Sally F. Goldfarb
Professor
Rutgers School of Law - Camden
217 North Fifth Street
Camden, NJ 08102

V: (856) 225 - 6373
F: 856 969 7918

sfg@camlaw.rutgers.edu

Biography

Professor Goldfarb, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, focuses her research on the areas of family law and violence against women. She previously served as senior staff attorney at the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, where she founded and chaired the National Task Force on the Violence Against Women Act. She has also taught at the Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, and New York University law schools. Professor Goldfarb teaches Family Law, Professional Responsibility, Sex Discrimination, and Torts.

Publications

Public Rights for 'Private' Wrongs: Sexual Harassment and the Violence Against Women Act, in Directions in Sexual Harassment Law (Catharine MacKinnon & Reva Siegel eds., Yale University Press, 2004)

Applying the Discrimination Model to Violence Against Women: Some Reflections on Theory and Practice, 11 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law 251 (2003)

The Supreme Court, the Violence Against Women Act, and the Use and Abuse of Federalism, 71 Fordham Law Review 57 (2002)

Visitation for Nonparents After Troxel v. Granville: Where Should States Draw the Line?, 32 Rutgers Law Journal 783 (2001)

"No Civilized System of Justice": The Fate of the Violence Against Women Act, 102 West Virginia Law Review 499 (2000)

Violence Against Women and the Persistence of Privacy, 61 Ohio State Law Journal 1 (2000)

Family Law, Marriage, and Heterosexuality: Questioning the Assumptions, 7 Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review 285 (1998)

The Civil Rights Remedy of The Violence Against Women Act: Legislative History, Policy Implications & Litigation Strategy, 4 Journal of Law & Policy 391 (1996)

Alimony, Maintenance and Spousal Support, in Women and the Law (Carol H. Lefcourt ed., 1989)

Marital Partnership and the Case for Permanent Alimony, in Alimony: New Strategies for Pursuit and Defense (American Bar Association Section of Family Law ed., 1988), reprinted in 27 Journal of Family Law 351 (1989)

Child Support Guidelines: A Model for Fair Allocation of Child Care, Medical, and Educational Expenses, 21 Family Law Quarterly 325 (1987)