Good Law | Bad Law

How does pregnancy impact careers… for both parents? Is there such a thing as a “pregnancy penalty”?   Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Jennifer Shinall, a Professor of Law at Vanderbilt, to discuss inequity in family leave policies, the gender pay gap, pregnancy discrimination and gender stereotypes that remain in the workplace.   A graduate of Vanderbilt Law and Harvard University, Jennifer has a J.D. and a Ph.D. in Law and Economics. Jennifer focuses on employment law, employment discrimination, health economics, labor economics and more. Her research examines discrimination, particularly in the areas of gender and disability. Exploring how health status (such as obesity and pregnancy) affects labor market outcomes, Jennifer considers how these effects may differ by gender and how these disparities may be addressed by the legal system. Today Aaron and Jennifer address these topics, specifically through the lens of parental