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Labor/Employment,
Education Law

May 24, 2018

Feminist professor hails #MeToo movement, wants more women in positions of authority

Law professor Catharine MacKinnon, who pioneered the legal argument for sexual harassment, said the #MeToo movement is a descendant of that work and called for more workplace changes during a discussion at a women’s leadership event.

Feminist professor hails #MeToo movement, wants more women in positions of authority
Louie Castoria, a Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP partner, left, with University of Michigan Law School professor Catharine MacKinnon

SAN FRANCISCO -- Law professor Catharine MacKinnon, who pioneered the legal argument for sexual harassment, said the #MeToo movement is a descendant of that work and called for more workplace changes during a discussion at a women's leadership event.

MacKinnon, a professor at University of Michigan Law School who has taught at Harvard Law School since 2009, discussed how the legal framework she established and wrote about in her boo...

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