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Posted By: Karen M. Richardson
Sat Nov 16th, 2013
Myrna Raeder, a member of the Southwestern Law School faculty for nearly 35 years, has died at the age of 66.
Raeder died Saturday of breast cancer, the school said in a release. The school said the professor, a nationally known advocate for gender equity and criminal justice reform, would be remem
Posted By: Karen M. Richardson
Tue Nov 12th, 2013
NAWL filed an amicus brief in the Maine Supreme Court in support of Ms. Clark, who obtained a protection order against a man who threatened to post private photographs of her on a website designed to encourage other men to contact her. NAWL's brief describes the impact of non-physical acts of abuse
Posted By: Karen M. Richardson
Thu Feb 28th, 2013
The National Women’s Law Center filed an amicus brief in Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor. Hollingsworth addresses the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that overturned the California Supreme Court's ruling that same-sex couples have a right to
Posted By: Karen M. Richardson
Fri Jun 4th, 2010
In Jane Doe v. Vermilion Parish School Board, a federal court in Louisiana reviewed the legality of a public school’s single-sex education program but failed to apply the well-established constitutional standard for evaluating gender-based classifications. Read the brief>>
Posted By: Karen M. Richardson
Thu Dec 10th, 2009
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued an opinion finding Mexico in violation of human rights conventions under the American Convention of Human Rights and the Convention Belém do Pará. It interprets women's rights in the broader human rights context, and provides a powerful stateme
