« back to directory print Cynthia Godsoe Associate Professor of Law 250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 780-0681 | Email | CV Areas of Expertise Family LawCriminal LawJuvenile JusticeProfessional Ethics Education A.B., Harvard University J.D., Harvard Law School Biography Courses Publications Noteworthy All Articles Contributions to Books Popular Press Articles Redefining Parental Rights: The Case of Corporal Punishment, 32 Constitutional Commentary 281 (2017) BrooklynWorks Recasting Vagueness: The Case of Teen Sex Statutes, 74 Washington and Lee Law Review 173 (2017) BrooklynWorks Perfect Plaintiffs, 125 Yale Law Journal Forum 136 (2015) BrooklynWorks | SSRN | Web Marriage Equality and the New Maternalism, 6 California Law Review Circuit 145 (2015) BrooklynWorks | Web | PDF Adopting the Gay Family, 90 Tulane Law Review 311 (2015) BrooklynWorks | HeinOnline Punishment as Protection, 52 Houston Law Review 1313 (2015) BrooklynWorks Contempt, Status and The Criminalization of Non-Conforming Girls, 35 Cardozo Law Review 1091 (2014) BrooklynWorks Permanency Puzzle, 2013 Michigan State Law Review 1113 (2013) (invited symposium piece) BrooklynWorks Just Intervention: Differential Response in Child Protection, 21 Journal of Law & Policy 73 (2012). BrooklynWorks Parsing Parenthood, 17 Lewis & Clark Law Review 113 (2013). SSRN Adolescents in Society: Their Evolving Legal Status, Introduction, 20 Journal of Law & Policy 1 (2012) BrooklynWorks All in the Family: Towards a New Representational Model for Parents and Children, 24 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics (2011) BrooklynWorks | SSRN The Legal Status of Pregnant and Parenting Youth in Foster Care, 17 University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy 1 (2006) (with E. Stotland) BrooklynWorks Subsidized Guardianship: A New Permanancy Option, 23 Children’s Rights Law Journal 3 (2003) BrooklynWorks Caught Between Two Systems: How Exceptional Children in Out-of-Home Care are Denied Equality in Education, 19 Yale Law and Policy Review 81 (2001) BrooklynWorks Child Care for Families Leaving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Clearinghouse Review (2001) (with others) PDF Book Review: Bodies of Law by Alan Hyde (Princeton University Press, 1997), 21 Harvard Women’s Law Journal 319 (1998) HeinOnline The Ban on Welfare for Felony Drug Offenders: Giving a New Meaning to 'Life Sentence, 13 Berkeley Women’s Law Journal 257 (1998) BrooklynWorks Related Links: Faculty News Curriculum New Faculty Brochure