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History of the Women and the Law Conference:

Thomas Jefferson School of Law and the Women and the Law Project inaugurated the Women and the Law Conference in 2001. Fostered by a committed group of faculty, staff, and students, the series was the first annual event in the western United States focusing exclusively on gender issues and the law. In 2003, with the generous support of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who visited the law school that year, we established the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture Series.

  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer Stacy Leeds
    Women and the Law Conference 2011
    Gender, Justice, and Indian Sovereignty: Native American Women and the Law
    This conference addressed a wide range of issues affecting Native American women, including gender-related violence and Indian Country law enforcement, development of Indian Nation courts, governments, and businesses, civil rights and intersectionality issues, and the leadership roles of American Indian women.
  • Women of Color and Intersectionality: Understanding and Addressing Challenges
    Women and the Law Conference 2010
    Women of Color and Intersectionality:  Understanding and Addressing Challenges
    The 10th Annual Women and the Law Conference was co-sponsored by UCLA School of Law's Critical Race Studies and focused on Women of Color and Intersectionality.
  • Women and the Law Conference 2009
    Women and the Law Conference 2009
    Confronting Domestic Violence: The Role of Power in Domestic Relationships
    This conference, which was co-sponsored by the Relationship Training Institute, addressed the epidemic of domestic violence in the United States.
  • 2008 Women and the Law Conference
    Women and the Law Conference 2008
    Women in Politics: The Role of Gender in Political Decision Making
    This conference brought together leading female politicians and political scientists to examine the role of gender in political decision making.
  • Women and the Law Conference 2007
    Virtual Women – Emerging Issues in Gender and Intellectual Property Law
    This conference focused on the theoretical underpinnings of gender and intellectual property, the culture of gender and intellectual property, and gender issues in patent, trademark, and music law.  
  • Women and the Law Conference 2006
    Sexuality at Work
    This conference examined whether a sexually-charged employment setting harms women or whether sanitizing the workplace actually impedes gender equality.
  • Women and the Law Conference 2005
    Women and the Law Conference 2005
    The Global Impact of Feminist Legal Theory
    In 2005, Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Women and the Law Project joined with Emory University’s Feminism and Legal Theory Project to co-host a two-day conference that focused on the effect of feminist legal theory beyond U.S. borders.
  • Women and the Law Conference 2004
    Women and the Law Conference 2004
    What U.S. Lawyers Can Learn from International Law: Concepts of Gender Equality across Legal Cultures
    This conference brought together distinguished professors from law, the social sciences, and humanities to explore the role that international human rights law might play in developing a more expansive notion of gender equality in the U.S.
  • Women and the Law Conference 2003
    Women and the Law Conference 2003
    Women and the Maternal Wall
    At this conference, Joan C. Williams, delivered the first Ruth Bader Ginsburg lecture and speakers examined issues related to gender and maternity.
  • Women and the Law Conference 2002
    Women and the Law Conference 2002
    Women and Family Law
    This conference focused on women and the family and examined a variety of issues including the right to terminate life support, ART, and family violence.

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