Katherine M. Franke [1] is an American legal scholar who specializes in gender and sexuality law. She was the James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia Law School.

Jan 10, 2025 · Katherine Franke is director of the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law. She is also on the executive committees of Columbia’s Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender, and the Center for Palestine Studies.

Jan 10, 2025 · Katherine Franke, a law professor and vocal advocate of pro-Palestinian students, had been under investigation over remarks she made about Israeli students. By Stephanie Saul Columbia University ...

Jun 9, 2022 · Katherine Franke, James L. Dohr Professor of Law, began practicing law in the 1980s as a civil rights litigator focusing on HIV discrimination cases in the early years of the AIDS epidemic.

1 day ago · Law professor Katherine Franke said she has endured harassment from students, colleagues and the university administration since she spoke about former Israeli soldiers who are students spraying ...

Jan 10, 2025 · Katherine Franke said Friday in a letter that she’s effectively been terminated, following a university investigation into a media interview she gave in which she criticized students who formerly served in the Israel Defense Forces for allegedly harming other students at …

Colleagues from journalism, economics, business, engineering, medicine, ethnic/racial studies — really everyone. Also, I am leading a team of researchers at the law school documenting the law school's connection to slavery and its legacies.

Jan 22, 2025 · Law professor Katherine Franke drew colleagues’ complaints, and a university investigation, when she spoke out about Gaza protests on the Ivy League campus. Updated January 22, 2025.

Katherine Franke is the James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia University and Founding Director of the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law (CGSL). They are also on the Executive Committees of Columbia’s Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender, and the Center for Palestine Studies.

Sep 5, 2024 · Columbia University law professor Katherine Franke last appeared on Democracy Now! in January to discuss an attack on Columbia’s campus targeting pro-Palestinian student activists with a...