
Professor Julie Shapiro Legacy Project
The Professor Julie Shapiro Legacy Project honors the scholarship, contributions, and lasting impact of Professor Julie Shapiro. This collection gathers a range of her writings and materials, organized into the following sections:
Articles
This section presents Professor Shapiro’s scholarly articles, including works she authored or co-authored. Topics include LGBTQ+ family law, second-parent adoptions, parental rights, surrogacy, constitutional liability, and legal remedies for private intelligence abuses.
Blogs
This section features two compiled PDF volumes of blog posts from the Family Law WordPress Blog, covering the years 2007–2010 and 2011–2016. These blog posts reflect commentary and insights on family law issues over nearly a decade.
Remembrances
This section includes formal tributes and personal reflections on Professor Julie Shapiro’s career and influence, including: • A letter from Dean Anthony Varona • Remembrances gathered from colleagues at the law school.
Symposium Articles
This section includes, Sources of Security, an article contributed by Professor Shapiro as part of a symposium hosted on March 9, 1992 by the University of Puget Sound Law Review.
Articles
A Lesbian-centered Critique of Second-parent Adoptions, Julie Shapiro
Check Only One: M/F/Other, Julie Shapiro
Counting from One: Replacing the Marital Presumption with a Presumption of Sole Parentage, Julie Shapiro
Custody and Conduct: How the Law Fails Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children, Julie Shapiro
De Facto Parents and the Unfulfilled Promise of the New ALI Principles, Julie Shapiro
For a Feminist Considering Surrogacy, is Compensation Really the Key Question?, Julie Shapiro
Reflections on Complicity, Julie Shapiro
Remedies for Private Intelligence Abuses: Legal and Ideological Barriers, Julie Shapiro and David Kairys
Snake Pits and Unseen Actors: Constitutional Liability for Indirect Harm, Julie Shapiro
What Changed When the Gay Adoption Ban was Lifted?: Perspectives of Lesbian and Gay Parents in Florida, Julie Shapiro, Abbie E. Goldberg, April M. Moyer, and Elizabeth R. Weber
Blogs
Family Law Wordpress Blog Posts (Vol. 1 2007-2010), Julie Shapiro, Ronald C. Slye, and Annette E. Clark
Family Law Wordpress Blog (Vol 2. 2011-2016), Julie Shapiro, Ronald C. Slye, and Annette E. Clark
Remembrances
Letter from Dean Anthony Varona, Seattle University School of Law Dean
Remembrances of Professor Emerita Julie Shapiro, Seattle University School of Law
Symposium Articles
Sources of Security, Julie Shapiro