Dr. Douglas Nejaime

Biography

Douglas NeJaime is the Anne Urowsky Professor of Law at Yale Law School, specializing in legal ethics, family law, and constitutional law. He joined the Yale faculty in 2017 after serving as a faculty member at UCLA School of Law, where he was the Faculty Director of the Williams Institute, a research institute focusing on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. NeJaime has also held positions at UC Irvine School of Law and Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, and was a visiting professor at Harvard Law School. His scholarly contributions include co-authoring several influential casebooks, such as 'Ethical Lawyering: Legal Professional Responsibilities in Practice' and 'Family Law: Changing America'. NeJaime's research includes significant articles in family law, such as 'Multiparenthood', and he has explored the relationship between law and social movements, particularly in the context of LGBTQ+ rights. Throughout his career, he has received numerous awards, including the Dukeminier Award and the YLW Faculty Excellence Award. He is recognized as a leader in efforts to reform parentage laws to better accommodate diverse family structures, having notably drafted the Connecticut Parentage Act, which passed with near-unanimous support in 2021.

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