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Kollaritsch v. Michigan State Board of Trustees is a case in the 6th  Circuit that presents a legal issue similar to that in the case of Weckhorst v. Kansas State University (in which we also joined the amicus brief):  whether a university’s deliberate indifference to...

After watching Judge Brett Kavanaugh at the hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee last Thursday, Women Lawyers On Guard Action Network's Board felt compelled to deliver yet a third letter to all U. S. Senators. WLGAN's first letter outlined the substantive...

A former rape crisis counselor draws on her experience and offers urgent advice to the Senate deliberating on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court: do not brush aside the testimony of sexual assault survivors. Read more here:...

In an insightful op-ed, Ally Coll Steele, President of The Purple Campaign, a non-profit dedicated to eradicating sexual harassment, points out that Senator Grassley must accord Dr. Ford (and any person who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault) of the same...

A contemporary of Brett Kavanaugh's, the essayist explains the culture of rape in the 1980s and what led her to stay silent as a young woman and what happened when she finally spoke up decades later. Read the essay here:...

Monica Hesse, a columnist with the Washington Post, challenges everyone to think deeply about the lesson of the #MeToo movement: believe women. Read her piece here:...