by WomenLawyersOnGuard | Jan 22, 2025 | Issues
Dear Women Lawyers On Guard,
Did you know that only 15% of federal employees work in the DC area? Now that they and our democracy are under attack, do you need help navigating ways to help them, yourselves, or to protect and strengthen democracy itself?
Following up our Dec 16th email, here are some additional resources. The first two are specifically focused on federal employees, the others are about how you can help strengthen democracy through your own small (or large) measures, by volunteering or just taking individual action.
Resources and Guides for Civil Servants
Other Resources for Protecting and Strengthening Democracy
Please forward this to your networks.
Cory Amron, President
Photo by Isabella Fischer, Unsplash
by WomenLawyersOnGuard | Jan 5, 2025 | Issues
The legal profession is self-regulating. The rules of professional conduct set forth actions that a lawyer is prohibited from taking in connection with the practice of law, or else be subject to professional discipline. The DC Bar recently recommended to the DC Court of Appeals (the regulatory authority of the practice of law) that Rule 8.4 of the DC Rules of Professional Conduct be amended to prohibit lawyers from engaging in harassing and discriminatory conduct in the practice of law. We note that the proposed rule would address three recommendations in WLG’s Still Broken report: holding perpetrators individually accountable, implementing more effective reporting and independent investigation mechanisms, and providing for more transparency in the process of addressing sexual harassment.
Here’s the link to our comments
by WomenLawyersOnGuard | Dec 16, 2024 | Democracy, Issues, Women's Rights
Almost 900,000 women work in the Federal Workforce. And, as you probably are aware, Federal Employees are in the cross hairs of the incoming administration. Here are some possible sources of information that we have found (not legal advice!) for these employees (Feel free to send us additional resources.).
We urge folks to make an informed decision.
Feel free to forward this to your networks.
Cory Amron, President
by WomenLawyersOnGuard | May 26, 2023 | Issues, Litigation, Women's Rights
With the $5 Million verdict in the E. Jean Carroll case in New York, we now know that even a prominent person who sexually abused someone many years ago can be brought to justice. And, additionally, that defaming the plaintiff can have significant consequences. (Slate article here.)
This was not the situation for the 86% of respondents to Women Lawyers On Guard’s nationwide sexual harassment survey (in the legal profession) who felt that they could not, or would not, report their abuse, or the 50% of those perpetrators who were reported who faced no consequences for their actions. See Still Broken.
With this verdict, not only was Ms. Carroll vindicated, but perhaps it may give others the courage to stand up against their abusers. We can hope that, with this public example, the times they are a changin’.
See Women Lawyers On Guard Action Network’s letter to Ms. Carroll here: WLGAN-Letterhead-E. Jean Carroll -5-19-2023 -pdf
by WomenLawyersOnGuard | Aug 2, 2022 | Amicus Briefs, Issues, Women's Rights
Women Lawyers on Guard joins Amicus Brief Submitted to U.S. Supreme Court in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina
August 02, 2022 —
Women Lawyers On Guard is proud to join the National Women’s Law Center Amicus Brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. In its 2022–2023 term, which begins in October, the Court is prepared to hear a pair of cases that could potentially end race-conscious admissions policies in higher education—known as “affirmative action”—altogether.
In support of the universities’ race-conscious admissions policies, the brief explains three crucial points:
1. Racial diversity in higher education is necessary to counter harmful stereotypes about women of color and to benefit from the indispensable contributions that women of color bring to the educational environment.
2. Racial diversity in higher education prepares students for a diverse society.
3. Considering race as one factor in higher education admissions policies is necessary to ensure the inclusion of women of color and to achieve the well-recognized benefits of diverse student bodies.
You can read the entire brief here, and read more about the details within the NWLC’s blog post.
Women Lawyers On Guard Inc.
Women Lawyers On Guard Inc. (WLG) is a national, non-profit organization that seeks to harness the power of lawyers and the law to preserve, protect, and defend the democratic values of equality, justice, and opportunity for all. WLG focuses on securing the equal treatment of women by challenging laws and practices that discriminate against women, including gender-based violence and harassment and attempts to curtail women’s reproductive rights.
