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Naomi Cahn

Professor

University of Virgina School of Law


Professor Naomi Cahn is a Professor at the University of Virginia Law School. Prior to her tenure there, she was the Harold H. Greene Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Development at the George Washington University Law School. She has written extensively in the areas of assisted reproductive technology, family law, feminist jurisprudence, and socioeconomic class and she is the author or co-author of numerous books and articles, including: Contemporary Family Law (with Profs. Abrams, Ross, Meyer, & McClain (2015)); Homeward Bound: Modern Families, Elder Care, & Loss (with Rev. Amy Ziettlow (2017)); Marriage Markets (with Prof. June Carbone (2014)); and The New Kinship: Constructing Donor-Conceived Families (2013). She is an ACTEC Fellow, a member of the American Law Institute, and a board member of the Donor Sibling Registry. She received the Lifetime Achievement in Family Law Award from the University of Illinois Law School in 2017.