Law School

After graduating from Duke University School of Law, Professor Hubbard served as a law clerk to Judge Patricia M. Wald, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1992-93). She worked primarily on reviewing administrative law decisions. As a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun (1993-94), Professor Hubbard reviewed and evaluated hundreds of petitions for certiorari and drafted memoranda and opinions on civil, criminal, and regulatory matters. As assistant to the United States Solicitor General (1996-97), she was involved in the federal government's Supreme Court litigation on varied topics. In addition to this service in the judicial and executive branches of government, she worked in both houses of Congress, including a stint as issues director and speechwriter for U.S. Senator Terry Sanford.

From 1997-2004, Professor Hubbard was an associate law professor at the University of North Carolina where she taught contracts, employment discrimination, disability law, and an upper-level writing class. In 2005, Professor Hubbard joined the faculty of law at the University of Cincinnati. Professor Hubbard has written and spoken extensively on disability 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)

Courses

• Contracts
• Disability Law
• Mental Health
• Remedies

Summer 2009

Several of Ann’s articles were cited:

• The Major Life Activity of Belonging, 39 Wake Forest L. Rev. 217 (2004), in Janet E. Lord, Social Rights and the Relational Value of the Rights to Participate in Sport, Recreation, and Play, 27 B.U. Int'l L.J. 249 (2009); and David McArdle, Using the Americans with Disabilities Act to Inform "Access to Sporting Venues" under the Disabilities Convention, 27 B.U. Int'l L.J. 317 (2009).
• Meaningful Lives and Major Life Activities, 55 Ala. L. Rev. 997 (2004), in Frank H. Wu, Burning Shoes and the Spirit World: The Charade of Neutrality, 44 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 313 (2009).
• The Myth of Independence and the Major Life Activity of Caring, 8 J. Gender Race & Just. 327 (2004), in Nina A. Kohn, Outliving Civil Rights, 86 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1053 (2009).

March 2009

Ann’s article, Meaningful Lives and Major Life Activities, 55 Ala. L. Rev. 997 (2004), was cited in Hakop Keshishyan, We Shall Overcome ... If the Courts Allow Us: The United States Supreme Court's Decisions Regarding Mitigating Measures, and its Connection to the Circuit Split on Whether Life Accomplishments Should Be Considered in Determining Disability under the ADA, 38 Sw. L. Rev. 357 (2008).

January 2009

Two of Ann’s articles were cited:

• Meaningful Lives and Major Life Activities, 55 Ala. L. Rev. 997 (2004), in Michael Ashley Stein & Janet E. Lord, Jacobus Tenbroek, Participatory Justice, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 13 Tex. J. on C.L. & C.R. 167 (2008).
• A Military-Civilian Coalition for Disability Rights, 75 Miss. L.J. 975 (2006), in Peter Blanck, “The Right to Live in the World”: Disability Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, 13 Tex. J. on C.L. & C.R. 367 (2008).

December 2008

Ann’s article, Improving the Fitness Inquiry of the North Carolina Bar Application, 81 N.C. L. Rev.2179 (2003), was cited in Wendy F. Hensel, The Disability Dilemma: A Skeptical Bench & Bar, 69 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 637 (2008).

November 2008

Ann's article, Improving the Fitness Inquiry of the North Carolina Bar Application, 81 N.C.L.Rev. 2179 (2003), was cited in Page Thead Pulliam, Lawyer Depression: Taking a Closer Look at First-Time Ethics Offenders, 32 J. Legal Prof. 289 (2008).

October 2008

Two of Ann's articles were cited:

• The ADA, the Workplace and the Myth of the "Dangerous Mentally Ill," 34 U.C.Davis L. Rev.849 (2001), in Michael E. Waterstone & Michael Ashley Stein, Disabling Prejudice, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1351 (2008).
• The Future of “The Duty to Protect”: Scientific and Legal Perspectives on Tarasoff's Thirtieth Anniversary, 75 U. Cin. L. Rev. 429 (2006), in Ben “Ziggy” Williamson, The Gunslinger to the Ivory Tower Came: Should Universities Have a Duty to Prevent Rampage Killings?, 60 Fla. L. Rev. 895 (2008).

Summer 2008

Two of Ann's articles were cited:

• The ADA, the Workplace and the Myth of the "Dangerous Mentally Ill," 34 U.C.Davis L. Rev.849 (2001), in Michael E. Waterstone & Michael Ashley Stein, Disabling Prejudice, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1351 (2008).
• Meaningful Lives and Major Life Activities, 55 Ala. L. Rev. 997 (2004), in Carrie Griffin Basas, Back Rooms, Board Rooms–Reasonable Accommodation and Resistance under the ADA, 29 Berkeley J. Emp. & Lab. L. 59 (2008).

May 2008

Ann's article, The Major Life Activity of Belonging, 39 Wake Forest L. Rev. 217 (2004), was cited in Michael Selmi, Interpreting the Americans with Disabilities Act: Why the Supreme Court Rewrote the Statute, and Why Congress Did Not Care, 76 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 522 (2008).

April 2008

Ann posted Meaningful Lives and Major Life Activities, 55 Ala. L. Rev. 997 (2004), on SSRN.

January 2008

Ann's article, The Myth of Independence and the Major Life Activity of Caring, 8 J. Gender Race & Just. 327 (2004), was cited in Philomila Tsoukala, Gary Becker, Legal Feminism, and the Costs of Moralizing Care, 16 Colum. J. Gender & L. 357 (2007).

December 2007

Ann's article, Understanding and Implementing the ADA's Direct Threat Defense, 95 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1279 (2001), was cited in Sarah R. Christie, Aids, Employment, and the Direct Threat Defense:The Burden of Proof and the Circuit Court Split, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 235 (2007).

November 2007

Ann's article, Understanding and Implementing the ADA's Direct Threat Defense, 95 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1279 (2001), was cited in Sarah R. Christie, Aids, Employment, and the Direct Threat Defense:The Burden of Proof and the Circuit Court Split, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 235 (2007).

October 2007

Ann's article, Meaningful Lives and Major Life Activities, 55 Ala. L. Rev. 997 (2004), was cited in Allan Kickertz, Holistic Learning: Amending the Rowley Test to Clarify the Inclusion Debate, 29 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 733 (2007).

Summer 2007

Ann's article, A Military-Civilian Coalition for Disability Rights, 75 Miss. L.J. 975 (2006), was cited in Anita Silvers & Leslie Pickering Francis, A New Start on the Road Not Taken: Driving with Lane to Head Off Disability-Based Denials of Rights, 23 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol'y 33 (2007).

June 2007

Ann's article, Meaningful Lives and Major Life Activities, 55 Ala. L. Rev. 997 (2004), was cited in Deirdre M. Smith, The Paradox of Personality: Mental Illness, Employment Discrimination, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 17 Geo. Mason U. Civ. Rts. L.J. 79 (2006).

May 2007

Ann published The Future of "The Duty to Protect": Scientific and Legal Perspectives on Tarasoff's Thirtieth Anniversary, 75 U. Cin. L. Rev. 429 (2006) (symposium). Her article, The Major Life Activity of Belonging, 39 Wake Forest L. Rev. 217 (2004), was cited in Michael Ashley Stein, Disability Human Rights, 95 Cal. L. Rev. 75 (2007).

March 2007

Ann participated with Mark Godsey, Suja Thomas, and Verna Williams in a moot oral argument in preparation for Pierre Bergeron's argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in Winkelman v. Parma City School District.

January 2007

Ann's article, Understanding and Implementing the ADA's Direct Threat Defense, 95 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1279 (2001), was cited in Alex B. Long, (Whatever Happened To) the ADA's "Record of" Prong(?), 81 Wash. L. Rev. 669 (2006).

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