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Dan Subotnik

Admitted to the bar of New York; Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.), State of Illinois. Professor Subotnik worked in the investment banking field before undertaking teaching positions in law and business at, variously, Northwestern University College of Law; the University of Illinois, Chicago; Santa Clara University School of Law; Seton Hall University School of Law; and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Subotnik, now a law professor at the Touro Law Center in New York, has written on a wide range of legal and non-legal topics, including employment discrimination, taxation, accounting, torts, gender and race relations, academic research, and the regulation of sexuality.

Articles by Dan Subotnik

Tenure has its purpose, but shouldn’t last a lifetime

Apr 13, 2015 · Dan Subotnik

Tenure entrenches academics in their jobs. While it’s a bulwark of academic freedom, tenure also shields those who are not currently earning their keep, as well as many who never did. The current system stymies innovation, most clearly in the area of hiring new faculty. I call for changing it.