MARGARET F. BRINIG

Fritz Duda Family Chair in Law

Notre Dame Law School

Box R

Notre Dame, IN 46556

574-***-****

FAX 574-***-****

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web page http://www.law.nd.edu/faculty/facultypages/brinig.html

EDUCATION

DUKE UNIVERSITY

B.A. History, 1970

Angier B. Duke Scholar; Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities;

Women's Leadership and Services Honorary

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

J.D. Cum Laude, 1973

Notes Editor, Seton Hall Law Review; Cum Laude

Publication: Note, "Due Process--Rights of Confrontation and Cross Examination

Accorded to Students at Expulsion Hearings," 3 Seton Hall L. Rev. 523 (1972)

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

M.A. 1993, Ph.D. Economics, 1994

Thesis: "Essays in the Law and Economics of the Family"

EXPERIENCE

NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL

Associate Dean for Faculty Development, July 1, 2007-present

Fritz Duda Family Professor of Law, November 2006-present

Honored at the Notre Dame-Air Force Football Game, November, 2007

Mary Ann Remick Senior Visiting Fellow in the Center for Ethics and Culture, University of Notre Dame,

2012-13

Sorin Professor of Law, June 2006-November, 2006

COLLEGE OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

PROFESSOR OF LAW, Summer, 1999-2006

Edward A. Howry Distinguished Professor, July, 2001-2003.

William G. Hammond Professor, July, 2003-2006

Associate Dean for Faculty Development, July, 2004-2006

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

Director, Legal Writing and Analysis Program, July 1993-June 1995

Professor of Law, September 1992-spring, 1999

Distinguished Faculty Award, 1993

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, March, 1982-October, 1984

Associate Professor, September 1981-August, 1992

Assistant Professor, June 1975-August, 1981

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW

Visiting Professor, Summer, 1998

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE

Assistant Deputy Public Defender, Inmate Advocacy Division, September 19 74-

June, 1975

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY

Law Clerk, Hon. Theodore I. Botter, September 1973-August, 1974

PUBLICATIONS (SINCE 1985)

Books:

Margaret F. Brinig,. Law, Family and Community: Supporting the Covenant (University of Chicago Press,

2010)

Margaret F. Brinig, ed. The Economics of Family Law (2 vol.), part of the Economics of Law Series, gen.

ed. Richard A. Posner and Francesco Parisi, Edward Elgar, 2007); also wrote introduction to the family law

series

Carl E. Schneider and Margaret F. Brinig, An Invitation to Family Law (Third Edition, West Publishing

Co., 2006) (Teacher s Manual, September, 2006)

Margaret F. Brinig, From Contract to Covenant: Beyond the Law and Economics of the Family (Harvard

University Press, 2000)

Carl E. Schneider and Margaret F. Brinig, An Invitation to Family Law: Process, Problems and

Possibilities (Second Edition) (West Publishing Company, 2000); Teacher s Manual, 2001

Margaret F. Brinig, Carl E. Schneider and Lee H. Teitelbaum, Family Law in Action (Anderson Publishing,

1999)

Carl E. Schneider and Margaret F. Brinig, An Invitation to Family Law: Process, Problems and

Possibilities (West Publishing Company, 1995); Teacher s Manual, 1996.

Margaret F. Brinig, Handbook on Virginia Domestic Relations (Third Edition, 1996)(with yearly

supplements through 2000)

Steven M. Crafton and Margaret F. Brinig, Quantitative Methods for Lawyers (Carolina Academic Press,

1994)

Margaret Brinig, Handbook on Virginia Domestic Relations (Michie and Company, Second Edition,

1991)(with yearly supplements)

Margaret F. Brinig and David M. White, Handbook on Virginia Domestic Relations (1985)

Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett, Catholic Schools and Broken Windows, 9 Journal of

Empirical Legal Studies 347 (2012).

Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett, Catholic Schools, Charter Schools, and Urban

Neighborhoods (with Nicole Garnett, 79 University of Chicago Law Review 31 (2012)

Douglas W. Allen and Margaret F. Brinig, Child Support Guidelines: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, 45

Family Law Quarterly 135 (2011)

Margaret F. Brinig, Parents: Trusted But Not Trustees or (Foster) Parents as Fiduciaries, part of

symposium Public Servants and Private Fiduciaries, 93 Boston University Law Review 1189 (May, 2011).

Margaret F. Brinig, Belonging and Trust: Divorce and Social Capital, 25 Brigham Young University

Journal of Public Law 271 (2011)

Douglas W. Allen and Margaret F. Brinig, Do Joint Parenting Laws Make Any Difference? 8 Journal of

Empirical Legal Studies 304-24 (2011).

Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett, Catholic Schools, Urban Neighborhoods, and Education

Reform, 85 Notre Dame Law Review 887 (2010)

Margaret F. Brinig, Children s Beliefs and Family Law, 58 Emory Law Journal 55 (2008)

Margaret F. Brinig and Steven L. Nock, The One Size-Fits All Family, 49 Santa Clara Law Review 137

(2009)

Margaret F. Brinig, Legal Status and Effects on Children, 5 University of St. Thomas Law Review 548

(2009) (with Steven L. Nock)

Margaret F. Brinig, Are All Contracts Alike? 43 Wake Forest Law Review 533 (2008)

Margaret F. Brinig, From Family to Individual and Back Again, 51 Howard Law Journal 1 (2007)

Margaret F. Brinig et al., Vision Standards for Licensing and Driving, 78 Optometry: Journal of the

American Optometric Association 439-45 (September, 2007)

The Public Choice of Driving Competence Regulations, 21 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public

Policy 405 (2007).

Penalty Defaults in Family Law: The Case of Child Custody, 33 Florida State University Law Review 779

(2006)

Margaret Brinig, Gerald Jogerst, Jeanette Daly, Jeffrey Dawson and Gretchen Schmuch, Lawmaking by

Public Welfare Professionals, 5 Whittier Journal of Child & Family Advocacy 57 (2006)

Gerald G. Jogerst, Jeanette M. Daly, Margaret F. Brinig & Stephanos Bibas., The Association Between

Statutory Penalties and Domestic Elder Abuse Investigations, 28 Journal of Crime and Justice 51 (2006)

Margaret F. Brinig, Does Parental Autonomy Require Equal Custody at Divorce?, 65 Louisiana Law

Review 1345 (2005); reprinted in The Law of Divorce: Global Perspectives, K. Padmaja, ed., Amicus

Books, 2007)

Margaret F. Brinig, Unhappy Contracts: The Case of Divorce, 1 Review of Law and Economics 241 (2005)

Gerald J. Jogerst et al., APS Investigative Systems Associated with Country Reported Domestic Elder

Abuse, 16 Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect 1 (2004)

Margaret F. Brinig & Steven L. Nock, Marry Me, Bill: Should Cohabitati on be the (Legal) Default

Option? 64 Louisiana Law Review 403 (2004).

Margaret F. Brinig, Gerald J. Jogerst, Jeanette M. Daly, Gretchen A. Schmuch, and Jeffrey Dawson, The

Public Choice of Elder Abuse Law, 33 Journal of Legal Studies 517 (2004).

Margaret F. Brinig, The Role of Socioeconomics in Teaching Family Law, 41 San Diego Law Review 177

(2004).

Margaret F. Brinig, Book Review, The Child s Best Interests: A Neglected Perspective on Interracial

Intimacies, 117 Harvard Law Review 2129 (2004)

Margaret F. Brinig & Steven L. Nock, What Does Covenant Mean for Relationships? 18 Notre Dame

Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy 137 (2004)

Gerald Jogerst Jeanette Daly, Jeffrey D. Dawson, Margaret F. Brinig & Gretchen A. Schmuch, Required

Elder Abuse Education for Iowa Mandatory Reporters, 15 Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect 59 (2003)

Gerald J. Jogerst, Jeanette M. Daly, Margaret F. Brinig, Jeffrey D. Dawson, Gretchen A. Schmuch, and

Jerry G. Ingram, Domestic Elder Abuse and the Law, 93 American Journal of Public Health 2131 (2003)

Margaret F. Brinig & Steven L. Nock, I Only Want Trust : Norms, Trust and Autonomy, 32 Journal of

Socio-economics 471 (2003); reprinted in Family Life and Human Rights 115 (ed. Peter Lodrup and Eva

Modvar, Gylendal 2004)

Margaret F. Brinig, Promoting Children s Interests Through a Responsible Research Agenda, 14 University

of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy 137 (2003)

Margaret F. Brinig, Empirical Work in Family Law, 2002 University of Illinois Law Review 1083.

Margaret F. Brinig and Steven L. Nock, How Much Does Legal Status Matter? Adoptions by Kin

Caregivers, 36 Family Law Quarterly 449 (2002)

Margaret F. Brinig, Money Can t Buy Me Love : A Contrast Between Damages in Family Law and

Contract, 27 Journal of Corporation Law 567 (2002).

Margaret F. Brinig, Domestic Partnership: Missing the Target?, 4 Journal of Law & Family Studies 19

(2002).

Margaret F. Brinig, Troxel and the Limits of Community, 32 Rutgers Law Journal 733 (2001)

Margaret F. Brinig, Moving Toward a First-Best World: Minnesota s Position on Multiethnic Adoptions,

28 William Mitchell Law Review 553 (2001).

Margaret F. Brinig, The Influence of Marvin v. Marvin on Housework During Marriage, 76 Notre Dame

Law Review 1311 (2001).

Margaret F. Brinig, Feminism and Child Custody Under Chapter Two of the American Law Institute s

Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution, 8 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 301 (2001)

Margaret F. Brinig, In Search of Prince Charming, 4 Journal of Gender, Race & Justice 321 (2001)

Margaret F. Brinig, Choosing the Lesser Evil: A Comment on Besharov, 8 Virginia Journal of Social

Policy & the Law 205 (2000)(reprinted in Global Issues in Family Law, ed. Barbara Stark and Ann Estin,

Thomson-West, 2007).

Margaret F. Brinig and Douglas W. Allen, These Boots Are Made for Walking : Why Most Divorce

Filers Are Women ?, 2 American Law and Economics Review 126 (2000)

Margaret Brinig and Steven Nock, Covenant and Contract, 12 Regent University Law Review 9 (1999)

Margaret F. Brinig and F.H. Buckley, Parental Rights and the Ugly Duckling, 1 Journal of Law and Family

Studies 41 (1999)

Margaret F. Brinig and F.H. Buckley, The Price of Virtue, 98 Public Choice 111 (1999)

Margaret F. Brinig, Equality and Sharing: Views of Households Across the Iron Curtain, 7 European

Journal of Law and Economics 55 (1998)

Margaret F. Brinig, The Supreme Court s Impact on Marriage 1967 -907, 41 Howard Law Journal 271

(1998)

Margaret F. Brinig and F.H. Buckley, No-Fault Laws and At-Fault People, 16 International Journal of

Law and Economics 325 (1998)(reprinted in Teitelbaum, Harris and Weisbrod, Family Law (2d ed., 2000)

Douglas W. Allen and Margaret F. Brinig, Sex, Property Rights and Divorce, 5 European Journal of Law

and Economics 211 (1998)

Margaret F. Brinig, Economics, Law and Covenant Marriage, 16 Gender Issues 1 (1998)

Margaret F. Brinig and F.H. Buckley, Joint Custody: Bonding and Monitoring Theories, 73 Indiana Law

Journal 393 (1998).

F. H. Buckley and Margaret F. Brinig, The Bankruptcy Puzzle, 27 Journal of Legal Studies 187 (1998)

(reprinted in Foundations of Bankruptcy, Barry Adler, ed., Foundation Press)

Margaret F. Brinig, Property Distribution Physics: The Talisman of Time and Mi ddle Class Law, 31

Family Law Quarterly 93 (1997)

F. H. Buckley and Margaret F. Brinig, Welfare Magnets: The Race for the Top, 5 Supreme Court Economic

Review 141 (1997)

Margaret F. Brinig, The Family Franchise, Elderly Parents and their Adult Siblings, 1996 Utah Law Review

393.

Margaret F. Brinig and F.H. Buckley, The Market for Deadbeats, 25 Journal of Legal Studies 201

(1996)(Best Law Faculty Publication, 1996) (reprinted in Foundations of Bankruptcy, Barry Adler, ed.,

Foundation Press)

Margaret F. Brinig, A Maternalistic Approach to Surrogacy, 81 Virginia Law Review 2377 (1995).

Margaret F. Brinig, Does Mediation Systematically Disadvantage Women?, 2 William and Mary Journal of

Women and the Law 1 (1995)

Margaret F. Brinig and Lynn D. Wardle, United States: Deconstructing the American Family-

Developments in Family Law During 1993, 33 University of Louisville Journal of Family Law 541 (1995)

Margaret F. Brinig, Through a Glass Darkly, a Review of Neil Komesar's Imperfect Alternatives, 84 Public

Choice 190 (1995)

Margaret F. Brinig and Michael V. Alexeev, Fraud in Courtship: Annulment and Divorce, 2 European

Journal of Law and Economics 45-63 (1995)

Margaret F. Brinig, Comment on Jana Singer's Alimony and Efficiency, 8 2(7) Georgetown Law Journal

2461(1994)

Margaret F. Brinig, Book Review: Status, Contract and Covenant, 79 Cornell Law Review 1573 (1994)

(reprinted in Family Law in Action)

Margaret F. Brinig, Finite Horizons: The American Family, 2 International Journal of Children's Rights

293 (1994)

Margaret F. Brinig, Transactions Costs in the Adoption Market, 18 Seton Hall Legislative Journal 553

(1994) (reprinted in Families by Law: An Adoption Reader (Naomi Cahn and Joan Hollinger, eds., NYU

Press, 2004)

Margaret F. Brinig and Steven Crafton, Opportunism in Marriage, 23(2) Journal of Legal Studies 869

(1994)

Margaret F. Brinig and Michael V. Alexeev, Trading at Divorce, Preferences, Legal Rules and Transaction

Costs, 8 Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution 279 (1993)

Margaret F. Brinig, Book Review, The Law and Economics of No-Fault Divorce, 26 Family Law Quarterly

453 (1993)

Margaret F. Brinig, Randy Holcombe and Linda Ann Schwartzstein, The Regulation of Lobbyists, 77

Public Choice 3771 (1993)

Margaret F. Brinig, Politics, Economics and the McCarr an Ferguson Act, 73 Public Choice 371 (1992)

Margaret F. Brinig, Rings and Promises, 6 Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 203 (1990) (Best

Law Faculty Publication, 1991) (Reprinted in Family Law in Action)

June Carbone and Margaret F. Brinig, Rethinking Marriage: Feminist Ideology, Economic Change, and

Divorce Reform, 65 Tulane Law Review 954 (1991) (reprinted in Judith Areen, Cases and Materials on

Family Law, 3rd ed.)

Margaret F. Brinig and June Carbone, The Reliance Interest in Marriage and Divorce, 62 Tulane Law

Review 855 (1988) (reprinted in Grace Blumberg, Community Property Law in California, New York,

Aspen, 4th ed. 2003).

Chapters in Books:

Can Law Shape the Development of Unconditional Love in Children? In Best Love of the Child (with

Steven L. Nock), 317-46 Timothy P. Jackson, ed., Eerdman s, 2011.

Margaret F. Brinig, The Story of Mary Sue and Junior Davis, in Family Law Stories 195 -217 (Carol

Sanger, ed. Foundation Press, 2007).

Margaret F. Brinig, Domestic Partnerships and Default Rules, in Robin Wilson., ed. Reconceiving the

Family: Critique on the American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution 269-83

(Cambridge University Press, 2006).

Margaret F. Brinig and Steven L. Nock, What Does Covenant Mean for Relationships?, in Covenant

Marriage in Comparative Perspective, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

(J. Witte and Eliza Ellison, eds. 2005)

Margaret F. Brinig, Some Concerns About Applying Economics to Family Law, in Feminism Confronts

Homo Economicus: Gender, Law and Society 450-67 (Fineman and Dougherty, eds., Cornell University

Press, 2005)

Margaret F. Brinig, Family Law, Chapter 4 of the Elgar Companion to Law and Economics (Juergen

Backhaus, ed., 2003).

Steven L. Nock and Margaret F. Brinig, Weak Men and Disorderly Women: Divorce and the Division of

Labor, in The Law and Economics of Marriage and Divorce (Dnes and Rowthorn, eds., Cambridge

University Press, 2002)

Margaret F. Brinig, Community Involvement and Its Limits in Marriage and Families, in Revitalizing the

Institution of Marriage for the Twenty-First Century (Hawkins, Wardle, and Coolidge, eds., Greenwood

Press 15 (2002)

Entries on adultery, custody and adoption/termination of parental rights, in Oxford Companion to American

Law (2002)

Margaret F. Brinig, The Effects of Divorce on Wives, in It Takes Two: The Family in Law and Finance

(D. Allen and J. Richards, eds., C.D. Howe, 1999)

Margaret F. Brinig, Parent and Child, in The Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (Bouckaert and De

Geest, eds., Ghent, Edward Elgar 1999).

Contracting Around No-fault Divorce, in The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Contract (F.H. Buckley, ed.,

Duke University Press, 1999)

Margaret F. Brinig, No-Fault Divorce, in the Palgrave Dictionary of Law and Economics (Peter Newman,

ed., Palgrave Macmillan, 1998).

Margaret F. Brinig, Investment in Children, in The Family as an Environment for Human Development 45

(Napolean Wolanski & Barry Bogin, ed., Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 1996)

Margaret F. Brinig, Why Can't a Woman be More Like a Man? Or Do Gender Differ ences Affect Choice?

In Neither Victim nor Enemy (Rita J. Simon, ed., University Press of America, 1995)

Margaret F. Brinig and Michael V. Alexeev, Legal Rules, Bargaining and Transactions Costs: The Case of

Divorce, in Systematic Analysis and Dispute Resolution 91 (S. Nagel, ed., Greenwood Press, 1991)

Chapters on absolute divorce, parent and child, and legal separation, in Contemporary Family Law (Lynn

Wardle, ed., Callaghan and Company, 1987)

Accepted for Publication

Child Support Guidelines and Divorce Incentives (with Douglas W. Allen), International Review of Law

and Economics. (2013)

Explaining Abuse of the Disabled Child, forthcoming Family Law Quarterly (Fall, 2012).

Beyond Classroom Walls: The Shifting Educational Landscape of Urban Neighborhood Life (with Nicole

Garnett) advance contract May, 2011 with the University of Chicago Press, final draft submitted February

1, 2012.

Effects of Parenting under Integrated and Intentional Families (What is Parenthood? (Daniel Cere and

Linda S. McLain, eds.), forthcoming NYU Press, 2012.

Two Treatments of Pluralism (presented at the Canadian Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting

(Keynote, October, 2010) and the International Society for Family Law Caribbean Regional Conference,

March, 2011. Publication to be in the West Indies Law Journal, 2012.

The Division of Labor Across Time and Generations, presented at Columbia Law School s Marriage at the

Crossroads Colloquium February, 2011, to be published in Marriage at the Crossroads (E. Scott and M.

Garrison, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2012).

Working Papers

Margaret F. Brinig, Grandparents and Accessory Dwelling Units: Preserving Intimacy and Independence

(presented at the International Society for Family Law Regional Conference, University of Iowa, June,

2012)

Abuse, Adoption, and ADHD, presented at the University of Reggio Emilia, Italy, April 27, 2012.

Children s Voices and Mediation, to be presented at the Leverhulme International Family Network on New

Families, New Governance, first conference on Voices Heard and Unheard, to be held at the University of

Exeter, England, September 6-7, 2012.

Do Fathers Prefer Sons? (presented at the Canadian Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting,

University of Toronto, September, 2008)

Other Projects

Translational Research and Families, a proposal to Notre Dame s Strategic Academic Planning initiative

(in preparation for final (Stage Two) review). Did not receive final SAPC funding, 2008, 2009, nor final

Templeton Foundation Funding, 2009. With E. Mark Cummings and Michael Jenuwine. Project was

funded for three years by SAPC2 supplemental funding and internal grants from law school and department

of psychology, August, 2010.

Law, Low Vision, and Driver s Licensing (with Mark A. Wilkinson, Department of Ophthalmology,

Gerald Jogerst, Department of Family Medicine, and Gregory Carmichael, Department of Engineering, all

University of Iowa)

Towards the Best Love of the Child (with Steven L. Nock) (project funded by the Institute for Research on

Unconditional Love).

Academic Consultant, Louisiana Covenant Marriage (Steven Nock, University of Virginia, Principal

Investigator), N.S.F. Grant SBR-9819156, December, 1998

Iowa Adoption Project (Principal investigator Remi Cadorcet, Department of Psychiatry, University of

Iowa).

Investigator, Impact of Laws on State Reported Elder Abuse, Department of Health and Human Services,

Public Health Services, #06-276-1671; CDC 41712 (Principal Investigator, Gerald J. Jogerst, Department

of Family Medicine, University of Iowa).

The Role of Religion in Families, Co-Principal Investigator with Steven L. Nock, Department of

Sociology, University of Virginia, Robert Emery, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia and

Laura Sanchez, Department of Sociology, Bowling Green University (submitt ed to National Institutes of

Health June, 2005) (Not scored, November, 2005).

The Problem of Parenthood Project, cosponsored by Institute for American Values, Hofstra University

School of Law, and McGill University's Faculty of Religious Studies (planning conference, Princeton

University, June 7-8, 2007)

Presentations

Virginia Judicial Conference, Charlottesville, 1990

Law and Economics Workshop, Georgetown University, 1991

Baltimore-Washington-Virginia Women Law Professors Forum Scholarship Workshop, 1991 (Luncheon

speaker)

University of Toronto Law and Economics Workshop, 1992, 1997

Canadian Law and Economics Association annual meeting, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,

2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 (keynote)

George Mason University Law and Economics Center, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2008,

2010

International Society for Family Law, North American Meeting, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2012

Feminism and Alimony Conference, Georgetown Law Center, 1994

Faculty Workshop, Georgetown Law Center, 1994

Center for Market Processes, George Mason University, 1994

Public Choice Center, George Mason University, 1994, 1996, 1997

Southern Economic Association annual meeting, 1994, 1996

Women's Freedom Network, 1994

Columbia University Law School, Workshop on Law and Feminist Thought, 1995, 1996, 1999 (at Cornell),

2010 (at Tel Aviv)

University of Virginia, School of Law and John M. Olin Foundation Symposium on Family Law, 1995

University of Utah, Symposium on the Family, 1995

University of Pennsylvania Law School, Faculty Workshop, 1995

American University Law School, Symposium on The Role of Gender in Alternative Dispute Resolution,

1996.

Testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Courts and Administrative

Oversight, December 5, 1995 (on the invitation of Senator Heflin)

American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008

Heritage Foundation, 1996

University of Indiana-Bloomington, Law and Society Symposium, 1997

Alliance Defense Fund Litigation Academy, Cancun, Mexico, 1997

Institute for American Values, Conference on Covenant Marriage, 1997

Georgetown University Law and Econ omics Workshop, 1997

University of Virginia Law School Faculty Workshop, 1997

Conference on Loving v. Virginia Thirty Years After, Catholic University, 1997

Cornell Law School, 1998

Law and Society Association, Annual Meeting, 1998, 1999, 2009

University of Calgary, Departments of Economics and Faculty of Law, November, 1998

Women in the Academy Lecture, George Mason University, November, 1998

Northwestern University School of Law, February, 1999

Federalist Society, November, 2004

Empirical Methods Workshop, March, 2005

Brigham Young University, Marriage in the Twenty-First Century, 2000

University of Iowa, faculty workshop, 2000

National Public Radio (New York area) July, 2000

Yale Law School, Workshop on Law, Economics and Organizations, November, 2000

Brigham Young University, Conference on the ALI, February, 2001

Princeton University, Conference on Family and Religion, May, 2001

Midwestern Law and Economics Association Annual Workshop, October, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006,

2008, 2009 (organized with Dan Kelly)

Levin School of Law, University of Florida, Conference on Children and the Family, December, 2001

International Society for Family Law, World Conference on Family and Human Rights, Copenhagen -Oslo,

August 2002; World Conference on Balancing the Interests in Family Law, Salt Lake City, UT, July, 2005

Washington University Economics Department/Law School, October, 2003

Emory University Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion, Conference on Sex, Marri age, Family

and the Religions of the Book, March, 2003

Yale-Quinnipiac Dispute Resolution Workshop, Hamden, CT, April, 2003

University of Florida, Faculty Workshop, October, 2003

Iowa Judicial Conference Aug. 4

Harvard Law School, October, 2004 (Colloquium with Institute for American Values on the ALI Principles

of Family Dissolution)

Iowa State Bar meeting Des Moines October, 2004

Northwestern Law School, October, 2004 (Federalist Society), March, 2005 (Law and Empirical Studies

Workshop), December, 2007 (Law and Empirical Studies Workshop)

Florida State University, March, 2005 (penalty defaults in contracts)

Louisiana State University, March, 2005 (child custody symposium)

American Association of Law Schools Midyear Meeting, conference on Boundaries of Contract Law June,

2005 in Montreal (Boundaries of Contract and Family Law),

Conference on Bridging the Gap Between Social Science and Law, Vancouver, June, 2007 (luncheon

speaker)

Harvard University, August, 2005, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy conference on Marriage and

Federalism

Queens University, York, Canada, September, 2005

Seton Hall Law School, faculty workshop, February, 2006

Brooklyn Law School, Faculty Worksh op, March, 2006

Emory University Center for Law and Religion, September, 2006 and September, 2007

Boston University Law School, October, 2006; November, 2010 (fiduciaries)

Pepperdine Law School, Conference on Two-Tiered Marriage, February, 2007

Notre Dame Law School, faculty colloquium, February, 2007; October, 2008; April, 2010

Institute for Educational Initiatives, September, 2009

CREO, October, 2009

University of Illinois College of Law, Faculty Workshop, March, 2007

Facultat de Dret, Universitat de Girona (Spain), April, 2007 (Colloquium)

Center for Law and Religion, Emory Univeresity, Silver Anniversary Conference, October, 2007

St. Thomas Law School, Conference on Multi -Tiered Marriage, November, 2007

Visiting Scholar and Lecturer, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain, April, 2008

USCCB Secretariat of Catholic Education Congressional Advocacy Days, March, 2010

Faculty of Law, Uppsala Universitet (Sweden), May 21, 2010

Columbia Law School, conference on Marriage at the Crossroads, 2010

Boston University Law School, conference to honor Tamar Frankel, 2011

Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Northwestern University, 2010

University of Chicago Law School, conference eon education, 2011

Faculty of Law, University of Modena/Reggio Emilia (Italy), April, 2012

COURSES:

Domestic Relations (1978-2009, 2011-present), Alternative Dispute Resolution (1989-91, 1995-96, 1997-

2000, 2005, 2009), Perspectives in the Individual, the Family, and Social Institutions (1996 -2000, 2011,

2012); Remedies (1991-93, 1996-97), Legal Research, Writing and Analysis (1993-95), Contracts (1993-

95, 2000-2005, 2007), Insurance (1990-92, 2001-03, 2009-10, 2013), Law and Economics (2005, 2006,

2010, 2012).

COMMITTEES

President s Task Force on Supporting the Choice for Life, 2009-10 (co-chair)

Advisory Committee on Life Initiatives, 2010-present

Multi-Disciplinary Research Committee, 2012-present

Promotions Committee, 2011-present (vice-chair, 2012-13)

Strategic Research Committee, 2008-2011

Notre Dame Law School Dean s Search Committee, 2008-09

University of Notre Dame Provost s Advisory Council, 2007-11

Institute for Educational Initiatives (Notre Dame), Fellow, 2007-present

University of Notre Dame Strategic Academic Planning Committee, 2006-08; Faculty Research Support

2010-11

University Committee on Endowed and Named Chairs, 2003-2006 (Iowa)

University Committee on Endowed Faculty Positions, 2004-2006 (Iowa)

University Vice President for Research Search Committee, 2004-05 (Iowa)

University Associate Deans for Research Committee, 2004-06 (Iowa)

University Task Force on Shared Credit, 2005-06 (Iowa)

Admissions Committee, 1999-2000 (Iowa)

Faculty Recruitment Committee, 1988-98, 2001-present; Chair, 2002-03 (Iowa)

Peer Review Committee, Chair, 2001-02, 2003-04 (Iowa)

Retention, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1986-87, 1993-99; Chair, 1996, 1998-99,

2003-04 (George Mason and Iowa)

Cultural Diversity Committee, 1990-91 (George Mason)

Dean's Search Committee, 1985-86, 1996-97 (George Mason)

Curriculum Committee 1985-87, 1991-95, 1996-97, 1998-99; Chair, 1991-93; 2005 (Planning and Scope

for First Year) (George Mason and Iowa), 2011-present (Notre Dame)

Speaker s Committee (ex officio, 2004-05, member 2005-06, chair 2008-11) (Iowa and Notre Dame)

Small Section Committee, 2000-01 (Iowa)

Grievance Committee, 1998-99 (George Mason)

University of Iowa, Research Advisory Committee in the Social Sciences, 2000-present

George Mason University Life Project Team, 1991-93

George Mason University Faculty Grievance Appeal, 1992-93

Academic Standing Committee, 1995-99 (George Mason)

Academic Freedom Committee, 1994-96 (George Mason)

Presidential Task Force on the Future of the University, 1997-98 (George Mason)

University Task Force on Technology in the Classroom, 1998-99 (George Mason)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1979-present

Divorce Reform Committee, 1993-present

Virginia State Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1979-present

District of Columbia Bar Association Family Law Section, 1979 -present

Iowa State Bar Association Family Law Section, 2004-present

American Law Institute, Elected May, 1995

Consultative Group for Principles of Family Dissolution, 1996-2002

American Association of Law Schools

Chair-Elect, Section on Socio-Economics, 2002-03

Chair, Section on Socio-Economics, 2003-05

Secretary-Treasurer, Section on Family Law, 2004-05

Program Chair and Chair-Elect, Section on Family Law, 2005-06

Chair, 2006-07

Chair, Section on Law and Economics, 2009-10

Planning Committee for Midyear Meeting (2007), 2006-07

Member, 1979-present

Journal of Legal Education, Editorial Board 2005-07)

American Economic Association, Section for Women in the Economics Profession, 1991-present

American Economic History Association, 1991-present

American Law and Economics Association, Executive Board, 2000-2003

member, 1991-present

Webmaster, 2000-2003

Canadian Law and Economics Association,

Secretary, 1998-2000

Vice President, 2000-02

President, 2002-04

member, 1993-present

Web Master, 2000-2004

Executive Committee 1996-present

International Society for Family Law, Executive Board, 2000 -present (recently elected to serve

indefinitely)

Editor, The Family Letter: Newsletter of the ISFL, 2000-present

Website Director, 2000-2005

member, 1993-present

MD-DC-VA-WV Women Law Professor's Forum, 1990-99

Institute for American Values, Academic Advisory Board, since 1997

George Mason University Women s Studies Faculty, elected 1996, 1996-99

Referee: Journal of Legal Studies, International Review of Law and Economics, Columbia University

Press, Aspen Press, European Journal of Law and Economics, American Law and Economics Review,

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Regional Science Perspectives, Gender Issues, Journal of SocioEconomics,

Economic Issues; Stanford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Law and Society Review

Editorial Board, Journal of Legal Education (2005-08), Journal of Socio-Economics, Journal of

Bioeconomics

State of Iowa, Task Force on Marriage and the Family, 2003

State of North Dakota, Task Force on Marriage and Divorce, 2007 (testified via phone and Powerpoint

conference)

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