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Anne M. Coughlin is the
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, Professor of Law at the
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.


Early life and education

Coughlin graduated from
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with a B.A. in English in 1978. She then completed her M.A. in English at
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in 1979 before entering law school. She earned her J.D. at the
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, graduating in 1984. At NYU, Coughlin served as managing editor of the ''New York University Law Review''.


Career

After law school, Coughlin clerked for Judge
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of the
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and then for Justice Lewis F. Powell of the
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. Coughlin began her academic career at
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, teaching there from 1991 to 1995. She joined the faculty at the University of Virginia in 1996, after having served as a visiting professor during the 1995-96 academic year. Coughlin's research focuses on criminal law and procedure and feminist jurisprudence. She is the coauthor of a widely used casebook for first year criminal law courses. She is also the author of a prominent law review article on battered woman syndrome. Coughlin is notable outside of academia for her leading role in a lawsuit against the Pentagon's policy excluding women from combat roles. Some commentators have credited this lawsuit with influencing the Department of Defense's 2013 decision to reverse this policy.


See also

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Publications

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External links


Faculty Site at University of Virginia

Appearances on C-Span
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