Honors and Awards:

• In 2009, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly selected Attorney Kauffman as one of its Lawyers of the Year.
• 2003 Barney Frank Award, Massachusetts School of Law; 2005 Fisher Davenport Award, Family Pride Coalition and COLAGE; 2007 Gwen Bloomingdale Pioneer Spirit Award, Mass. Lesbian and Gay Bar Association

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Mass. Lesbian and Gay Bar Association:  Board of Directors, 1997-2003; Co-Chair, Board of Directors, 2000-2003; Chair, Family Law Section, 2003-2006. Boston Bar Association:  Civil Gideon Task Force, 2007-present. National Center for Lesbian Rights:  National Family Law Advisory Council, 2003 to present.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• 2006 to present, Volunteer, Senior Partners for Justice

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Quotation of the Day, New York Times, Sunday, June 15, 2008 (http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/06/15/todayspaper/index.html); "Marriage, Civil Union, Domestic Partnership - What's the Difference?" Divorce Center Briefs, February 2008 Contributor; "Legal Issues of Importance to Clinicians," Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health, Makadon, Mayer, Potter, and Goldhammer, editors, published by the American College of Physicians, 2007; "Protect Your Family," Bay Windows, November 30, 2006 "Protecting Our Relationships," 2006 (http://www.therainbowbabies.com/ProtectingOurRelationships.html)  "On Legal Gay Marriage," 2006 (http://www.therainbowbabies.com/LegalGayMarriage.html); "Ignoring Children's Needs is True Immorality," Boston Globe, OpEd, March 14, 2006 (http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/03/14/ignoring_childrens_needs_is_true_immorality/); "Red Flags in a Blue State:  Lesbian and Gay Divorce in Massachusetts,"  Family Mediation Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 3, Summer 2005; "Adoption Basics for One-, Two-, or Multiple-Parent Families," Representing Nontraditional Families, K. Triantafillou, ed., MCLE, 2000; revised 2005"De Facto Parents: State of the Law in Massachusetts," Family Mediation Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 2003; "One Egg + One Womb = Two Moms," And Baby Magazine, Premier Issue 2001; "Same-Sex Co-parent Adoptions," Adoption and Reproductive Technology Law in Massachusetts, S. Crockin, ed., MCLE 2000            

Educational Background:

• Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MAJ.D., May 1992                        Cambridge Dispute Settlement Center, Cambridge, MA Mediation Training, Spring 1993Divorce Mediation Training, Winter 1994             Lesley College, Cambridge, MA; M.Ed., Counseling and Psychology, May 1981 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; B.S., Child Development, February 1971