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Faculty:
Kathleen S. Morris
Title(s):
Associate Professor of Law
School(s):
Law
Campus(es):
San Francisco
kmorris@ggu.edu
EDUCATION
BA, Honors English, California State University, Northridge, 1991
JD, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 1997
MSc, European and International Politics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (Rotary Scholar), 1993
PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006 - Present: Co-founder,
Yale Law School San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project
(with Yale Law Professor Heather K. Gerken).
2003 - 2012: Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco City Attorney's Office
2009 - 2010: Visiting Assistant Professor, Rutgers-Camden Law School
2006 - 2009: Founding Executive Director, Affirmative Litigation Task Force, San Francisco City Attorney's Office
2008: Visiting Lecturer, Yale Law School
1997 - 1998: Law Clerk, Honorable Sidney R. Thomas, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Cities Seeking Justice: Local Government Litigation in the Public Interest
, ch. in
How Cities Will Save the World: Urban Innovation in the Face of Population Flows, Climate Change and Economic Inequality
, Ray Bescia and John Travis Marshall, eds. (Routledge, 2016).
Expanding Local Enforcement of State and Federal Consumer Protection Laws
, 40 Fordham Urban L. J. 1903 (2013).
Marriage and the Court: San Francisco's Role in the Debate
, GGU Magazine, p. 22 (sp. 2013).
The Case for Local Constitutional Enforcement
, 47 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 1 (2012).
San Francisco and the Rising Culture of Engagement in Local Public Law Offices
, in Claussen, et al., ed.
Why the Local Matters: Federalism, Localism, and Public Interest Advocacy
(Columbia University School of Law. Attorneys General Program.; Yale Law School. Liman Public Interest Program, 2010).
The Family and Medical Leave Act
, (ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law 2006) Contributing author.
Through the Looking Glass: Recent Developments in Affirmative Action
, 11 Berkeley Women's L. J. 182 (1996).
HONORS AND AWARDS
2020: N
amed a Senior Fellow with
Justice Catalyst Law
, the non-profit that will be funding her research this coming year!
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