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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.
Help End Sexual Misconduct and Harassment in the Legal Profession
Women Lawyers on Guard Inc. is determined to address sexual harassment in the Legal Profession. Progress has been made, but clearly more needs to...
Preliminary Injunction Against Administration’s Contraceptive Rules: Amicus Brief Quoted
The judges in both the cases in California and Pennsylvania have issued preliminary injunctions against the administration's rules that would have...
Women’s Constitutional Right to Contraception is Under Attack. WLG Signs onto Amicus Briefs in Two Important Cases
WLG signed onto Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey v Donald J. Trump, et al., in the US District Court for the Eastern District...
WaPo editorial supports new Me Too law for Congress
Congress finally passed a bipartisan bill to improve the procedure for addressing sexual harassment claims. (House and Senate members will have to...
Congress passes Me Too legislation
An important update in the Me Too era: legislation to overhaul the handling of sexual harassment claims in Congress was passed by both chambers....
Congress stalls on Me Too legislation
The gains of the Me Too movement have stalled in Congress as it tries to regulate its own workplace. Read more here:...
WLG Joins Another Important Amicus Brief
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...
WLGAN Delivers Third Letter re: Kavanaugh to Senate
After watching Judge Brett Kavanaugh at the hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee last Thursday, Women Lawyers On Guard Action Network's...
What a Rape Crisis Counselor Wants the Senate To Know
A former rape crisis counselor draws on her experience and offers urgent advice to the Senate deliberating on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the...
Sen. Grassley should follow his own recommendations on sexual harassment investigations
In an insightful op-ed, Ally Coll Steele, President of The Purple Campaign, a non-profit dedicated to eradicating sexual harassment, points out that...
Powerful essay about staying silent, and speaking up
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...
The lesson of #MeToo: Believe women
Monica Hesse, a columnist with the Washington Post, challenges everyone to think deeply about the lesson of the #MeToo movement: believe women. Read...