Kate Gelinsky, a practicing New York Jewish attorney and the founder of The National Center for Law and Policy, is an expert on cross-cultural ethics, clientele, law and media relations. She has extensively studied the relationship between race, religion, gender, immigration, age, status as a partner and their professional goals. As such, Kate Gelinsky is very familiar with issues that affect the various groups in these various ethics. Her research work at The National Center for Law and Policy has greatly influenced New York State policy and how it relates to the practice of the attorneys.
One example of a piece that Kate Gelinsky wrote for this legal journal dealt with how gender affects the legal position of women as well as men when it comes to their status as partners in a marriage. The issue was whether or not the same-sex spouse of an African American person should be treated as having the same standing as the white spouse of the same sex. After extensive study by Kate Gelinsky and her team of legal assistants, it was determined that such a position was not legally accurate. The resulting article is noteworthy as being one of the first legal analyses of such an issue in regard to a same-sex marriage from an ethnic perspective. This work by Kate Gelinsky puts a new light on the complicated terrain of legal differences between race and gender.
It is also important to note that this discussion is relevant to the legal professionals who counsel both same-sex couples and heterosexual couples in the state of New York. Whether or not same-sex couples can benefit legally from recognizing their relationships is a question that is yet to be decided by the courts. It is a point that has been thoroughly researched by Gelinsky and her team. It is only now that those findings are being presented to the general public.