Associate Professor of Law
BA (1996), The Johns Hopkins University
JD (1999), Duke University School of Law
Phone Number: (573) 882-6753
Room Number: 313 Hulston Hall
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Professor Monahan joined the faculty in 2004, after having taught at Notre Dame Law School and serving as a visiting scholar at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture.
Prior to beginning her teaching career, Professor Monahan practiced law with Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago. While in law school, she was the Managing Editor of the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law. Professor Monahan’s scholarly work has appeared in such journals as the Illinois Law Review, the Tulane Law Review, and the Virginia Tax Review. She currently serves as the Chair-Elect of the American Association of Law School’s Section on Employee Benefits.
She teaches Basic Federal Income Taxation, Employee Benefits Law, Partnership Taxation, and Taxation of Property Transactions.
Recent Publications
Academic Journals
The Massachusetts Plan and the Future of Universal Coverage: Pay or Play Laws, ERISA Preemption, and Potential Lessons from Massachusetts (symposium), 55 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAW REVIEW 1203 (2007).