Gender Studies
Columbia Law School has built one of the premier faculties in Gender Studies. The study of gender at Columbia Law School seeks to explore the complex dynamics that make up the gender of law and the law of gender. Offered courses seek to introduce students to the gendered aspects of law through history, policy and doctrine. How are gendered hierarchies reinforced by and dismantled through law?... Read more
Lectures
L6252
Family Law
This basic course will focus on legal regulation of marriage and other intimate relationships and will examine the sociological justifications for state intervention in families. Substantial coverage... (3-4 pts)
L6506
Gender Justice
This course will provide an introduction to the concrete legal contexts in which issues of gender and justice have been articulated, disputed, and hesitatingly and provisionally resolved. Readings... (3 pts)
Seminars
L8006
Domestic Violence and the Law
This seminar provides an in-depth examination of domestic violence from a legal perspective. It explores a wide range of topics, including police and prosecutorial responses, expert witness... (2 pts)
L9149
Sexual Harassment in Employment: Policy and Practice
This seminar is designed to explore legal and policy issues raised by the statutes and court decisions in the evolving area of sexual harassment. Such doctrinal and theoretical questions are... (2 pts)
L9153
Topics in Law and Sexuality
This seminar explores aspects of the legal regulation of sexuality. The seminar will pursue two main goals. The first goal is to read and discuss the formal "black letter" law found in judicial... (3 pts)
L9169
Abortion: Law in Context
This seminar looks at abortion from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives: legal, medical, philosophical, cross-cultural, sociological, historical, and political. It also draws upon... (3 pts)
Clinics
L9232
Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic
The clinic in Sexuality and Gender Law provides students with the opportunity to work directly on sexuality- and gender-related litigation and non-litigation projects while learning about the many... (7 pts)