Center on Applied Feminism

The Center on Applied Feminism serves as a bridge between feminist legal theory and the law.

Unique within the legal academy, the Center seeks to apply feminist insights to legal practice

and the policy arena. In particular, the Center will examine how feminist theory can benefit legal practitioners in representing clients, shape legal doctrine, and play a role in policy debates and implementation. The Center has faculty affiliates from throughout the University.

Please explore the links below to learn more about the work of the Center.

2014 Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference

The Center on Applied Feminism sponsors an annual scholarly symposium on feminist legal theory that is anchored by a prominent featured speaker.

The University of Baltimore was honored to welcome U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota as keynote speaker for last year's feminist legal theory conference. We are happy to provide a recording of last year's events:

• Introductions and Keynote U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar; 
• Government Regulation of Family Relationships;
• How Law Defines Families Based on Genetics, Parenting, and Marriage;
• Abuse Within Families in the Context of the Military Mental Health Crisis, Incarceration, and Pregnancy;
• New Framework for Conceptualizing and Supporting Today’s Families