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Laurie Kohn

Since 1998 Professor Kohn has supervised students representing victims of domestic violence, co-taught the Georgetown Domestic Violence Clinic seminar, and litigated domestic violence and criminal contempt cases.

Professor Kohn has written several practice documents on representing victims of domestic violence including an updated practice manual entitled Litigating Civil Protection Order Cases: a Practice Manual. Professor Kohn's publications include “The Justice System and Domestic Violence: Engaging the Case but Divorcing the Victim,” NYU Rev. L. & Soc. Change (forthcoming), “Barriers to Reliable Credibility Assessments: Domestic Violence Victim-Witnesses,” 11 Am. U.J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 733 (2003), "Why Doesn't She Leave? The Collision of First Amendment Rights and Effective Court Remedies for Victims of Domestic Violence," 29 Hast.Con. Law Quart. 1 (2001); and "Infecting Attorney-Client Confidentiality: The Ethics of HIV Disclosure," 9 Geo. J. Leg. Ethics 547 (1996).

Prior to joining the faculty of the Domestic Violence Clinic, Professor Kohn was an associate at the D.C. law firm of Crowell & Moring where she specialized in medical malpractice and insurance coverage litigation. Before entering private practice, Professor Kohn focused on disability rights, assisting in the legislative process of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in Senator Kennedy's office, and later in the regulatory drafting and implementation phase of the ADA in the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice. Professor Kohn also worked at the legislative office of the American Civil Liberties Union, focusing on reproductive rights and disability policy.

Professor Kohn was appointed by the Mayor to the D.C. Fatality Review Commission and serves as a hearing officer in police misconduct cases for the Office of Police Complaints. In addition, Professor Kohn is the Chair of the steering committee of the D.C. Bar Family Law Section and serves on the boards of the D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation. She is the Co-Chair of the Domestic Violence Unit Task Force of D.C. Superior Court. Professor Kohn has appeared on radio programs and in symposia on domestic violence around the country. Professor Kohn attended Harvard College and received her JD and LL.M. degrees from Georgetown University Law Center.

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Areas of Specialization

Criminal and Civil Trial Advocacy
Gender and the Law
Domestic Violence

Degrees & Universities

L.L.M., Georgetown University, School of Law 2000
J.D., Georgetown University, School of Law 1996
A.B, Harvard College 1990