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Anti-Discrimination Ethics Rules And The Legal Profession, Micahel Ariens
Anti-Discrimination Ethics Rules And The Legal Profession, Micahel Ariens
Hofstra Law Review
The article focuses on goals of the rules of ethics applicable to lawyers from the American Bar Association's (ABA's) 1908 Canons of Professional Ethics, through its 1983 Model Rules of Professional Conduct. It mentions efforts are a response to the ABA's adoption in 2016 of Model Rule 8.4(g), an anti-discrimination (and anti-harassment) rule. It also mentions harassment or discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, and national origin.]
Pennsylvania Lawyers Behaving Badly: Is 8.4(G) A Solution?, Ellen Brotman, Amy Coco
Pennsylvania Lawyers Behaving Badly: Is 8.4(G) A Solution?, Ellen Brotman, Amy Coco
Hofstra Law Review
The article focuses on American Bar Association (ABA) adopted Model Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(g), broadening the definition of attorney misconduct. It mentions affirmative rules or comments to Rule 8.4(d)2 that already reflected these values, few states defined attorney misconduct to include discrimination and sexual harassment. It also mentions Greenberg v. Haggerty, a federal court declared that the rule violated the First Amendment.
An Act For All Contexts: Incorporating The Pregnancy Discrimination Act Into Title Ix To Help Pregnant Students Gain And Retain Access To Education, Kendra Fershee
Hofstra Law Review
Few would agree that pregnancy discrimination is a tolerable by-product of a modern society. Yet there is at least one segment of society where pregnancy discrimination can thrive - federally funded schools. Even though Title IX was passed in 1972 to bar discrimination in school based on sex, it is quite possible for schools to discriminate based on pregnancy with little impunity. Worse, those who suffer the discrimination cannot sue for the harms they suffered in federal court, nor can they seek monetary redress, even if they were financially harmed by the discrimination.
The status of Supreme Court precedent, coupled …
Fostering Capacity, Equality, And Responsibility (And Single-Sex Education): In Honor Of Linda Mcclain, Martha Minow
Fostering Capacity, Equality, And Responsibility (And Single-Sex Education): In Honor Of Linda Mcclain, Martha Minow
Hofstra Law Review
No abstract provided.
Comparing Race And Sex Discrimination In Custody Cases, Katharine T. Bartlett
Comparing Race And Sex Discrimination In Custody Cases, Katharine T. Bartlett
Hofstra Law Review
In her article Prof. Bartlett focuses on race and sex, not where they cross, but what they look like side by side using child custody as a starting point for a more detailed assessment of the similarities and differences between sex and race discrimination. The author focuses on the operation of, and attempts to eliminate, race and sex discrimination in child custody law, using a methodology of moving back and forth between examples of race discrimination and sex discrimination, showing how looking at one in relation to the other contributes to a better understanding of both.
Constitutional Adjudication In The United States As A Means Of Advancing The Equal Stature Of Men And Women Under The Law, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Constitutional Adjudication In The United States As A Means Of Advancing The Equal Stature Of Men And Women Under The Law, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Hofstra Law Review
No abstract provided.
Protective Exclusion In The Vdt Workplace, Why Alternatives Are Needed, Leslie Ann Berkoff
Protective Exclusion In The Vdt Workplace, Why Alternatives Are Needed, Leslie Ann Berkoff
Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal
No abstract provided.