Sylvia A. Law is the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law, Medicine and Psychiatry and the Co-Director of the Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program at

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School of Law.

Biography

Law was born in

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in 1942 and attended public schools in Minnesota,

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and

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. She earned her B.A. (1964) from

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, and her J.D. (1968) from

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. In 1984, Law became the first lawyer in the United States selected as a MacArthur Prize Fellow. She has been active in the Society of American Law Teachers, served as president of the organization from 1988 to 1990. In 2004, Prof. Law was elected to the

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. In 2013, the Sylvia A. Law Fellowship in Economic Justice was created as part of the Hays Civil Liberties Program at NYU Law School. She lives in New York City, Woodstock, New York and Kailua, Hawaii. Her son, Benjamin Ensminger-Law was born in 1977 and is a banker in New York City.

Representative Publications

*"Commercial Sex: Beyond Decriminalization," 73 ''California Law Review'' 526 (2000) *"White Privilege and Affirmative Action," 32 ''Akron Law Review'' 603 (1999) *"Sex Discrimination and Insurance for Contraception," 73 ''Washington Law Review'' 363 (1998) *"Homosexuality and the Social Meaning of Gender," 1988 ''Wisconsin Law Review'' 187 (1998) *"Ending Welfare as We Know It," 49 ''Stanford Law Review'' 471 (1997) *''Law and the American Health Care System'' (1997) *"Physician Assisted Death: An Essay on Rights and Remedies," 55 ''Maryland Law Review'' 292 (1996) *"Crystal Eastman: NYU Law Graduate," 66 ''New York University Law Review'' 1963 (1991) *"Rethinking Sex and the Constitution," 132 ''University of Pennsylvania Law Review'' 955 (1984) *"Women, Work, Welfare and the Preservation of Patriarchy," 131 ''University of Pennsylvania Law Review'' 1249 (1983) *''Pain and Profit: The Politics of Malpractice'' (1978) *''Blue Cross: What Went Wrong?'' (2nd ed. 1976)

References

NYU School of Law Faculty BiographyNYU School of Law Faculty Profile
*Jeffrey Toobin
“Sex and the Supremes: Why the Court’s next big battle may be about gay rights"
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