I came across this article in my research. It is not new, but is illuminating and is careful, impeccable research on the first woman to sit in a judicial capacity. Marcy Karin,
Esther Morris and Her Equality State: From Council... [...]
I came across this article in my research. It is not new, but is illuminating and is careful, impeccable research on the first woman to sit in a judicial capacity. Marcy Karin,
Esther Morris and Her Equality State: From Council... [...]
Naomi Cahn, June Carbone & Nancy Levit, Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Fair Economy (Simon & Schuster 2024) In an era of supposed great equality, women are still
falling behind in the workplace. Even with more... [...]
Boston University School of Law, Advancing Pregnant Persons' Right to Life On February 8, 2024, scholars of law, medicine, and religion from across the world came together
at Boston University School of Law to discuss the potential of promoting and... [...]
The 150th Anniversary of Minor v. Happersett: The Past and Future of Women's Rights Washington University School of Law September 27, 2024 Call for Papers Abstract Submission
Deadline: June 14 The Washington University School of Law and the Washington University... [...]
Cinnamon P. Carlarne and Keith Hirokawa published "Disrupting Dominance" in the Connecticut Law Review. The abstract is here: Climate change poses one of the greatest threats
to human health and well-being. It also poses enormous challenges to the rule of... [...]
JoAnne Sweeny and Dan Canon have published The Language of Love v. Beshear: Telling a Client's Story While Creating a Civil Rights Case Narrative in volume 17 of the Journal
of the Association of Legal Writing Directors. The article was... [...]
Amelia Steadman McGowan, The Gendered Violence of Asylum Reporting Requirements, Columbia Human Rgts L Review (forthcoming) In the past two decades, some U.S. courts have created
and imposed hardline, or “per se,” reporting requirements that bar protection to asylum applicants... [...]
Washington Post, Court Says State Health-Care Plans Can't Exclude Gender-Affirming Surgery A federal appellate court in Richmond became the first in the country to rule that
state health-care plans must pay for gender-affirming surgeries, a major win for transgender rights... [...]
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Father Time: A Natural History of Men and Babies A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they
care for babies It has long seemed self-evident that women care for... [...]
The New York Court of Appeals has overturned Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction. The full decision is available here. Here is an excerpt of the court's holding: Defendant was
convicted by a jury for various sexual crimes against three named complainants... [...]