Gender & Sexuality Law Blog

Press Advisory: Columbia Law Professor files Amicus Brief in Federal Prosecution of Catholic Anti-Nuclear Activists in Georgia Media Contact: Elizabeth Boylan | eboyla@law.columbia.edu | 212.854.0167 _____________________________________________________________________ On November 6th, Katherine Franke, Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia University in the City of New York, submitted an amicus brief on behalf of scholars of religious liberty […]

Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief in U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Supporting Challenge to Law That Blocks Restroom Access for Transgender Men and Women Media Contact: Public Affairs, 212-854-2650 or publicaffairs@law.columbia.edu New York, October 25, 2016—North Carolina’s law that excludes transgender men and women from restrooms consistent with their gender identity […]

Law Professors Urge New York’s High Court to Protect Functional Parent-Child Relationships Columbia Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic Submits Statewide Amicus Brief on Behalf of 45 Family Law Scholars from All 15 Law Schools New York, February 9, 2016 – Professors from every one of New York’s 15 law schools are urging the state’s highest […]

Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief in 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Arguing that Marriage Restrictions on Gay Couples Violate U.S. Constitution New York, July 25, 2014—The laws of Idaho and several other western states impose a constitutionally impermissible burden on lesbians and gay men who seek to exercise their fundamental right […]