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Ruthann Robson, Professor of Law and University Distinguished Professor,
teaches in the areas of constitutional law, family law, feminist legal theory,
and sexuality and the law, and is faculty advisor to the New York City Law
Review. She is the author of numerous works developing a lesbian legal theory,
which include the books Sappho Goes to Law School and Lesbian
(Out)Law: Survival Under the Rule of Law, and many articles in such journals
as New York Law School Journal of Human Rights, Albany Law Review,
Women's Rights Law Reporter, Hastings Law Journal, Australian
Feminist Law Journal, Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence, as well
as feminist journals such as Signs, Hypatia, and Women's
Studies Quarterly. The New York City Law Review has published a
symposium on her work in volume 8, issue 2.
Professor Robson received
her J.D. from Stetson University College of Law and an LL.M. from the University
of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall), clerked for a federal district court
judge and a federal judge on the Eleventh Court of Appeals, and practiced law
with Florida Legal Services. She has given many presentations on women and
sexuality and the law in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand. A frequent
contributor to Out Magazine, she has won prizes for her creative work,
including novels, short story collections, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
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