Bridget J. Crawford, Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law

Bridget J. Crawford

University Distinguished Professor
Professor of Law
Elisabeth Haub School of Law
Estate Planning
Gender
Tax Law
White Plains
Preston Hall, 322 |
Wednesday 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.; other times by appointment; walk-ins always welcome
Administrative Assistant
Judy Jaeger

Biography

Professor Bridget J. Crawford joined the faculty of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in 2003. She teaches courses in Federal Income Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; and Wills, Trusts and Estates. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Crawford practiced at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP (now Milbank LLP). From 2008 to 2012, and again in 2014 to 2015, she served as Pace Haub Law’s Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development. In 2021, Professor Crawford received the title of University Distinguished Professor—the highest honor the University bestows on a member of the faculty.

Professor Crawford’s scholarship focuses on taxation—especially wealth transfer taxation—property law, feminist legal theory, and the intersection of gender and tax policy. Her work has appeared in leading journals including the Washington University Law Review, Boston University Law Review, U.C. Davis Law Review, Washington & Lee Law Review, The University of Chicago Legal Forum, and in specialty journals at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Michigan.

Professor Crawford has written and edited several books, including most recently, Social Movements and the Law: Talking About Black Lives Matter and #MeToo (University of California Press 2024) (co-editor with Lolita Buckner Inniss), Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopause and What We Can Do About It (Stanford University Press 2024) (co-author with Emily Gold Waldman and Naomi R. Cahn) and Menstruation Matters: Challenging the Law’s Silence on Periods (New York University Press 2022) (co-author with Emily Gold Waldman). She is also the co-editor of the Cambridge University Press series of Feminist Judgments books, a groundbreaking collection of volumes that reimagine key judicial opinions through a feminist lens across diverse areas of law. In addition, she is the co-author of three casebooks: Federal Taxes of Gratuitous Transfers: Law & Planning; Federal Income Taxation: Cases and Materials; and Wills, Trusts & Estates: An Integrated Approach.

Professor Crawford currently serves as the President of the American Tax Policy Institute, a nonprofit organization that supports nonpartisan scholarly research, analysis and discussion of U.S. federal, state and local, and international tax policy issues. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC), and a member of the American Law Institute. She formerly served as Editor of the ACTEC Law Journal and as the chair of the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education and the Section on Trusts and Estates.

Professor Crawford was one of 26 law professors profiled in What the Best Law Teachers Do (Harvard University Press 2013), a study of exemplary legal educators nationwide.

Education

  • BA, Yale University
  • JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • PhD, Griffith Law School (Brisbane, Australia)

Selected Law Review Articles and Book Chapters

View all of Professor Crawford’s publications on SSRN, Digital Commons or download her CV (PDF).

Books

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Book covers of 9 books published by Professor Bridget Crawford

Selected Other Writings

Areas of Interest

Tax Law, Income Taxation, Gift and Estate Tax, Wealth, Women and Gender, Gender Law, Women in the Law, Feminism, Reproductive Rights, Economic Justice, Wills, Trusts, Estates, Celebrity Estate Planning

Related News and Stories

In the Media

Haub Law Professor Bridget J. Crawford has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, a peer-elected organization of leading members of the Bar who have made significant contributions to the understanding and improvement of our tax system. Membership in the American College of Tax Counsel is an honor reserved for those at the top of their chosen profession and limited to a maximum of 700 tax attorneys across the United States.

Faculty and Staff

University of Colorado Law School Dean and Provost's Professor of Law Lolita Buckner Inniss, and Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Professor Bridget J. Crawford have announced the release of their new book, “Social Movements and the Law: Talking About Black Lives Matter and #MeToo.”

Faculty and Staff

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Professors Emily Gold Waldman and Bridget J. Crawford have published “Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopause and What We Can Do About It. Their goal is to replace the legal and cultural silence surrounding menopause with a deeper understanding.