Susan Appleton, the Lemma Barkeloo & Phoebe Couzins Professor of Law at Washington University School of Law, has been awarded a Dukeminier Prize from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law for her writing on family law.
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The prize recognizes the best sexual orientation and gender identity law review articles of 2018.
Appleton was awarded for her piece, “Obergefell’s Liberties: All in the Family,” which examined the Supreme Court’s 2015 case Obergefell v. Hodges, guaranteeing same-sex couples’ right to marry.
Appleton is a nationally known expert in family law. Her research, scholarship and writings address such legal issues as adoption, reproductive rights, parentage, gender and sexualities.