Cory Amron speaks with Aliza Shatzman, co-founder of the Legal Accountability Project
NAWLTalks Podcast:
Protecting the Next Generation of Attorneys from Harassment
In this episode, Aliza Shatzman, President and Co-Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, speaks with Cory Amron, Co-Founder and President of Women Lawyers on Guard, about judicial accountability and how to protect law clerks from workplace mistreatment. They discuss Aliza’s personal experience with gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation by a former D.C. Superior Court judge; the scope of the problem; and solutions, including the Judiciary Accountability Act (JAA) (H.R. 4827/S. 2553), which would extend Title VII protections to federal judiciary employees. They then discuss Aliza’s new nonprofit, The Legal Accountability Project, which aims to ensure that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences while extending support and resources to those who do not. Aliza also offers suggestions for what women lawyers can do to help.
Listen to this episode here: https://lnkd.in/eGP5wt_T
Women Lawyers On Guard’s Survey on Sexual Misconduct and Harassment in the Legal Profession: https://womenlawyersonguard.org/still-broken/
The Legal Accountability Project: https://www.legalaccountabilityproject.org/
Women Lawyers On Guard Action Network, Inc.
Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network, Inc. is a 501(c)(4) organization that can engage in lobbying and (to some extent) political campaign activity (which means it can encourage its members to run for office, ask its members to support or oppose candidates for political office, and respond to calls for action, consistent with U.S. tax law).
Women In the Law: Sexual Harassment/Sexual Assault-Why Is It So Pervasive?
Left to Right: Elaine Metlin, Judge Marcella Holland, Judge Deborah Nance, Colonel Linda Murnane.
Women In the Law: Sexual Harassment/Sexual Assault-Why Is It So Pervasive?
WLG’s Elaine Metlin presented to NAWJ’s Annual Meeting in Detroit on Oct 21, 2022: “Women In the Law: Sexual Harassment/Sexual Assault-Why Is It So Pervasive?”
Women Lawyers On Guard Action Network, Inc.
Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network, Inc. is a 501(c)(4) organization that can engage in lobbying and (to some extent) political campaign activity (which means it can encourage its members to run for office, ask its members to support or oppose candidates for political office, and respond to calls for action, consistent with U.S. tax law).
Corrine Propas Parver Interviews Aliza Shatzman: DC Brief Encounters Podcast
DC Brief Encounters Podcast: How to Prevent Harassment in the Judiciary
In this episode of the DC Brief Encounters podcast, Aliza Shatzman, President and Co-Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, speaks with Corrine Propas Parver, Vice President of Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network about judicial accountability. They discuss Aliza’s personal experience with harassment and retaliation by a former DC judge; the scope of the problem and some effective solutions.
Listen to the original podcast here.
Women Lawyers On Guard Action Network, Inc.
Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network, Inc. is a 501(c)(4) organization that can engage in lobbying and (to some extent) political campaign activity (which means it can encourage its members to run for office, ask its members to support or oppose candidates for political office, and respond to calls for action, consistent with U.S. tax law).
Judiciary Accountability Act: A First Person Account
While the judiciary may be more educated now about sexual harassment and discrimination in its midst, and have iterated their internal procedures, complaints by employees of the judiciary continue. Congress held hearings in March on the Judiciary Accountability Act, in which witnesses testified about the continued lack of transparency, due process, and unbiased adjudication. It seems ironic that the very branch that dispenses justice can’t get this policy change right for itself.
Read this first person account of a former clerk who submitted a statement: https://slate.com/
