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Podcast: Albany Law School Podcast
Episode: 172nd Commencement Keynote Address from Roberta "Robbie" Kaplan
Description: Roberta “Robbie” Kaplan successfully argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of LGBTQ rights activist Edith Windsor, in United States v. Windsor, a landmark decision that invalidated a section of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) requiring the federal government to recognize marriages of same-sex couples.
Kaplan went on to author Then Comes Marriage: United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA, chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the top 10 books of 2015.
Kaplan currently leads some of the country’s highest-profile commer...