Sexuality law scholar to teach at Yale Law School

Douglas NeJaime, a nationally recognized scholar in family law and law and sexuality, will join the Yale Law School faculty next July.

NeJaime is currently the faculty director of the Williams Institute, a think tank at the University of California, Los Angeles Law School that conducts independent research on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. In an interview with the News, NeJaime said he has seen a growing national interest in LGBTQ issues, as well as in his area of family and parental recognition, specifically the standard for granting legal status to self-identified parents and domestic partnerships for same-sex couples….