Constitutional Law
Marriage, Property and [In]Equality: Remedying ERISA's Disparate Impact on Spousal Wealth, 119 Yale Law Journal Online 61 (2009)
Nonmarital Children and Post-Death Parentage: A Different Path for Inheritance Law?, 48 Santa Clara Law Review 857 (2008)
Historically, nonmarital children were treated as “filius nullius,” the child of no one. American jurisprudence...
Gender and Justice: Parity and the United States Supreme Court, 8 Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law 43 (2007)
There is a deep concern among many American women that only one woman remains on...
Gender and Constitutional Design, 115 Yale Law Journal 2643 (2006)
Does the allocation of power between the legislative and executive branches, and the way we...
The Sway of the Swing Vote: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and her Influence on Issues of Race, Religion, Gender and Class: Foreword, 4 University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class 207 (2004)
Inheritance Law
Toward Equality: Nonmarital Children and the Uniform Probate Code, 45 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 995 (2012)
This Article traces the evolution of the Uniform Probate Code's (UPC) broad equality framework for...
Contemporary Approaches to Trusts and Estates (with Susan N. Gary, Jerome Borison, and Naomi R. Cahn), Book Gallery (2011)
This book uses cases and statutory materials along with exercises and problems to integrate legal...
Marriage, Property and [In]Equality: Remedying ERISA's Disparate Impact on Spousal Wealth, 119 Yale Law Journal Online 61 (2009)
Nonmarital Children and Post-Death Parentage: A Different Path for Inheritance Law?, 48 Santa Clara Law Review 857 (2008)
Historically, nonmarital children were treated as “filius nullius,” the child of no one. American jurisprudence...
Drafting Attorneys as Fiduciaries: Fashioning an Optimal Ethical Rule for Conflicts of Interest, 66 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 411 (2005)
The American Bar Association recently revised the ethical rules that govern lawyers. Its Ethics 2000...
Legal Ethics
Drafting Attorneys as Fiduciaries: Fashioning an Optimal Ethical Rule for Conflicts of Interest, 66 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 411 (2005)
The American Bar Association recently revised the ethical rules that govern lawyers. Its Ethics 2000...
Fiduciary Duty: A New Ethical Paradigm for Lawyer/Fiduciaries, 67 Missouri Law Review 309 (2002)
Legal Ethics & Practical Politics: Musings on the Public Perception of Lawyer Discipline, 10 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 423 (1997)
Women
Marriage, Property and [In]Equality: Remedying ERISA's Disparate Impact on Spousal Wealth, 119 Yale Law Journal Online 61 (2009)
Why So Slow: A Comparative View of Women's Political Leadership, 24 Maryland Journal of International Law 155 (2009)
In a Different Voice: Lessons from Ledbetter, 34 Notre Dame Journal of College & University Law 555 (2008)
Women in academia—among some of the best educated women in America—suffer from the same salary...
The Global Advancement of Women: Barriers and Best Practices - Foreword, 6 University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class 276 (2006)
Foreword: A Symposium Exploring the Role and Impact of Women in a Changing Corporate Environment (with Lisa M. Fairfax), 65 Maryland Law Review 301 (2005)
Sports law
Freedom of Speech
Free Speech Rationales After September 11th: The First Amendment in Post-World Trade Center America (with Marin R. Scordato), 13 Stanford Law & Policy Review 185 (2002)
Politics
Why So Slow: A Comparative View of Women's Political Leadership, 24 Maryland Journal of International Law 155 (2009)
Estates and Trusts
Toward Equality: Nonmarital Children and the Uniform Probate Code, 45 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 995 (2012)
This Article traces the evolution of the Uniform Probate Code's (UPC) broad equality framework for...
Contemporary Approaches to Trusts and Estates (with Susan N. Gary, Jerome Borison, and Naomi R. Cahn), Book Gallery (2011)
This book uses cases and statutory materials along with exercises and problems to integrate legal...
American Probate: Protecting the Public, Improving the Process, Book Gallery (2003)
New Hampshire judge and probate attorney John Fairbanks, a court-appointed executor and trustee, stole thousands...
Legal Profession
Law and Leadership: Integrating Leadership Studies into the Law School Curriculum (with Susan McCarty), Book Gallery (2013)
Leadership includes the ability to persuade others to embrace one’s ideas and to act upon...
"What Do You Crave?" Developing Young Lawyers' Ability to Know Themselves, JD Alumni Magazine (2010)
Legal Education
Law and Leadership: Integrating Leadership Studies into the Law School Curriculum (with Susan McCarty), Book Gallery (2013)
Leadership includes the ability to persuade others to embrace one’s ideas and to act upon...