Julieta Lemaitre
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S.J.D. 2007
Universidad de los Andes, Assistant Professor
Dissertation
Domestic Violence Law Reform in Colombia and the U.S.
In my disertation I compare domestic violence law reform and implementation in Colombia and in the United States. While in both cases women's groups led the reform process, with similar goals, the actual result of their efforts as well as subsequent reforms and implementation of the laws has been shaped by the different political-legal fields in each country, especially by different ideas of what the law is and what it is for; the size and power of the state; the participation of civil society/ social movements in law reform. In my dissertation I explore these differences through historical and qualitative research.
Fields of Research and Supervisors
- Law and Society, with Professor Lucie White, Harvard Law School, Overall Faculty Supervisor
- Law and Social Theory, with Professor Duncan Kennedy, Harvard Law School
- Social Movement Theory, with Professor Sanjeev Khagram, Kennedy School of Government
Additional Research Interests
- Colombian Constitutional Law (Bill of Rights)
- Social and Economic Rights
- International Human Rights Law
Education
- Harvard Law School, S.J.D. Candidate 2003-Present
- Harvard Law School LLM 2002 (waived)
- New York University M.A. 1998 (gender and religion)
- Universidad de los Andes 1995 Abogada
Appointments and Fellowships
- Harvard Law School, 2003-2005, Graduate Program Fellow, Teaching Assistant to Profesor Lucie White
- Universidad de los Andes 1999-2002 Assistant Professor (currently on leave)
Additional Information
- Languages: Fluent in English and Spanish. Conversational in French and Portuguese
- Personal Resume