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• How we still fail rape victims: reflecting on responsibility and legal reform.

ABSTRACT Despite over thirty years of rape law reform, rape remains too prevalent, and successful convictions of rapists remain too rare. I argue in...

• Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
• Vol. 22 Nbr. 1, December 2011

• Columbia Law School Study: Minority Law Student Numbers Declining

African-American and Mexican-American representation in law school has decreased over the past 15 years, even as their test scores improved and more seats became available, according to a recent study published by Columbia Law School, "A Disturbing Trend in Law School Diversity. The groups accounted for a smaller percentage of the 2008 entering class than the 1993 entering class, and a smaller number of students -- 4,060 in 2008 compared to 4,142 in 2003, according to Columbia's Lawyering in the Digital Age Clinic study, conducted in conjunction with the Society of American Law Teachers.

• Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
• January 21, 2010

• Taking initiatives: reconciling race, religion, media and democracy in the quest for marriage equality.

Election Days 2008 and 2009 proved to be largely disappointing ones for gay (2) rights advocates, and specifically supporters of civil same-sex marria...

• Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
• Vol. 19 Nbr. 3, September 2010

• Columbia Law Firm Eng & Woods Off Hook for Fee

A federal court gave Columbia firm Eng & Woods a tongue-lashing over its handling of a referral fee arrangement but said the firm doesn't owe the fee. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal district court ruling on Friday with a 2-1 decision in favor of Eng & Woods in a two-year dispute with Michigan firm Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho over a $133,000 referral fee.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• July 19, 2010

• Dangerous terrain: mapping the female body in Gonzales v. Carhart.

The body occupies an ambiguous position within the law. It is, in one sense, the quintessential object of state regulatory and police power. (1) The b...

• Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
• Vol. 19 Nbr. 3, September 2010

• Naacp Legal Defense Fund Prez Joins Columbia Law

Prior to attending Columbia Law School, Shaw had graduated with honors from Wesleyan University. His numerous professional honors and awards include Columbia Law School's Lawrence A. Wein Prize for Social Justice and the National Bar Association Young Lawyers Division's A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Award. He has served on both Columbia Law School's Board of Visitors and the Wesleyan University Board of Trustees, and has previously taught at the University of Michigan Law School, Temple Law School and the City University of New York School of Law, and served as a lecturer in law at Columbia Law School.

• Boston Banner, The
• August 25, 2009

• The rising bar for persecution in asylum cases involving sexual and reproductive harm.

Abstract This Article argues that there is a rising bar for establishing persecution in U.S. asylum eases involving sexual and reproductive harm. An...

• Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
• Vol. 22 Nbr. 1, December 2011

• Resilience and law as a theoretical backdrop for natural resource management: flood management in the Columbia River Basin.

The 1964 Columbia River Treaty entered by the United States and Canada for mutual benefits in flood control and hydropower generation is under review ...

• Environmental Law
• Vol. 42 Nbr. 1, January 2012

• The challenge of new families.

Today there are many new and different types of families--not only families with one biological parent and one step-parent, but also families with sam...

• Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
• Vol. 19 Nbr. 4, December 2010

• Banding Together: Reflections on the Role of the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia and the Washington College of law in Promoting Women's Rights

Original Missions. A. Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Progress Measured. A. The Administration of Justice. 1. The end of the First Wave: 1917-1925. 2. Surviving in Abeyance: 1925-1965. 3. The Second Wave and Beyond: 1965-Present. B. Advancing and Protecting the Interests of Women Lawyers. 1. A Room of Their own and a Seat at the Table: The Wba's Role in Meeting the Needs of Women Lawyers. 2. The Next Step: Promoting Female Leadership in the Profession. 3. Expanding Advocacy Networks. C. Professional and Social Support Functions . 1. To be Simply Understood: Lending Support in Male-Dominated Professions. 2. Social Status and Recognition. 3. Women's Space: Cultivating Female Leaders. 4. Training for the Future. The Road Winds up: Unfinished Business for the WBA a...

• The Modern American
• Nbr. IV-2, December 2008