Meghan Boone

Meghan Boone

Professor of Law

Professor Meghan Boone is an expert in the fields of reproductive justice, feminist legal theory, and constitutional rights and liberties. Her deep and expansive research centers on the rights of pregnant, birthing, and parenting individuals.

She has published articles in the California Law Review, the Georgetown Law Journal, and the Minnesota Law Review, among many other journals. In 2020, Professor Boone was named the winner of the American Association of Law School (AALS) Scholarly Papers Competition for her George Washington University Law Review article, "Reproductive Due Process."

Prior to joining the faculty of Wake Forest Law in 2020, Professor Boone … Read more »

Professor Meghan Boone is an expert in the fields of reproductive justice, feminist legal theory, and constitutional rights and liberties. Her deep and expansive research centers on the rights of pregnant, birthing, and parenting individuals.

She has published articles in the California Law Review, the Georgetown Law Journal, and the Minnesota Law Review, among many other journals. In 2020, Professor Boone was named the winner of the American Association of Law School (AALS) Scholarly Papers Competition for her George Washington University Law Review article, "Reproductive Due Process."

Prior to joining the faculty of Wake Forest Law in 2020, Professor Boone served as an assistant professor at the University of Alabama School of Law from 2016-2018. She was also a Clinical Teaching Fellow for the Institute for Representation at Georgetown University Law Center, where she represented clients in a wide variety of public interest litigation. Before joining the legal academy, Professor Boone was in private practice, focusing on civil rights class action litigation. She also clerked for the Honorable Martha C. Daughtrey on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Nashville, Tennessee.

Professor Boone teaches civil procedure, constitutional law, and family law, as well as several courses on reproductive rights and justice. She was named Faculty Member of the Year in 2023, and has been named a Dean's Fellow for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years.

Education

  • LLM, Georgetown University Law Center, 2016
  • JD, American University Washington College of Law, 2010
  • BA, Trinity College - Hartford, 2006

Publications

Articles

Other

Presentations

  • Teaching Reproductive Justice
    AALS, January 5, 2024
  • The Dobbs Decision & Its Ramifications
    NCBA Constitutional Rights & Responsibilities Section, December 7, 2023
  • Constitutional Family Law Post-Dobbs
    SEALS, July 26, 2023
  • Growing Inequality in Reproductive Healthcare Post-Dobbs
    Wake Forest University School of Medicine, May 23, 2023
  • The Hidden Public Health Harms of Fetal Personhood
    Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender & Social Injustice, March 9, 2023
  • Women Leading in Law
    Wake Forest School of Law, February 24, 2023
  • Expecting Violence: Centering the Experience of Violence in Pregnancy
    Family Law Center, UVA School of Law, January 20, 2023
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Meghan Boone
Contact Information
 336.758.5433

Worrell 3330
Expertise
  • Civil Rights/Anti-Discrimination Laws
  • Constitutional Law
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Family Law
  • Reproductive Rights
  • Sex Discrimination