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Jennifer S. Hendricks

Associate Professor of Law
B.A., 1993, Swarthmore College
J.D., 1998, Harvard University
Jennifer Hendricks


Representative Publications

Teaching Values, Teaching Stereotypes: The Judicial Role in the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Children (working title).

The Supreme Court’s Inherent Power Over Procedure, From the Bottom Up (working title).

Body and Soul: Pregnancy, Equality, and the Unitary Right to Abortion, 45 Harv. C.R.–C.L. L. Rev. __(forthcoming 2010) (draft available on SSRN).

Pregnancy, Equality, and the U.S. Constitution, in Feminist Constitutionalism (Rebecca S. Cook et al. eds., Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2010) (draft available on SSRN).

Contingent Equal Protection: Reaching for Equality After Ricci and PICS, 16 Mich. J. Gender & L. __ (forthcoming 2010) (draft available on SSRN).

Teaching Controversial Topics: Reproductive Rights, with Beth Burkstrand-Reid, June Carbone, and Barbara Glesner Fines, 43 Fam. L.Q. __ (forthcoming 2010).

“We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone,” 76 Tenn. L. Rev. 417 (2009) (reflections on teaching constitutional law in Tennessee) (available on SSRN).

Instead of ENDA, a Course Correction for TitleVII, 103 Nw. U. L. Rev. Colloquy 209(2008) (available on SSRN).

Popular Election of the President: Using or Abusing the Electoral College?, 7 Election L.J. 218 (2008) (available on SSRN).

Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States, ed. David S. Tanenhaus et al. (2008), entries on Wimberly v. Labor & Indus. Relations Comm’n and Califano v. Goldfarb.

Essentially a Mother, 13 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L. 429 (2007) (available on SSRN).
Honorable Mention, AALS Scholarly Papers Competition.

Preemption of Common Law Claims and the Prospects for FIFRA: Justice Stevens Puts the Genie Back in the Bottle, 15 Duke Envtl. L. & Pol’y Forum 65 (2005) (available on SSRN).

Women and the Promise of Equal Citizenship, 8 Tex. J. Women & L. 51 (2000) (available on SSRN).
 Winner, Notre Dame National Feminist Jurisprudence Writing Contest.

Montana reporter, Media Law Resource Center, 2000–05:
50-State Survey: Media Libel Law.
50-State Survey: Media Privacy and Related Law.
50-State Survey: Employment Libel and Privacy Law.

Montana reporter, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 2000–05: Tapping Officials’ Secrets: A State Open Government Compendium.