The conference “Gender and the Law: Unintended Consequences, Unsettled Questions” was held March 12–13, 2009, at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Judges; legal practitioners; and scholars of law, the humanities, and the social sciences from around the world gathered to explore the ways in which legal regulations and gender influence each other. From varying historical and cultural perspectives, participants addressed legal encounters with gender in the essential spaces of daily life: the body, the home, school, work, the nation, and the world.

Following “Gender and the Law,” Harvard Law School students interviewed several of the conference’s conveners and panelists. The short interview videos below showcase these participants’ reflections on the conference.

Janet Halley, Royall Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; interviewed by Jimmy Richardson HLS ’09.
Video (4:08 seconds)

Jeannie Suk, Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; interviewed by Jane Manners HLS ’09.
Video (3:56 seconds)

Karen Engle, Cecil D. Redford Professor in Law and Director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas School of Law; interviewed by Jane Manners HLS ’09.
Video (2:44 seconds)

Hauwa Ibrahim, 2008–2009 Rita E. Hauser Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and Senior Partner, Aries Law Firm (Nigeria); interviewed by Aminta Ossom HLS ’09.
Video (3:19 seconds)

Jacqueline Bhabha, Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies; and Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; interviewed by Annika Goldman HLS ’10.
Video (4:36 seconds)

Emily J. Martin, Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union; interviewed by Annika Goldman HLS ’10.
Video (4:47 seconds)

Kimberly Jenkins Robinson, Associate Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law; interviewed by Annika Goldman HLS ’10.
Video (4:44 seconds)

Mona Zulficar, Senior Partner, Shalakany Law Office (Egypt); interviewed by Aminta Ossom HLS ’09.
Video (5:55 seconds)

Chantal Thomas, Professor of Law, Cornell University Law School; interviewed by Aminta Ossom HLS ’09.
Video (4:54 seconds)

See the “Gender and the Law” event page.
See the “Gender and the Law” speakers’ biographies page.