Prof. Naomi Cahn to present Nancy M. Sills ’76 Memorial Lecture

Naomi Cahn, the Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Distinguished Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Family Law Center, University of Virginia School of Law, will present the Nancy M. Sills ’76 Memorial Lecture entitled White Coats, Green Dollars, and Denim Jackets: The Legal and Financial Challenges of Later-Life Stepfamilies on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. at the Albany Law School, Room 200 with a reception to follow. One hour of CLE credit is available for in-person attendees.

Here is a description of the lecture:

Living to one hundred isn’t extraordinary anymore. As people and families live longer, has the law kept up? Many issues arise that the law still needs to address: Gray divorce – should courts treat it differently? Spousal inheritance and alternative living arrangements – do these call for new rules? Should Medicare rules change? Naomi Cahn, Justice Anthony Kennedy Professor of Law at Virginia School of Law and author of many books, including Red Families v. Blue Families, will discuss the dilemmas today’s aging poses for the law and possible solutions.

The lecture will be followed by a round table discussion of Professor Cahn’s book, Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopause and What We Can Do About It, with co-authors Professor Bridget Crawford of Pace Law School and Professor Emily Waldman of Pace Law School.