Diane Curtis

I bring a non-traditional path to my teaching and advising: years of AIDS and women's health activism led to law school and a career as a litigator, first in reproductive rights, and then in domestic violence and family law. I have been a pre-law advisor since 2004, developing a strong commitment to increasing access to legal education and diversifying the legal profession. I've taught in law schools, in a paralegal certification program, and, since 2008, at UMass. My current teaching focuses primarily on constitutional law, the intersections between state power and individuals and their families, and legal reasoning. 

"The LSAT and the Reproduction of Hierarchy," 41 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 307 (2019).

The Rights of Families: The Authoritative ACLU Guide to the Rights of Families Today, Southern Illinois University Press, 1996, co-authored.

"Doctored Rights: Menstrual Extraction, Self-Help Gynecological Care and the Law," 20 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 427 (1994).

Spring 2025: Family & the State, Constitutional Amendment Workshop