Carol Sanger (born December 30, 1948) ^[1] is an American legal scholar specializing in reproductive rights. She is Barbara Aronstein Black Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. ^[2]

Biography

Sanger was born on December 30, 1948, in Nuremberg, Germany. ^[1] She received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her J.D. (Juris Doctor) degree from the University of Michigan. She began her career as a lawyer in private practice before teaching at the University of Oregon Law School and then at Santa Clara University. ^[3]

Sanger joined the faculty of Columbia Law School in 1996. She teaches and writes about contracts, family law, and abortion law in the United States. ^{[2] [4]}

She was named an honorary fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford for her “world-renowned scholarship in the common law of contract, women’s rights, and research in human rights law.” ^[5] She was also a fellow at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. ^[6]

Sanger delivered the 2018 Annual Distinguished Lecture for Boston University School of Law. ^[7] She was honored by the academic journal The Green Bag for "exemplary legal writing" in 2013 for her article The Birth of Death: Stillborn Birth Certificates and the Problem for Law, which first appeared on the California Law Review. ^{[8] [9]}

Personal life

Sanger's partner is former Columbia Law and currently New York University School of Law professor Jeremy Waldron. ^{[10] [11]}

References