Kevin Noble Maillard’s research merges family law, trusts and estates, and legal history, with a specific focus on diversely constructed families. His work appears in the Michigan Journal of Race and Law, Law & Inequality, the American Indian Law Review, and the Fordham Law Review. His current book project reviews the impact of Loving v. Virginia in contemporary legal and social culture. Professor Maillard also coordinates the Angela S. Cooney Colloquium on Law and Humanities at Syracuse University. For the academic year 2008-9, Professor Maillard will be a Visiting Professor at Fordham Law School and New York Law School. Prior to joining the faculty, he was an associate at Hughes, Hubbard, and Reed in New York, where he worked with the Native American practice group. As a Ford Foundation Fellow, he earned a Ph.D. in Political Theory from the University of Michigan. At the University of Pennsylvania Law School, he was Symposium Editor for the Journal of Constitutional Law. He is a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (Mekusukey Band).
Domestic Relations
Rethinking Children as Property, ExpressO (2010)
Despite the collective view in law and social practice that it is intrinsically taboo to...
Slaves in the Family: Testamentary Freedom and Interracial Deviance, ExpressO (2008)
This Article addresses the deviance of interracial sexuality acknowledged in testamentary documents. The language of...
The Anatomy of Grey: A Theory of Interracial Convergence (with Janis L. mcDonald), Law & Inequality (2008)
This article offers a theory of racial identity divorced from biological considerations. Law fails to...
Constitutional Law
Rethinking Children as Property, ExpressO (2010)
Despite the collective view in law and social practice that it is intrinsically taboo to...
The Anatomy of Grey: A Theory of Interracial Convergence (with Janis L. mcDonald), Law & Inequality (2008)
This article offers a theory of racial identity divorced from biological considerations. Law fails to...
The Multiracial Epiphany, Fordham Law Review (2008)
The year 1967 becomes the temporal landmark for the beginning of an interracial nation. That...
The Pocahontas Exception: The Exemption of American Indian Ancestry from Racial Purity Law, Michigan Journal of Race & Law (2007)
“The Pocahontas Exception” confronts the legal existence and cultural fascination with the eponymous “Indian Grandmother.”...
Women
Rethinking Children as Property, ExpressO (2010)
Despite the collective view in law and social practice that it is intrinsically taboo to...
The Anatomy of Grey: A Theory of Interracial Convergence (with Janis L. mcDonald), Law & Inequality (2008)
This article offers a theory of racial identity divorced from biological considerations. Law fails to...
Law and Society
The Color of Testamentary Freedom, ExpressO (2009)
Wills that prioritize the interests of nontraditional families over collateral heirs test courts’ dedication to...
The Anatomy of Grey: A Theory of Interracial Convergence (with Janis L. mcDonald), Law & Inequality (2008)
This article offers a theory of racial identity divorced from biological considerations. Law fails to...
The Multiracial Epiphany, Fordham Law Review (2008)
The year 1967 becomes the temporal landmark for the beginning of an interracial nation. That...
The Pocahontas Exception: The Exemption of American Indian Ancestry from Racial Purity Law, Michigan Journal of Race & Law (2007)
“The Pocahontas Exception” confronts the legal existence and cultural fascination with the eponymous “Indian Grandmother.”...
Trusts
The Color of Testamentary Freedom, ExpressO (2009)
Wills that prioritize the interests of nontraditional families over collateral heirs test courts’ dedication to...
Slaves in the Family: Testamentary Freedom and Interracial Deviance, ExpressO (2008)
This Article addresses the deviance of interracial sexuality acknowledged in testamentary documents. The language of...
Legal History
The Color of Testamentary Freedom, ExpressO (2009)
Wills that prioritize the interests of nontraditional families over collateral heirs test courts’ dedication to...
Slaves in the Family: Testamentary Freedom and Interracial Deviance, ExpressO (2008)
This Article addresses the deviance of interracial sexuality acknowledged in testamentary documents. The language of...
The Multiracial Epiphany, Fordham Law Review (2008)
The year 1967 becomes the temporal landmark for the beginning of an interracial nation. That...
The Pocahontas Exception: The Exemption of American Indian Ancestry from Racial Purity Law, Michigan Journal of Race & Law (2007)
“The Pocahontas Exception” confronts the legal existence and cultural fascination with the eponymous “Indian Grandmother.”...
Estate Planning and Probate
The Color of Testamentary Freedom, ExpressO (2009)
Wills that prioritize the interests of nontraditional families over collateral heirs test courts’ dedication to...