M. Isabel Medina

Ferris Family Distinguished Professorship
B.A., 1977, Monash University (Australia); M.A., 1979, M.F.A., 1980, University of New Orleans; J.D., 1987, Tulane University.

Professor Medina joined the law school faculty in 1991 after practicing law with Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C. Upon her graduation from law school, she clerked for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. While in law school she was a managing editor of the Tulane Law Review. Professor Medina teaches Constitutional Law, Employment and Gender Discrimination Law, and Immigration Law.

Professor Medina is a past chair of the Immigration Law Section of the AALS. In spring 2003, she visited at the University of Athens on a Fulbright grant. In addition, she has visited at Tulane Law School, Villanova University School of Law and Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She has organized a number of conferences on gender based violence, constitutional and immigration issues. Professor Medina writes in the area of gender, immigration and constitutional law. She is a member of the American Law Institute.

Home Pages: http://law.loyno.edu/~medina/
E-mail: medina@loyno.edu
Office Phone: 504-861-5655

Publications

Articles:

• Exploring the use of the word "citizen" in writings on the Fourth Amendment, __ Indiana Law Journal ___ (2008)(forthcoming).
• Ruminations on the Fourth Amendment: Case Law, Commentary, and the Word "Citizen," 11 Harvard Latino Law Review 189 (2008).
• “Wal-Mart, Immigrant Workers and the U.S. Government – A Case of Split Personality?,” 39 Connecticut Law Review 1443-1460 (May 2007).
• “At the Border:  What Tres Mujeres Tell Us About Walls and Fences,” 10 The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice, A Journal of the University of Iowa College of Law 245-267 (Winter 2007).
• “Good Night, and Good Luck and Sanitized Workplaces,” 29 Thomas Jefferson Law Review 65-76 (Fall 2006).
• “Confronting the Rights Deficit at Home:  Is the Nation Prepared in the Aftermath of Katrina?  Confronting the Myth of Efficiency,” 43 California Western Law Review 9-20 (Fall 2006).
• "Immigrants and the Government's War on Terrorism," Special Issue: "Whose Homeland?" 6 The New Centennial Review 225-38 (2006).
• "Demore v. Kim - A Dance of Power and Human Rights," 18 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 697-744 (Summer 2004).
• "Real Differences and Stereotypes - Two visions of Gender, Citizenship and International Law," 7 New York City Law Review 601-42 (Fall 2004).
• "Gender in the Constitutions of Hellas and the United States," Efarmoges Dimosiou Dikaiou (Applications of Public Law - Greek Review of Public Law) 17 (2004), p. 371.
• "Of Constitutional Amendments, Human Rights and Same-Sex Marriages," 64 Louisiana Law Review 459-75 (2004).
• "Justifying Integration of Domestic Violence Throughout the Law School Curriculum - An Introduction to the Symposium on Integrating Responses to Domestic Violence," 47 Loyola Law Review 1-20 (2001).
• "Domestic Violence - A Proper Subject of National Legislation? United States v. Morrison and the Violence Against Women Act: A Mock Debate," 47 Loyola L. Rev. 535 (2001).
• "From Mr. Smith Goes to Washington To A Well-Founded Fear: The Congressional Battle to Save Political Asylum in America," Book review, 46 Loyola Law Review 643-50 (2000).
• "A Matter of Fact: Hostile Environments and Summary Judgments," 8 Review of Law and Women's Studies 311-371 (1999).
• "Judicial Review -- A Nice Thing? Article III, Separation of Powers and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996," 29 Conn. L. Rev. 1525-1563 (1997).
• "The Criminalization of Immigration Law: Employer Sanctions and Marriage Fraud," 5 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 671 (1997).
• "Employer Sanctions in the United States, Canada and Mexico: Exploring the Criminalization of Immigration Law," 3 Sw. J.L. Trade Am. 333-357 (1996).
• "In Search of Quality Childcare: Closing the Immigration Gate to Childcare Workers," 8 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 161-199 (1994).
• "Constitutional Law and Civil Rights," (5th Circuit Symposium) 38 Loy. L. Rev. 715-754 (1992).
• "Award of Attorney Fees in Bad Faith Breaches of Contract in Louisiana -- An Argument Against the American Rule," 61 Tul. L. Rev. 1173-1203 (1987).
• Case Note. "Regional Interstate Banking -- States May Discriminate Against States Outside Their Geographical Regions in Authorizing Interstate Banking Acquisitions," 61 Tul. L. Rev. 196-214 (1986).

Updated October 8, 2007