Before coming to DU, Ann Scales taught at the University of New Mexico Law School for 18 years. She was also a visiting professor at the University of Iowa Law School, Boston College Law School, and the University of British Columbia Faulty of Law. She is among the founders of the field of feminist legal theory. Ann Scales has always maintained her representation of clients, for example, arguing the case in which the New Mexico Supreme Court became the first high court of any state to hold that abortion funding is required by women’s interest in equality. She and her partner and son have a lot of animals. Ann Scales was born in Oklahoma and is a former rodeo rider.

Featured Publications

• Soft on Defense: The Failure to Confront Militarism, 20 Berkeley J. Gender L. & Just. 369 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 2005 Symposium
• Law and Feminism: Together in Struggle, 51 U. Kan. L. Rev. 291 University of Kansas Law Review February, 2003 Symposium Luncheon
• The Jurisprudence of the Military-Industrial Complex, 1 Seattle J. for Soc. Just. 541 Seattle Journal for Social Justice Spring/Summer, 2003 Militarization Laura Spitz
• Disappearing Medusa: The Fate of Feminist Legal Theory?, 20 Harv. Women's L.J. 34 Harvard Women's Law Journal Spring, 1997 Perspectives on Our Progress: Twenty Years of Feminist Thought
• Feminist Legal Method: Not So Scary, 2 UCLA Women's L.J. 1 UCLA Women's Law Journal Spring, 1992