The Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
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Information on the 2006-2007 panel events on Transgender Rights is coming soon.
Below is information on our spring 2006 symposium.
Columbia Journal of Gender and Law Symposium:
Sexuality and the Law
**For pictures from the symposium, please click here.**
The Columbia University Journal of Gender and Law is proud to announce its Spring 2006 Symposium, “Sexuality and the Law.” The Symposium will be held on February 24th, at Columbia Law School.
This interdisciplinary symposium seeks to explore issues surrounding sexuality and law, and will include the following panels, speakers, and presentations:
9:00am-10:00am: Children and Education
The Failure of Abstinence-Only Education: Minors Have a Right to Honest Talk About Sex by Hazel Glenn Beh, University of Hawai’i at Manoa School of Law, & Milton Diamond, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, The Pacific Center for Sex and Society
Feminist ABCs of Sex Education by Linda McClain, Hofstra University School of Law
Moderator: Professor Ariela Dubler
10:15am-11:15am: The Interplay Between Disability and Sexuality
Legal Cross-Dressing: Sexuality and the Americans with Disabilities Act by Fedwa Malti-Douglas, Indiana University, Bloomington
Transgendered Plaintiffs and Title VII by Jennifer Levi, Western New England College, School of Law
Moderator: Professor Suzanne Goldberg
11:30am-12:30pm: Prison and Punishment
Sexual Punishments by Alice Ristroph, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law
Rethinking Prison Sex: Self-Expression and Safety by Brenda Smith, American University, Washington College of Law
Moderator: Professor Philip Genty
12:45pm: Lunch with Keynote speech by
William Eskridge, Jr.
Introduction by Dean David Schizer
2:15pm-3:15pm: Sexuality and Marriage
Name Change: The Future of Default Rules for Marital Names by Elizabeth F. Emens, Columbia Law School
A Historical Guide to the Future of Marriage for Same-Sex Couples by Suzanne Goldberg, Rutgers School of Law - Newark
Moderator: Professor Carol Sanger
3:30pm-4:30pm: Sexual Expression
Pathology Full Circle: A History of Anti-Vibrator Legislation in the United States by Danielle Lindemann, Columbia University, Department of Sociology
The New Politics of Adultery by Brenda Cossman, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
The Expressiveness and (Potential) Gender-Neutrality of Sexuality following Lawrence v. Texas by James Garland, Hofstra University School of Law
Moderator: Professor Elizabeth Emens
Symposium participants are invited to join the Journal of Gender and Law at its alumni cocktail party at 5pm, in Drapkin Lounge.
For more information and to register, please contact:
Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
Attn: Sashi Athota and Christine Doktor
435 West 116th St.
New York, NY 10027
Email: jrngen@law.columbia.edu
Phone: (212) 854-1602
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