schulman, who had just become thefourth female president in the history of theReview, was widely praised for her handling of thesituation.
At least one editor said yesterday the stringof controversies could serve to shake-up the LawReview.
"Maybe some good change will come out of it,"the editor said.