https://www.laurabethnielsen.com/about daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6249dede604b217e869b150a/af0869ff-193e-481e-90a8-157dcb1b5c8e/tempImageboW05J.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laurabethnielsen.com/work daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://www.laurabethnielsen.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://www.laurabethnielsen.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6249dede604b217e869b150a/1faba1c2-2f36-4afc-8703-6da5d860154a/Lb_headshot-9.jpg Home - Laura Beth Nielsen Board of Lady Managers of the Columbian Exposition Chair Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University, & Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation Laura Beth’s research focuses on law’s capacity for social change. Her primary field is the sociology of law, with particular interests in legal consciousness (how ordinary people understand the law) and the relationship between law and inequalities of race, gender, and class. She is an expert in the areas of sexual harassment in the workplace and beyond, employment civil rights of all sorts including pregnancy, pay, race, sex, national origin, and is a scholar of the legal profession. https://www.laurabethnielsen.com/media daily 0.75 2026-03-10