Where is the #MeToo movement in the legal profession?
A Minnesota lawyer has advice for firms on the law and best practices to guard against workplace harassment: http://mnbenchbar.com/2018/02/metoo-in-the-law-firm/
New Yorker piece analyzes wave of female midterm candidates
The WLG Action Network found this analysis by the New Yorker of female candidates running in 2018 midterm elections to be fascinating, and wanted to highlight it for our members!
Join WLG at the March For Our Lives- March 24
Come march with Women Lawyers On Guard Action Network (WLG) in Washington, DC at the March For Our Lives on Saturday, March 24 being led by the students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school to protest the lack of gun laws to protect students and citizens from mass shootings.
WLG will be assembling in front (i.e. outside the front door) of the Hyatt Regency Hotel (Capital Hill) at 400 New Jersey Ave, NW at 10:30 AM. and marching together. Look for our purple banner. Let us know if you are joining us and we will have a sandwich for you for lunch! (RSVP to [email protected])
The closest Metro station is Union Station on the Red line.
See you on March 24!
Join Us at the March For Our Lives- Do you know who Marjory Stoneman Douglas was?
Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network,
As you may be aware, students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school and others are organizing a March For Our Lives on Saturday, March 24, 2018 in Washington, DC and across the nation to protest the lack of gun laws to protect students and citizens from mass shootings. Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network will be assembling that day in DC (at a place and time to be determined) and marching together.
Do you know who Marjory Stoneman Douglas was? While not a lawyer, she graduated from Wellesley College in 1912, was an amazing activist, journalist, suffragist, and environmentalist, and has been credited with saving the Everglades from destruction! She would have been proud of the students attending her namesake school. Here’s a LINK to an article about her.
See you on March 24th .
WLG, Inc. joins amicus brief in campus rape case
Women Lawyers On Guard, Inc. has joined an amicus brief in Weckhorst v. Kansas State University, currently pending before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case arises from the rape of two students. The university refused to investigate or otherwise address their reports, citing the fact that the women were raped in school-recognized fraternities but outside the campus boundary. In response to the suit, the university moved to dismiss on these same grounds, and also claimed that the school could not be liable because the students were not further harassed as a result of its deliberate indifference.
The brief argues that because the school was made aware of the sexually violent conduct by its students and refused to investigate the conduct, the school was deliberately indifferent to the claims of the victimized students. The brief argues that when sexual violence goes unresolved, it creates a hostile environment for the victims, who often end up suffering academically.
The brief can be found here: https://nwlc-ciw49tixgw5lbab.stackpathdns.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Final-Brief-with-ECF-Header.pdf
