Professor Marcy L. Karin
Fulbright Scotland Distinguished Visitor, January - June 2023
Home Institution: University of the District of Columbia
Marcy L. Karin is the Jack & Lovell Olender Professor of Law and Director of the Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law. Through the clinic, she trains legislative lawyers and advances systemic reform projects for non-profits that are working to improve access to civil rights. Professor Karin also teaches Employment Law, Employment Discrimination, Gender/Sexual Orientation Under the Law, Administrative Law, Disability Law, Introduction to Clinical Pedagogy, and Service Learning. Her scholarship focuses on menstrual dignity, legislative lawyering pedagogy, and workplace protections for menstruators, breastfeeding workers, domestic violence survivors, people with disabilities, and the military community. She has a LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center, a JD from Stanford Law School and a BA from American University.
Project Title: Menstrual Justice at Work and School: Public Policy Lessons from Scotland's Period Products Law
Karin’s Fulbright project explores public policy efforts to eliminate systemic oppression related to menstruation and to support menstruating individuals at work and school, including lessons from Scotland’s groundbreaking Period Products Act and broader menstrual justice initiatives throughout the United Kingdom.