Lucinda M. Finley FRANK G. RAICHLE PROFESSOR OF TR I A L A N D A P P E LL ATE A DVO C AC Y D I R E C TO R O F A P P E LL ATE A DVO C AC Y JD, Columbia University Law School BA, Barnard College
(716) 645-6152
finleylu@buffalo.edu
AREAS OF INTEREST TORT LAW AND GENDER ISSUES FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
My research focuses on
EQUAL PROTECTION LAW AND EQUALITY THEORY
the gender-based impact
FIRST AMENDMENT AND LIMITS ON PROTEST ACTIVITY
of seemingly neutral tort doctrines. I am studying caps on non-economic damages to
BOOKS
demonstrate that caps have a
Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tort
disparate impact on women, the
Opinions (with Martha Chamallas)
elderly, and children’s death
(Cambridge University Press, 2020).
cases. I’m also exploring why non-economic damages are an
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under-sustained challenge,
Commentary on Emerson v.
and why women tend to receive
Magendantz, in Feminist Judgments:
greater proportions of their
Rewritten Tort Opinions 291 (Martha
tort awards in non-economic
Chamallas & Lucinda Finley, eds.,
damages, as well as other
Cambridge University Press, 2020).
important empirical questions about the hidden or unintended
Introduction (with Martha Chamallas),
consequences of tort reform,
in Feminist Judgments: Rewritten
including how it will affect
Tort Opinions 3 (Martha Chamallas
lawyers’ case selection and
& Lucinda Finley, eds., Cambridge
settlement strategies. Better
University Press, 2020).
understanding of the actual consequences of legal change on the institutional players and the people who seek access to the civil justice system can lead to sounder and more equitable law reform.”
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