Our Issues - Women Lawyers on Guard
Women Lawyers On Guard is a national non-partisan organization harnessing the power of lawyers and the law in coordination with other organizations to preserve, protect, and defend the democratic values of equality, justice, and opportunity for all.
WLG Letters to the Editor in the Washington Post
In connection with Justice Ginsburg's passing, the Washington Post published two letters written by WLG directors Cory Amron and Lorelie Masters,...
WLG mourns RBG
Although she stood only 5'1", we lost a giant. Strategic and skilled in advocacy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a stalwart advocate for gender equality...
Women Partners Make 53% Less Than Men
Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network, Did you know that women law firm partners in the Am Law 200 make 53% less than male partners? Major Lindsey...
Kamala Harris: WE HAVE HER BACK!
Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network (WLGAN) is galvanized at the historic selection of Senator Kamala Harris for Vice President! Her...
What To Do With Your Outrage
WLG/WLGAN is all about turning outrage and anger into action. In the wake of another outrageous killing of a Black man, George Floyd, and the...
WLG signs onto critical abortion Supreme Court brief
WLG signed onto an amicus brief that has just been filed in the Supreme Court in the case of June Medical Services LLC v. Gee. This is an...
Please take our survey to help us address the gender gap!
A gender pay gap has been documented in numerous studies. We need your assistance to support certain laws that are trying to address this gap, but...
A new era for the ERA: Conference
Women Lawyers On Guard Action Network Inc. is co-sponsoring a conference on the Equal Rights Amendment in Richmond, VA, on Saturday, October 26,...
Is Coming Forward Worth It? Reporting Sexual Assault
This New York magazine article examines the consequences of coming forward to report sexual assault or harassment. The cost to women survivors comes...
WLG Signs Onto Four “Public Charge” Amicus Briefs
Women Lawyers on Guard signed onto four amicus briefs on the subject of who is a "public charge," including La Clinica de la Raza v. Trump; State of...
WLG Joins Important Amicus Brief on Rape Reporting
Women Lawyers On Guard just signed onto an amicus brief in Kesterson v Kent State University, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Cir. At issue is who, at a...
WLGAN Advocates For the ERA
On April 30th, a House Judiciary Subcommittee held hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment for the first time in 36 years. Wasting no time, Women...