College of Law

Publications

Articles, Essays & Book Reviews

• The Future of "The Duty to Protect": Scientific and Legal Perspectives on Tarasoff's Thirtieth Anniversary, 75 U. Cin. L. Rev. 429 (2006) (symposium)
• A Military-Civilian Coalition for Disability Rights, 75 Miss. L.J. 975 (2006)
• The Major Life Activity of Belonging, 39 Wake Forest L. Rev. 217 (2004)
• Meaningful Lives and Major Life Activities, 55 Ala. L. Rev. 997 (2004) (symposium)
• The Myth of Independence and the Major Life Activity of Caring, 8 J. Gender Race & Just. 327 (2004)
• Improving the Fitness Inquiry of the North Carolina Bar Application, 81 N.C. L. Rev. 2179 (2003)
• The Rights of Health Care Workers with Blood-Borne Illnesses under the ADA, 2 Clinics in Occ. & Environ. Med. 593 (2002)
• The ADA, the Workplace, and the Myth of the "Dangerous Mentally Ill", 34 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 849 (2001)
• Understanding and Implementing the ADA's Direct Threat Defense, 95 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1279 (2001)

Presentations

• The Major Life Activity of Defining and Pursuing One's Own Dreams, Oregon University College of Law (October 2005)
• The Major Life Activity of Making Meaningful Life Choices, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University (April 2006)
• Meaningful Lives and ‘Major Life Activities' Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, UNC School of Law Fifteenth Annual Festival of Legal Learning, Chapel Hill, NC (February 2005)
• Extending Brown's Promise to Children with Disabilities,University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL (April 2004)
• Caring: Feminist Practice and Major Life Activity, Martha Fineman's Feminism and Legal Theory Workshop, Emory Law School, Atlanta, GA (March 2004)
• ‘Famous Opportunities' and Major Life Activities, University of Alabama School of Law symposium titled “Disability Law: Equality and Difference,” Tuscaloosa, AL (November 2003)
• The Major Life Activity of Caring, University of Iowa School of Law, Iowa City, IA (October 2003)
• The Good Life for (Disabled) Americans, Law & Society Association, Pittsburgh, PA (June 2003)
• Two Kinds of Arbitrariness in Capital Punishment, Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, CA (March 2003)
• Character and Fitness of Bar Applicants: Are We Asking the Right Questions?, UNC School of Law Thirteenth Annual Festival of Legal Learning, Chapel Hill, NC (February 2003)
• The Major Life Activity of Belonging, Mid-Atlantic Popular American Culture Association, Pittsburgh, PA (October 2002)
• Recognizing and Responding to Substance Abuse and Mental Disorders in the Legal Profession, UNC School of Law Twelfth Annual Festival of Legal Learning, Chapel Hill, NC (February 2002)
• Disability and the Holocaust: A History Revealed, North Carolina State University College of Humanities and Social Services and North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities, Raleigh, NC (October 2001)
• Workplace Safety and the Americans with Disabilities Act, UNC School of Law Eleventh Annual Festival of Legal Learning, Chapel Hill, NC (February 2001)
• Protecting the Rights of Persons with Mental Disabilities, UNC School of Law Tenth Annual Festival of Legal Learning, Chapel Hill, NC (February 2000)
• What Public Teachers and Their Representatives Need to Know About the Protections of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, North Carolina Association of Educators Regional Representatives, Raleigh, NC (October 1999)
• Disability in the Workplace, UNC School of Law Ninth Annual Festival of Legal Learning, Chapel Hill, NC (February 1999)