University of Iowa College of Law
444 Boyd Law Building
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1113
(319) 335-6850
Fax: (319) 335-9098
Email: ann-estin@uiowa.edu

Employment:

University of Iowa College of Law
Iowa City, Iowa
Professor, 1999 - present.
Visiting Professor, Summer 1998.
Teaching Areas: Family Law, International and Comparative Family Law, Contracts.

University of Pennsylvania Law School
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania
Visiting Professor, Spring 2005

University of Colorado School of Law
Boulder, Colorado
Associate Professor, 1989 -1999.
Teaching Areas: Domestic Relations, Contracts, and Professional Responsibility.

Bender & Treece, P.C.
Denver, Colorado
Attorney, 1985-1989.
General litigation practice, including civil, criminal and domestic relations matters.

The Honorable Zita L. Weinshienk
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Law Clerk, 1983-1984.

Parcel, Meyer, Talesnick & Schwartz
Denver, Colorado
Summer Clerk, 1982.

Education:

University of Pennsylvania Law School
J.D. cum laude, 1983.
Articles Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review;
Leebron Prize (for writing in Constitutional Law);
Law School Light Opera Company.

Dartmouth College
A.B. cum laude, 1979.
Anthropology major completed with Highest Distinction;
Citation for Honors Thesis on the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Internship Trimesters at Kicking Horse Job Corps Center, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Reservation, Ronan, Montana, (Winter 1978); Americans for Indian Opportunity, Albuquerque, New Mexico, (Spring 1978); and Lebanon In Service To Each Neighbor (LISTEN), Lebanon, New Hampshire (Winter and Spring 1979).

Publications:
Books

Cases and Materials on Domestic Relations (7th ed). (and Teachers' Manual)
(Thomson-West 2005) (with Homer H. Clark, Jr.).

Cases and Materials on Domestic Relations (6th ed.) (and Teachers' Manual)
(West Group 2000) (with Homer H. Clark, Jr.).

Articles and Chapters in Books

"Toward a Multicultural Family Law,"
Family Law Quarterly, volume 38, page 501 (2004).

"Embracing Tradition: Pluralism in American Family Law,"
Maryland Law Review, volume 63, page 535 (2004).

"Human Rights, Pluralism, and Family Law,"
in Family Life and Human Rights, Peter Lødrup and Eva Modvar, eds.
(Oslo: Glydendal, 2004).

"Families and Children in International Law: An Introduction,"
Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, volume 12, pages 271-306 (2002).

"Ordinary Cohabitation",
Notre Dame Law Review, volume 76, pages 1381-1408 (2001).

"Family Governance in the Age of Divorce",
Utah Law Review, volume 1998, pages 211-239 (1998).

"Federalism and Child Support",
Virginia Journal of Social Policy and Law, volume 5, pages 541 - 601 (1998).

"When Baehr Meets Romer: Family Law Issues After Amendment Two",
University of Colorado Law Review, volume 68, pages 349 - 371 (1997).

"Can Families Be Efficient? A Feminist Appraisal",
Michigan Journal of Gender and Law, volume 4, pages 1 - 33 (1996),
reprinted in Feminism Confronts Homo Economicus at 423, Martha Albertson Fineman and Terence Dougherty eds. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press 2005).

"Economics and the Problem of Divorce",
University of Chicago Law School Roundtable, volume 2, pages 517 - 597 (1995).

"Love and Obligation: Family Law and the Romance of Economics",
William and Mary Law Review, volume 36, pages 989 - 1087 (1995),
reprinted in Family Law in Action: A Reader, at 34, Margaret F. Brinig, Carl E. Schneider & Lee E. Teitelbaum eds. (Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing Co. 1999).

"Maintenance, Alimony and the Rehabilitation of Family Care",
North Carolina Law Review, volume 71, pages 721 - 803 (1993).

"Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock: The Long Shadow",
in The Aggressions of Civilization: Federal Indian Policy in the Last Century, Vine Deloria, Jr. and Sandra Cadwalader, eds. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1984), reprinted in Native American Law and Colonialism, before 1776 to 1903 at
289, John R. Wunder ed. (1996).

Comment, "Federal Plenary Power in Indian Affairs After Weeks and Sioux Nation", University of Pennsylvania Law Review, volume 131 pages 235 - 270 (1982).

Book Reviews

"Marriage and Belonging",
(review of Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation by Nancy F. Cott)
Michigan Law Review, volume 100, pages 1690-1707 (2002).

"Review Essay: Moving Beyond the Child Support Revolution,"
(review of Child Support: The Next Frontier, edited by Thomas Oldham and Marygold S. Melli)
Law and Social Inquiry, volume 26, pages 505-528 (2001).

Short Articles and Commentary

"Voting Rights and Human Rights: Comments on International Trends in Voting Rights for the Disabled,"
Journal of Gender, Race and Justice, volume 8, pages 177-81 (2004).

"Bonding After Divorce: Comments on Joint Custody: Monitoring and Bonding Theories,"
Indiana Law Journal, volume 73, pages 441-452 (1998).

"Alimony for Children?" FAIR$HARE: The Matrimonial Law Monthly, August 1996.

"The Case for Maintenance Reform," 23 Colorado Lawyer 53 (1994).

"The Other Half of Legal Education," CWBA Advocate, February 1993.

Selected Presentations and Colloquia:

"The Supreme Court and the Right to Divorce in the United States," International Society of Family Law, 12th World Conference, Salt Lake City, July 19-23, 2005.

"Is There a Right to Divorce?" International Conference on Divorce: Causes and Consequences, Beijing, China, July 19-22, 2004.

Commentary, Symposium: Justice for All? Exploring Gender, Race and Sexual Orientation within Disability Law, University of Iowa College of Law, October 11, 2003.

"Families and Children in International Law," International Society of Family Law, North American Regional Conference, June 27-28, 2003.

"Working with the New Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act ," Continuing Legal Education program sponsored by the University of Iowa College of Law, Sepember. 20, 2002.

"Cultural and Religious Pluralism in U.S. Family Law," International Society of Family Law, 11th World Conference, Copenhagen/Oslo, August 2-7, 2002.

"Local, National and International Norms in Family Law," International Society of Family Law, North American Regional Conference, Kingston, Ontario, June 15-16, 2001.

"Does Family Law Really Belong to the States?" Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Joint Program of Sections on Constitutional Law, Family and Juvenile Law, and Federal Courts, January 4, 2001.

Commentary, Symposium: The Changing Face of Need, Journal of Gender, Race and Justice, University of Iowa College of Law, October 13, 2000.

Professional and Community Service:

Pro bono consultant on professional responsibility issues for the Native American Rights
Fund, Boulder, Colorado, a non-profit public interest law firm, 1992 to present.

Board of Trustees, Riverside Theatre, Iowa City, Iowa, 2002-present.

Board of Trustees, Bixby School, Boulder Colorado, 1993-99. President, 1998-99.

Pro bono attorney for divorce clients (including handling contested court hearings) and
mentor for other volunteer attorneys, Boulder County Legal Services, 1993 to 1995.

Academic and Professional Activities, Awards and Memberships:

Admitted to Practice, Colorado, 1983 (registration number 13219) and Iowa, 2002.

AV-rated Attorney, Martindale-Hubbell, since 1997.

Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado School of Law, 1999.

Participant, Economics Institute for Law Professors, Law and Economics Center, George Mason University School of Law, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 1995; and Law & Society Association Summer Institute Program, Pala Mesa, California, June 1993.

Designated as a Junior Presidential Teaching Scholar, University of Colorado, 1989-90.

Member, American Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association; International Society of Family Law.

Personal Information:

Born February 3, 1956, Philadelphia, PA.
Married to James D. Estin; two children, Mira and Deborah.