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Brief For The Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law; Aarp; The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation; The Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center; The National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium; The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People; The National Employment Lawyers Association; The National Partnership For Women And Families; The National Women's Law Center; And Now Legal Defense And Education Fund; As Amici Curiae In Support Of Respondent, Susan Grover, Patricia E. Roberts, Barbara R. Arnwine, Thomas J. Henderson, Michael L. Foreman, Sarah R. Crawford, Audrey Wiggins
Brief For The Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law; Aarp; The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation; The Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center; The National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium; The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People; The National Employment Lawyers Association; The National Partnership For Women And Families; The National Women's Law Center; And Now Legal Defense And Education Fund; As Amici Curiae In Support Of Respondent, Susan Grover, Patricia E. Roberts, Barbara R. Arnwine, Thomas J. Henderson, Michael L. Foreman, Sarah R. Crawford, Audrey Wiggins
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Same Struggle, Different Difference: Ada Accommodations As Antidiscrimination, Michael Ashley Stein
Same Struggle, Different Difference: Ada Accommodations As Antidiscrimination, Michael Ashley Stein
Faculty Publications
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was heralded as an "emancipation proclamation" for people with disabilities, one that would achieve their equality primarily through its reasonable accommodation requirements. Nevertheless, both legal commentators and Supreme Court Justices assert that the ADA's employment mandates distinguish the ADA from earlier antidiscrimination measures, most notably Title VII, because providing accommodations results in something more than equality for the disabled. The Article challenges this prevalent belief by arguing that ADA-mandated accommodations are consistent with other antidiscrimination measures in that each remedies exclusion from employment opportunity by questioning the inherency of established workplace norms, and by …
Book Review Of Gender On Trial: Sexual Stereotypes And Work/Life Balance In The Legal Workplace, Nicole B. Porter
Book Review Of Gender On Trial: Sexual Stereotypes And Work/Life Balance In The Legal Workplace, Nicole B. Porter
Faculty Publications
Holly English's book, Gender on Trial: Sexual Stereotypes and Work/Life Balance in the Legal Workplace, offers a very interesting, albeit mostly anecdotal, look at the many real or perceived sexual stereotypes in the legal workplace. Her book is the result of interviews with 180 lawyers (fifty of them men) over a two-year period in all regions of the country. Her main purpose of the book was to "explore the fact that persistent gender stereotypes present a continuing obstacle that obstructs the availability of broad opinions and choices for men and women lawyers." Through eight substantive chapters, she seeks to explore …
Book Review Of The Home Office And The Dangerous Trades: Regulating Occupational Disease In Victorian And Edwardian Britain, Michael Ashley Stein
Book Review Of The Home Office And The Dangerous Trades: Regulating Occupational Disease In Victorian And Edwardian Britain, Michael Ashley Stein
Faculty Publications
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