CAITLIN E. BORGMANN CUNY School of Law 2 Court Square Long Island City, New York 11101 (718) 340-4503 caitlin.borgmann@law.cuny.edu ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE City University of New York School of Law. Professor (June 2009-present); Associate Professor (Nov. 2007-June 2009); Assistant Professor (Aug. 2004-Nov. 2007). Courses taught: constitutional law; family law; reproductive rights; lawyering seminar; business associations. Scholarship interests: constitutional law; legislation and legislative process; reproductive rights. Columbia Law School. Senior Fellow, Center for Gender & Sexuality Law (Aug. 2012-present). Rutgers School of Law Newark. Adjunct Professor of Law (Spring Term 2004). Taught reproductive rights seminar. EDUCATION New York University School of Law, J.D., 1991. N.Y.U. Law Review, Executive Editor. Yale University, B.A., Philosophy, 1987. Articles and Essays: PUBLICATIONS Appellate Review of Social Facts in Constitutional Rights Cases, forthcoming in CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW (Oct. 2013). Roe v. Wade s 40th Anniversary: A Moment of Truth for the Anti-Abortion-Rights Movement?, forthcoming in STANFORD LAW & POLICY REVIEW (2013) (invited essay for symposium on Roe v. Wade at Forty ). What the Mississippi Personhood Amendment Tells Us About Life, 81 MISSISSIPPI LAW JOURNAL SUPRA 115 (2011) (invited essay for symposium issue on personhood initiative). Abortion, the Undue Burden Standard, and the Evisceration of Women s Privacy, 16 WILLIAM & MARY JOURNAL OF WOMEN & THE LAW 291 (2010) (invited article for symposium on women and privacy). Holding Legislatures Constitutionally Accountable Through Facial Challenges, 36 HASTINGS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW QUARTERLY 101 (2009) (invited article for symposium on facial challenges and the Roberts Court). Rethinking Judicial Deference to Legislative Fact-Finding, 84 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 1 (2009).
Borgmann, p. 2 The Meaning of Life : Belief and Reason in the Abortion Debate, 18 COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF GENDER & LAW 552 (2009). Judicial Evasion and Disingenuous Legislative Appeals to Science in the Abortion Controversy, 17 JOURNAL OF LAW & POLICY 101 (2009) (invited article for Brooklyn Law School symposium). Legislative Arrogance and Constitutional Accountability, 79 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW 753 (2006). Winter Count: Taking Stock of Abortion Rights After Casey and Carhart, 31 FORDHAM URBAN LAW JOURNAL 675 (2004) (invited article for symposium issue). Note, Battered Women's Substantive Due Process Claims: Can Orders of Protection Deflect DeShaney?, 65 N.Y.U. LAW REVIEW 1280 (Nov. 1990) (discussed in ELIZABETH M. SCHNEIDER, ET AL., DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE LAW: THEORY AND PRACTICE 760-62 (Foundation Press 2007)). Encyclopedia Entries: Gonzales v. Carhart, in THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES (2008). Stenberg v. Carhart, in THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES (2008). Op-Eds: The New Attack on Constitutional Reproductive Rights, JURIST (May 6, 2011) (invited). Nebraska Legislation Aimed at Undoing Roe vs. Wade, LOS ANGELES TIMES (Apr. 25, 2010) (quoted in Abortion s New Battle Lines, NEW YORK TIMES (op-ed column), by Charles Blow (Apr. 30, 2010)). New Nebraska Laws Defy Constitution, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD (Apr. 25, 2010) (invited). Abortion Parental Notice Laws: Irrational, Unnecessary and Downright Dangerous, JURIST (July 27, 2009) (invited). Selected Working Papers: A New Approach to Assessing the Constitutionality of Religious Exemptions (working paper 2006). Balancing Prayer and Privacy: Religious Refusals in the Family Law Context (working paper 2005). Reports: Religious Refusals and Reproductive Rights (ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, Jan. 2002) (coauthored).
Borgmann, p. 3 SELECTED LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, AND MEDIA APPEARANCES Loyola University Chicago School of Law Constitutional Law Colloquium: presented paper on constitutionality of government-imposed bodily intrusions. (11/2/12) The Law and Society Association, Annual Meeting, presented paper on appellate review of social facts in constitutional rights cases. (6/6/12) CUNY Law Review Symposium, Looking Forward: Rhonda Copelon s Legacy in Action and the Future of International Women s Human Rights Law, moderator, Reproductive Rights panel. (3/30/12) CNN: The Situation Room: spoke about proposed Mississippi constitutional amendment to define personhood as beginning at fertilization. (10/26/11) Mississippi College School of Law: presented on panel addressing proposed state constitutional amendment to define personhood as beginning at fertilization. (10/25/11) Loyola University Chicago School of Law Constitutional Law Colloquium: presented paper on appellate review of social facts in constitutional rights cases. (10/21/11) Rutgers School of Law Newark: participated in Federalist Society debate on Roe v. Wade. (2/17/11) Rutgers School of Law Newark: presented on panel addressing reproductive rights. (4/14/10) Nebraska Legislature: testified against a fetal pain bill banning abortions starting at twenty weeks after fertilization. (2/25/10) William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law Symposium, From the Courtroom to the Mother s Womb: Protecting Women s Privacy in the Most Important Places : presented paper on abortion and women s privacy. (2/28/09) Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly Symposium, The Roberts Court: Distinguishing As-Applied vs. Facial Challenges in the Midst of Ideological Differences : presented paper on holding legislatures constitutionally accountable through facial challenges. (2/5/09) The Law and Society Association, Annual Meeting, presented on two panels addressing reproductive rights. (5/29-6/1/08) Brooklyn Law School Symposium, The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban: Health Care in the Shadow of Criminal Liability : presented paper on legislative factfinding and the regulation of abortion procedures. (3/7/08) South Carolina Law Review Symposium, The Roberts Court and Equal Protection: Gender, Race, and Class : spoke about equality and reproductive rights. (2/29/08)
Borgmann, p. 4 Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, University at Buffalo Law School, The Abortion Controversy in Context Conference: presented paper, The Meaning of Life : Fetal Personhood and the Morality of Abortion. (10/12/07) Fordham Law School Junior Faculty Colloquium: presented paper, Legislative Arrogance and Constitutional Accountability. (11/18/05) International Society of Family Law, 12 th World Conference (Salt Lake City, UT): presented paper, Balancing Prayer and Privacy: Religious Refusals in the Family Law Context. (7/22/05) New Jersey League of Women Voters Statewide Conference: delivered keynote address, Safe and Free: Liberty in Post-9/11 America. (10/16/04) Englewood-Tenafly Peace Group (Englewood, NJ): delivered lecture on USA PATRIOT Act. (6/14/04) New Jersey Senate: testified in support of bill to require equitable insurance coverage of prescription contraceptives. (6/7/04) Pace Law School Chapter, American Constitution Society: spoke about partial-birth abortion bans. (4/27/04) William Paterson University: spoke on panel addressing USA PATRIOT Act at conference for New Jersey high school students. (4/23/04) National Conference of State Legislatures, Annual Meeting (Denver, CO): organized and spoke on panel entitled Institutional Religion in the Public Sphere: Implications for Civil Liberties. (7/24/02) Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (Harrisburg, PA): conducted a workshop on religious refusals and emergency contraception for representatives from the sexual assault survivor counseling community. (1/16/02) Vermont Legislature: testified against a bill to require parental notification for minors seeking an abortion. (4/16/01) Rutgers School of Law Camden: debated legislature s attempt to amend New Jersey constitution to permit legislature to require parental notice for pregnancy-related medical care for minors. (2/21/01) Geraldo Live! CNBC with Geraldo Rivera: addressed incarceration of pregnant member of Christian fundamentalist sect to protect her fetus. (9/7/00) The O Reilly Factor, Fox Cable News: addressed punishment of drug-addicted pregnant women for criminal child abuse. (6/14/00) Religious Refusals and Reproductive Rights Conference (Washington, DC): organized national conference and led discussion group. (12/9/99)
Borgmann, p. 5 Court TV: discussed Nebraska case in which parents of teenage girl sued teenage boy s mother for civil damages for failure to prevent teenagers consensual sex. (6/15/98) Hannity & Colmes, Fox Cable News: debated issue of mandatory comprehensive sexuality education in public schools. (4/9/98) Hannity & Colmes, Fox Cable News: debated issue of prenatal genetic testing. (8/22/97) SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS Reproductive Rights Prof Blog, Founder and Sole Editor (Jan. 2007 to present). Law Students for Reproductive Justice, Academic Advisory Council (2011-present). Society of American Law Teachers, Member (2007-present). American Civil Liberties Union, Board of Directors (Jan. 2008-present). National Abortion Federation, Board of Directors (2009-present). OTHER LEGAL EXPERIENCE American Civil Liberties Union, Reproductive Freedom Project. State Strategies Coordinator (Jan. 1997-Dec. 2002). Directed state legislative program; provided legal analyses and strategic advice to advocates and legislators in all fifty states; litigated constitutional reproductive rights cases. Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, N.Y. Litigation Associate (Aug. 1992-Dec. 1996). General civil litigation; second-chaired two trials. Hon. Robert P. Patterson, Jr., United States District Court, Southern District of New York. Law Clerk (Aug. 1991-Aug. 1992). American Civil Liberties Union, Reproductive Freedom Project. Legal Intern (Summer 1990). Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Eastern District of New York. Legal Intern (Summer 1989).
Borgmann, p. 6 BAR ADMISSIONS New York Colorado U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York