Professor Soucek Cited in Seventh Circuit Opinion

An award-winning article by Professor Brian Soucek was cited by Judge Ilana Rovner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in an important opinion on whether federal employment discrimination law provides protection for discrimination based on sexual orientation.

The Seventh Circuit quoted from Professor Soucek's article "Perceived Homosexuals: Looking Gay Enough for Title VII" , in which he identified the challenge courts had faced in "finding a way to protect against the entire spectrum of gender stereotyping" while failing to protect "against the stereotype that people should be attracted only to those of the opposite gender."

Professor Soucek holds a JD from Yale Law School and a PhD from Columbia University. He has clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Mark. R. Kravitz in Connecticut, and Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. His primary teaching and research interests are antidiscrimination law, civil procedure, constitutional law, and refugee/asylum law.