Education
Harvard Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1977)
Harvard Law Review:
President
Wellesley College (B.A., highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1974)
Durant Scholar
Dartmouth College, Twelve College Exchange (Citations for Academic Excellence in Government and Sociology, 1972-1973)
Soulless: Ann Coulter and the Right-Wing Church of Hate (ReganBooks, 2006)
The Case For Hillary Clinton (ReganBooks, 2005)
How To Get Into Law School (Riverhead, 2004)
Sex & Power (Riverhead, 2000)
Getting Away With Murder: How Politics Is Destroying the Criminal Justice System (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, March 1998)
Making The Case For Yourself: A Diet Book For Smart Women (Riverhead, January 1998)
Real Rape (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1987)
Dangerous Offenders (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1985)
(With M. Moore, D. McGillis, and W. Spelman)
"Politics and the Limits of Law: A Musing for Dean Sullivan," 90 California Law Review 813 (2002).
"Reflection: Bridging the Gender Gap," 3 The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Minority Issues 153 (Spring 2001)
"What Went Wrong" (Gender, Race, and the Politics of Supreme Court Appointments: The Impact of the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas Hearings). 65 Southern California Law Review 1393 (1992).
"Palm Beach Stories." 11 Law and Philosophy 5 (1992).
"Teaching Rape Law." 102 Yale Law Journal 509 (1992).
"Sex at Work." 43 Stanford Law Review 813 (1991).
"Women, Politics, and the Nineties: The Abortion Debate." 6 New England Journal of Public Policy (1990).
"Abortion Politics: Writing for an Audience of One" (with K.M. Sullivan). 138 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 119 (1989).
"In Memoriam: Judge J. Skelly Wright" (with others). 57 George Washington Law Review 1029 (1989).
"Rape." 95 Yale Law Journal 1087 (1986).
Nelson Rockefeller Fellow, Dartmouth College, April 1999 ("The Sorry State of American Politics")
Inaugural Lectures, Wellesley College/Oxford Press Series, April 8-10, 1996 ("Feminism for Girls and Boys").
Commencement Speaker, Marlborough School, 1995.
Commencement Speaker, Wellesley College, 1989.
Distinguished Alumni Award, Radcliffe Graduate Alumni Association, 1989.
Number 57, Judge Richard Posner's 100 Public Intellectuals of All Time.
First Recipient, Susan Estrich Courage Award, Victims Rights Law Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Briefs and arguments in federal and state courts, working with Alan Dershowitz, Harvey Silverglate, Kathleen Sullivan, Laurence Tribe, Norman Zalkind, etc, 1981-Present
Harvard Law School:
Professor of Law, 1981-1990
Appointed Assistant Professor of Law, 1981
Promoted to Professor of Law with tenure, 1986
Tuttle & Taylor, Los Angeles:
Of Counsel, 1986-1987
Staff Counsel and Special Assistant to Chief Counsel Stephen Breyer,
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1979-1981
Law Clerk to the Hon. John Paul Stevens,
United States Supreme Court, Washington D.C., 1978-1979
Law Clerk to the Hon. J. Skelly Wright,
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, 1977-1978
Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.:
Associate, 1977
Robert Kingsley Professor of Law and Political Science, University of Southern California Law School
Subjects: Gender Discrimination, Law and Politics, Election Law, Constitutional Law: First Amendment, Criminal Law
Legal and Political Analyst, Fox News Channel
(appearing approximately 2-3 times weekly on such shows as Hannity & Colmes, On the Record, The O'Reilly Factor, etc).
Columnist, Foxnews.com
Syndicated Columnist, Creators Syndicate
Board of Directors, Green Dot Public Schools, Los Angeles, CA, 2005-Present
Board of Directors, Victims Rights Law Center, Boston, MA, 2000-Present
President Appointee, United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 1999-2004
Transition Team, Schwarzenegger for Governor, 2003
Board of Trustees, Center for Early Education, 1995-2003
Vice Chair, Endowment Committee, Chair, Legal Committee
National Advisory Board, Institute for Global Ethics, Project on Campaign Conduct, 1999-2005
Eureka Communities, Los Angeles Advisory Board; California Community Conduct Foundation, 1999-2005
Ethics Commission, City of Los Angeles (Mayoral Appointee), 1999-2001
Board of Trustees, B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, Washington, D.C., 1996-2000
Administration and Finance Committee, USC Law School, 1995-1997; Chair, 1995-1996
Planned Parent of Los Angeles, Board of Directors, 1991-1993; Advisory Board, 1993-1995
California Abortion Rights Action League, Board of Directors, 1992-1994.
Senior Counsel, Commission to Write a Code of Ethics for the City of Los Angeles, 1989.
Common Cause, National Governing Board, 1983-1987; 1989-1993
Member, Democratic National Committee, 1984-1988
Fairness Commission of the Democratic Party, 1985-1986
Co-Chair of the Drafting Committee (responsible for rules for the 1988 Presidential nominating process)
President, Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, 1982-1983
National Board, American Civil Liberties Union, 1984-1987
Special Committee on Campaign Finance, 1985-1986
Member, United States Supreme Court Bar
Member, The State Bar of California; Member, The State Bar of District of Columbia