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Laura Brill

Laura W. Brill

Laura W. Brill is a lawyer in Los Angeles and a former law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She and her wife Ellen Evans were married in California in 2008 before the passage of Proposition 8 and are the mothers of two children. She writes frequently on legal issues. icon

A Letter to My Children about the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Obamacare

By Laura W. Brill

Want help in explaining the significance of the recent Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare to your kids? In what follows, a former Supreme Court law clerk, top appellate litigator ...

Obergefell v. Hodges

A Letter to My Children about the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Marriage Equality

By Laura W. Brill

Many parents struggle with how to talk to their kids about marriage equality. In what follows, a former Supreme Court law clerk, top appellate litigator ...

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