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2016 Result Inequality in Family Law Margaret Brinig Notre Dame Law School, [email protected]

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Recommended Citation Margaret Brinig, Result Inequality in Family Law, 49 Akron L. Rev. 471 (2016). Available at: https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship/1214

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ALEC A. BEECH BRANDON W. MCHUGH MARK A. WAGNER MATTHEW R. HULL KATHERINE A. SMITH TODD J. YAGER

ASSISTANT EDITORS

COTY S. PEREZ CHRISTOPHER P. EDWARDS KENTON H. STEELE MICHAEL F. PODOLSKY DANIELLE J. HALACHOFF ANDREW C. TRIPLETT WILLIAM E. RININGER JOSEPHINE E. HESSE JOLYN WILLIAMSON KIMBERLY M. RIPPETH MATTHEW J. LUDWIG ANTHONY L. VENCI, JR. REBECCA J. SCHREINER SARAH E. MAHAN PHILIP L. VUJANOV TRISTAN R. SERRI AARON M. MEIKLE BRAD M. ZEBEDIS DANIELLE K. SHAFFER CHRISTOPHER A. NAGY BINGYAN ZHANG LAUREN E. SMETHERS

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Matthew J. Wilson, Dean and Professor of William S. Jordan, III, Associate Dean, Law Academic Affairs, C. Blake McDowell, Jr. B.S., B.A., University of Utah Professor of Law J.D., Temple University School of Law B.A., Stanford University J.D., University of Michigan Ivy Banks, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs B.A., State University Donna K. Palmer, Assistant Dean, Academic J.D., University of Akron Success A.B., Duke University Marchelle Bobbs, Assistant Dean of Finance J.D., University of Pennsylvania & Personnel BA., University of Akron Tracy A. Thomas, Associate Dean for M.P.H., University of Akron Institutional Excellence, John F. Seiberling Chair of Constitutional Law; Director, Sarah M.R. Cravens, Assistant Dean for Constitutional Law Center Global Engagement, Director of Faculty B.A., Research and Development, Associate M.P.A., California State University Professor of Law; Fellow, Miller-Becker J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Center for Professional Responsibility A.B., Princeton University Barbara C. Weinzierl, Assistant Dean of M.Phil., Cambridge University Strategic Initiatives & Admissions J.D., Washington & Lee University B.A., Vassar College J.D., Cornell University

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G. Kristen Barnes, Associate Professor of Patrick Gaughan, Associate Professor of Law; Fellow, Center for Constitutional Law Law; Executive Director, Innovation B.A., Vassar College Practice Center J.D., Harvard University B.A., Columbia University in the City of PhD, Duke University New York J.D., University of Virginia Samuel P. Baumgartner, Professor of Law School of Law LL.B., University of Bern, Switzerland MBA, Trinity College, Dublin M.A., University of Wisconsin International Business, LL.M., University of Wisconsin DBA, Cleveland State Dr. iur., University of Bern, Switzerland University

Martin H. Belsky, Randolph Baxter Bernadette Bollas Genetin, Associate Professor of Law; Fellow, Miller-Becker Professor of Law; Fellow, Center for Center for Professional Responsibility; Constitutional Law Fellow, Center for Constitutional Law B.A., University of Notre Dame B.A., Temple University J.D., The J.D., Columbia University Willa Gibson, Dean's Club Professor of Richard C. Cohen, Associate Professor of Law Law; Director, Legal Research and Writing B.A., Tulane University-Newcomb Program College B.A., Emory University J.D., Drake University J.D., University of Connecticut Richard Lavoie, Professor ofLaw; Fellow, Dana K. Cole, Associate Professor of Law Miller-Becker Center for Professional B.A., The Responsibility J.D., A.B., Dartmouth College J.D., Cornell University Carolyn L. Dessin, Professor of Law LL.M., New York University B.M. Ed., Temple University M.M., Westminster Choir College Brant T. Lee, Professor ofLaw; Fellow, J.D., Villanova University Center for Constitutional Law B.A., University of California, Berkeley M.P.P., Harvard University J.D., Harvard University Molly McBumey, Assistant Professorof Joann M. Sahl, Assistant Director, Legal Legal Writing andResearch Clinic; Director, Civil Litigation Clinic and B.A., Washington University in St Louis Reentry Clinics; Pro Bono Coordinator, J.D., American University, Washington Associate Clinical Professor College of Law B.A., The Ohio State University J.D., University of Akron Sarah Morath, Associate ProfessorofLegal Writing and Research John P. Sahl, Joseph G. Miller Professorof B.A., Vassar College Law; Director, Miller-Becker Centerfor M.S., Yale University School of Forestry ProfessionalResponsibility & Environmental Studies B.A., Boston College J.D., University of Montana J.D., Vermont Law School LL.M., Yale University E. Stewart Moritz, Associate Professor of Law Elizabeth A Shaver, Assistant Professorof B.A., Yale University Legal Writing and Research J.D., Vanderbilt University B.A., Vanderbilt University J.D., Comell University C. Alan Newman, Professorof Law B.Acct, University of Oklahoma Gary Spring, Clinical ProfessorofLaw; J.D., University of Oklahoma Director, SEED and Trial Litigation B.A., University of Akron A. Samuel Oddi, Giles SutherlandRich J.D., The Ohio State University Professorof Intellectual Property B.S., Carnegie-Mellon University Richard A Strong, Assistant Professorof J.D., University of Pittsburgh Legal Writing and Research LL.M., George Washington University A.B., Youngstown State University, J.D., Case Western University Stefan J. Padfield, ProfessorofLaw B.A., Brown University Ryan G. Vacca, Associate ProfessorofLaw; J.D., University of Kansas Director, Centerfor Intellectual Property Law and Technology William D. Rich, Associate Professor of B.A., Amherst College Law; Fellow, Centerfor ConstitutionalLaw J.D., University of Missouri B.A., University of Rochester LL.M., New York University J.D., University of Denver LL.M., Harvard University

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