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MJGL to Review Winter 2027 Submissions Starting August 1
Dear MJGL Community, The Michigan Journal of Gender & Law will be reviewing submissions for our 34th Volume beginning August 1, 2026. Submissions will be reviewed immediately beginning August 1, and offers will be made on a rolling basis. Submissions can be made through Scholastica…Announcing the Michigan Journal of Gender & Law 2027 Symposium
The Michigan Journal of Gender & Law is very excited to announce our Winter 2027 Symposium: At the Crossroads: Transgender Rights in an Era of Legal Uncertainty. The Symposium will take place on Wednesday, March 31, 2027, at the University of Michigan Law School. The Symposium will bring…A Modest Defense of Privacy
The story of the conservative backlash that Roe v. Wade triggered is well known. Less familiar is the pro-choice criticism that the decision elicited. In truth, even among liberals and feminists, the Supreme Court’s decision to ground the right to abortion in a constitutional “right of privacy”…“Pieces of a Woman,” COVID-19, and the Elusiveness of a Good Birth in the United States
This blog post contains mild spoilers for the film “Pieces of a Woman.” In the Netflix original film “Pieces of a Woman,” the protagonist, Martha copes with the aftermath of a disastrous home birth. While the movie is striking in its acting and its dramatization of a real-life…Consenting to Unwanted Sex: A Sociolegal Perspective
This writing is adapted from a comprehensive empirical research study entitled “Power, agency, and emotion work: American college women’s reflections on their heterosexual lives,” as part of a PhD program at the University of Edinburgh Law School. “What if I say no to him and he gets really…MJGL Volume 27 Issue 2 is Here!
Volume 27 Issue 2 of the Michigan Journal of Gender & Law can be found here, at the University of Michigan Law Library Repository. Here’s a look at the pieces inside the most current MJGL issue: Articles: World Peace and…An Intersectional Approach to the Internal Protection Alternative for Asylum
In April 2006, the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada considered the asylum case of Erika Cardenas Parrales, a lesbian from Mexico who suffered years of persecution due to her sexuality.1See Parrales v. Canada (Minister…Life Cycle of the Journal (Pt. II)
This is one blog post in a series about law journals written by Michigan Journal of Gender & Law. The goal of the series is to ‘demystify’ law journals, something that many first-year law students, especially those who are first generation and haven’t had many opportunities to interact…Life Cycle of the Journal (Pt. I)
This is one blog post in a series about law journals written by Michigan Journal of Gender & Law. The goal of the series is to ‘demystify’ law journals, something that many first-year law students, especially those who are first generation and haven’t had many opportunities to interact with…To Join a Journal or Not to Join a Journal
This is one blog post in a series about law journals written by Michigan Journal of Gender & Law. The goal of the series is to ‘demystify’ law journals, something that many first-year law students, especially those who are first generation and haven’t had many opportunities to interact…