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William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law
- Professor, School of Law (http://news-info.wustl.edu/group/page/normal/7.html)
- Director, Civil Justice Clinic (http://news-info.wustl.edu/group/page/normal/170.html)
Expertise: clinical legal education, evidence, domestic violence, domestic law, child abuse
Bio:
Aiken is well known for her work in clinical legal education and violence. She teaches evidence for the Federal Judicial Center, training federal judges on developments in evidence. She has worked on women's rights and policy issues in Ethiopia as a State Department Senior Specialist and in Nepal as a Fullbright Senior Scholar. Currently, Aiken is Academic Director of the Interdisciplinary Children and Youth Project, which draws faculty from the schools of Law, Medicine and Social Work to study the effects of violence on children's health.
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| E-mail: | aiken@wustl.edu |
| Address: | One Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1120
St. Louis, MO 63130
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Education:
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B.A. at Hollins College
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J.D. at New York University
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LL.M. at Georgetown University Law Center
Additional Background: Aiken is on the Editorial Board of the Clinical Law Review. She is also director of the Civil Justice Clinic in which students act as lawyers under supervision in cases involving a wide array of legal issues including domestic violence, predatory lending, housing and women's policy work in Nepal.
Selected Recent Publications
* "Leveling the Playing Feild: Federal Rules of Evidence," Quinnipiac Law Review (forthcoming)
* "Dealing eith Complex Evidence of Domestic Violence: A Primer for the Civil Bench," 39 Court Review (2002) (with J. Murphy)
* "Protecting Plaintiff's Sexual Pasts: Coping with Preconceptions Through Discretion," 51 Emory Law Journal 559 (2002)
* "Law as Social Work," Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, (Fall 2002) (with S. Wizner)
* "Sexual Character Evidence in Civil Actions: Refining th Propensity Rule," 1997 Wisconsin Law Review
* "Striving to Teach Justice, Fairness and Morality," 4 Clinical Law Review 1 (1997)
* "Intimate Violence: The Problem of Consent: An Essay," 48 South Carolina Law Review 615 (1997)
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