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J. Shoshanna Ehrlich, JD

  • Department Chair of Women's Studies, College of Liberal Arts Associate Professor
  • Telephone: 617-287-7422
  • Office Location: Wheatley Hall,05,002

Areas of Expertise

Family Law, Reproductive Rights, The Legal Regulation of Sexuality

Degrees

Juris Doctor, Northeastern University School of Law

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Ehrlich, J.S. (2006). Who Decides? The Abortion Rights of Teens, Westport, CT: Greenwood/Praeger.
  • Ehrlich, J.S. ( 2010). Family Law for Paralegals, (5th Ed.) New York, N.Y: Aspen Publishers
  • Ehrlich, J.S. (2009). You Can Steal Her Virginity But Not Her Doll: The Nineteenth Century Campaign to Raise the Legal Age of Sexual Consent, Cardozo Journal of Gender & Law 15: 229-246.
  • Ehrlich, J.S. (2006). From Age of Consent Laws to the “Silver Ring Thing:” The Regulation of Adolescent Female Sexuality, Health Matrix 16:151-181.
  • Ehrlich, J.S. (2003). Choosing Abortion: Teens Who Make the Decision without Parental Involvement, Gender Issues, 21:3-39.
  • Ehrlich, J.S. (2003). Shifting Boundaries: Abortion, Criminal Culpability and the Indeterminate Legal Status of Adolescents, Wisconsin Women’s Law Journal, 18:77-116.
  • Ehrlich, J.S. (2003). Grounded in the Reality of Their Lives: Listening to Teens Who Make the Abortion Decision Without Involving Their Parents, Berkeley Women’s Law Journal, 18:61-180.
  • Ehrlich, J.S. (2000). Minors as Medical Decision-Makers: The Pretextual Reasoning of the Court in the Abortion Cases, Michigan Journal of Gender & Law, 7:66-106.
  • Ehrlich, J.S. (2000). Co-Parent Visitation: Acknowledging the Reality of Two Mother Families, Tulane Journal of Law and Sexuality, 9: 151-162.
  • Ehrlich, J.S. (2000). Co-Parent Visitation: Acknowledging the Reality of Two Mother Families, Tulane Journal of Law and Sexuality, 9: 151-162.
  • Ehrlich, J.S. (1999). Co-Parent Visitation: Acknowledging the Reality of Two Mother Families -- E.N.O v. L.M.M., Women's Bar Association Law Journal, 1V:1-5. (Feature article).
  • Ehrlich, J.S. (1998) Of Contract Born, But Not Determined: The Uncertain Future of Surrogate Motherhood in Massachusetts after R.R. v. M.H., Women’s Bar Association Law Journal, II:1-3.
  • Ehrlich, J.S. (1998) Journey Through the Courts: Minors, Abortion and the Quest for Reproductive Fairness, Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, 10:1-27.
  • Ehrlich, J.S., Sabino, J. (1991) A Minor's Right to Abortion: The Unconstitutionality of Parental Participation in Bypass Hearings, New England Law Review, 25:1185-1209.

Additional Information

Courses Taught:
WOST 100:  Women and Society
WOST 230G: Reproductive Rights and Wrongs
WOST 290: The Legal Rights of Women
WOST 291: Family Law
WOST 292:  Family Law Practice