After graduating from Duke University School of Law, Professor Hubbard served as a law clerk to Judge Patricia M. Wald, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1992-93. She worked primarily on reviewing administrative law decisions. As a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, 1993-94, Professor Hubbard reviewed and evaluated hundreds of petitions for certiorari and drafted memoranda and opinions on civil, criminal, and regulatory matters. As assistant to the United States Solicitor General, 1996-97, she was involved in the federal government's Supreme Court litigation on varied topics. In addition to this service in the judicial and executive branches of government, she worked in both houses of Congress, including a stint as issues director and speechwriter for U.S. Senator Terry Sanford.

From 1997-2004, Professor Hubbard was an associate law professor at the University of North Carolina where she taught contracts, employment discrimination, disability law, and an upper-level writing class. In 2005, Professor Hubbard joined the faculty of law at the University of Cincinnati. Professor Hubbard has written and spoken extensively on disability law.

Recent Publications

Articles, Publications & Speeches

Meaningful Lives and Major Life Activities, 55 Ala.L.Rev.997 (2004)

The Major Life Activity of Belonging, 39 Wake For.L.Rev.215 (2004)

The Major Life Activity of Caring, Iowa J. Gender, Race & Justice (forthcoming 2004)

Improving the Fitness Inquiry of the North Carolina Bar Application, 81 N.C.L.Rev.2179 (2003)

The Rights of Health Care Workers with Blood-Borne Illnesses Under the ADA, 2 Clinics in Occ. & Environ.Med.593 (2002)

Understanding and Implementing the ADA's Direct Threat Defense, 62 NW.U.L.Rev.1279 (2001)

The ADA, the Workplace and the Myth of the "Dangerous Mentally Ill," 34 U.C.Davis L.Rev.849 (2001)

" Extending Brown's Promise to Children with Disabilities," presented at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign conference titled "Promises to Keep? Brown v. Board and Equal Educational Opportunity" (April 2004)

" Caring: Feminist Practice and Major Life Activity," presented at Martha Fineman's Feminism and Legal Theory Workshop, Emory Law School (March 2004)

"‘ Famous Opportunities' and Major Life Activities," presented at University of Alabama School of Law symposium titled "Disability Law: Equality and Difference" (November 2003)

" The Major Life Activity of Caring," presented at University of Iowa School of Law symposium titled "Justice for All? Exploring Gender, Race and Sexual Orientation within Disability Law" (October 2003)

" The Good Life for (Disabled) Americans," presented at session on "Philosophical Conceptions for Reconceiving Disability," Law & Society Association conference, Pittsburgh (June 2003)

" Two Kinds of Arbitrariness in Capital Punishment,"comment on paper presented at the annual conference of Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco (March 2003)