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Pregnancy Discrimination Under Tide Ix: Compliance Concerns At Law Schools, Liani Balasuriya Jan 2016

Pregnancy Discrimination Under Tide Ix: Compliance Concerns At Law Schools, Liani Balasuriya

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The article examines the protection of pregnant law students under Title IX and highlights significant gaps in compliance and enforcement within law schools. Despite Title IX's prohibition of pregnancy discrimination, the lack of data and inconsistent policies at law schools raise concerns about the adequacy of protections for pregnant students. The analysis advocates for improved data collection, clearer policies, and stronger accountability measures to ensure equitable treatment of pregnant law students.


It’S Time For The Fourth Circuit To Rethink Deshaney, Dale Margolin Cecka Jan 2016

It’S Time For The Fourth Circuit To Rethink Deshaney, Dale Margolin Cecka

Law Faculty Publications

In 2015, the Fourth Circuit heard Doe v. Rosa, in which the parent plaintiffs sought to extend civil liability to the Citadel’s president, for failing to protect their minor sons from sex abuse inflicted by one of the Citadel’s employees. In dismissing the matter, the Fourth Circuit followed precedent set by the Supreme Court years ago in Deshaney. This interpretation of Deshaney, however, is no longer valid in light of the growing number of sexual misconduct cases involving educational institutions. Strictly applying Deshaney encourages schools to place their interests higher than the security of their students. In …


America Is Slowly Awakening To The Structural Unfairness In Our Criminal Justice System, Mary Kelly Tate Jan 2016

America Is Slowly Awakening To The Structural Unfairness In Our Criminal Justice System, Mary Kelly Tate

Law Faculty Publications

Review of Bryan Stevenson's book, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, published by Spiegal & Grau in 2014.


Why Insurance Contracts Might Be The Trick To Police Reform, John F. Preis Jan 2016

Why Insurance Contracts Might Be The Trick To Police Reform, John F. Preis

Law Faculty Publications

How do lawsuits deter misconduct? That is an issue that Professor Joanna Schwartz has written about before, and her latest article on the topic, How Governments Pay: Lawsuits, Budgets and Police Reform, could not be more timely. Over the past year, our county has witnessed dramatic instances of police abuse and the public is understandably demanding reform. Schwartz’s terrific article explains why civil rights actions may fail to instigate reform, and suggests how insurance contracts, of all things, can play a role in fixing this problem.


Diversity Without Integration, Kevin Woodson Jan 2016

Diversity Without Integration, Kevin Woodson

Law Faculty Publications

The de facto racial segregation pervasive at colleges and universities across the country undermines a necessary precondition for the diversity benefits embraced by the Court in Grutter — the requirement that students partake in high-quality interracial interactions and social relationships with one another. This disjuncture between Grutter’s vision of universities as sites of robust cross-racial exchange and the reality of racial separation should be of great concern, not just because of its potential constitutional implications for affirmative action but also because it reifies racial hierarchy and reinforces inequality. Drawing from an extensive body of social science research, this article explains …


Expanding The Core: Pregnancy Discrimination Law As It Approaches Full Term, Joanna L. Grossman Jan 2016

Expanding The Core: Pregnancy Discrimination Law As It Approaches Full Term, Joanna L. Grossman

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

The advocates behind the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) of 1978 had one very specific mission: to override the Supreme Court’s 1976 decision in General Electric v. Gilbert, in which it had curiously held that pregnancy discrimination had nothing to do with gender and was thus not a form of actionable sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Court was not acting on a blank slate; it had used the same reasoning two years earlier to hold, in Geduldig v. Aiello, that pregnancy discrimination was not sex discrimination for equal protection purposes and therefore was …


Redskins: The Property Right To Racism, M. Alexander Pearl Jan 2016

Redskins: The Property Right To Racism, M. Alexander Pearl

Faculty Articles

Everyone has an opinion, from President Obama to Matthew McConaughey, about the Washington football team name. This Article comprehensively analyzes the legal and social issues surrounding the mascot controversy. I focus my inquiry on the interaction of trademark law and Indian law. I offer three primary contributions in this Article. First, the current mainstream conception of harm caused by the team name is subjective, and I argue that the harm caused by the team name and logo is objective, testable, and demonstrable. Psychological research shows that these images harm Native people. Second, the remedies offered by the Lanham Act are …


Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter Jan 2016

Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Demystifying Toxic Workplaces: Transforming A Worker's Right-To-Know To A Right-To-Understand By Expanding Epcra, Eun Jin Kim Jan 2016

Demystifying Toxic Workplaces: Transforming A Worker's Right-To-Know To A Right-To-Understand By Expanding Epcra, Eun Jin Kim

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


A Different Kind Of Privacy: "Bathroom Bills" And The Rights Of Transgender People In Public Spaces, Sarah Nagy Jan 2016

A Different Kind Of Privacy: "Bathroom Bills" And The Rights Of Transgender People In Public Spaces, Sarah Nagy

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Same-Sex Families And Adoption Discrimination Post Marriage Equality, Joel Viramontes-Gallegos Jan 2016

Same-Sex Families And Adoption Discrimination Post Marriage Equality, Joel Viramontes-Gallegos

Public Interest Law Reporter

With the major judicial holding of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court of the United States legally recognized same sex-marriage. Advocates of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community celebrated in the granting of what many deemed a fundamental right. Now, with the ability to freely marry, same-sex couples are looking to grow their family through adoption, with some adoption agencies seeing a slight increase in upwards of 700 applicants a month. This article will address the legal challenges, and proposed solutions, to expanding American same-sex couples' legal rights to adopt children outside of the United States.


Nothing Is Ever Black & White: The Criminal Justice System And Its Expansion Into "Criminal Alien" Enforcement, Yolanda Vázquez Jan 2016

Nothing Is Ever Black & White: The Criminal Justice System And Its Expansion Into "Criminal Alien" Enforcement, Yolanda Vázquez

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


The Final Frontier Of The Privatization Of Public Housing: The Rental Assistance Demonstration Program, Ji Hwang Jan 2016

The Final Frontier Of The Privatization Of Public Housing: The Rental Assistance Demonstration Program, Ji Hwang

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Chicago Has The Blueprint For Lasting Police Accountability Reform, But Can The City Build The Future It Needs?, Austin Spillar Jan 2016

Chicago Has The Blueprint For Lasting Police Accountability Reform, But Can The City Build The Future It Needs?, Austin Spillar

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


State Challenges To Refugee Resettlement, Anthony E. Wadas Jan 2016

State Challenges To Refugee Resettlement, Anthony E. Wadas

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Dismantling The School-To-Prison Pipeline: Whether Senate Bill 100 Will Address Problems Specific To Students With Learning Disabilities, Adrien Fernandez Jan 2016

Dismantling The School-To-Prison Pipeline: Whether Senate Bill 100 Will Address Problems Specific To Students With Learning Disabilities, Adrien Fernandez

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Solitary Confinement Banned In Federal Juvenile System, Bethany Dixon Jan 2016

Solitary Confinement Banned In Federal Juvenile System, Bethany Dixon

Public Interest Law Reporter

In January, President Obama banned solitary confinement - the confinement of a prisoner in a cell for virtually the entire day without environmental stimulation and limited opportunity for social interaction - for juveniles in the federal prison system. In his announcement, he stated that solitary confinement has been overused and has the potential to cause tremendous psychological consequences. His decision came after a review by the Justice Department. The report stated that the practice of solitary confinement reduces the chances that a prisoner can be eventually rehabilitated to society. This article will examine the anticipated impact of the President's executive …


Reparations For Descendants Of American Slaves: The Recurring Clarion Call That Emerges From Race-Based, Social, And Political Movements, Erika C. Weaver Jan 2016

Reparations For Descendants Of American Slaves: The Recurring Clarion Call That Emerges From Race-Based, Social, And Political Movements, Erika C. Weaver

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter Jan 2016

Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Retired With Nothing To Retire On: A Proposal For Social Security Credits For The Burge Exonerees, Katie Burnett Jan 2016

Retired With Nothing To Retire On: A Proposal For Social Security Credits For The Burge Exonerees, Katie Burnett

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


The Death Row Ten: Interrupting Illinois' Death Machine, Alice Kim Jan 2016

The Death Row Ten: Interrupting Illinois' Death Machine, Alice Kim

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


The Struggle For Reparations In The Burge Torture Cases: The Grassroots Struggle That Could, Joey L. Mogul Jan 2016

The Struggle For Reparations In The Burge Torture Cases: The Grassroots Struggle That Could, Joey L. Mogul

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Why We Need Community Control Of The Police, Larry Redmond Jan 2016

Why We Need Community Control Of The Police, Larry Redmond

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Black People Against Police Torture: The Importance Of Building A People-Centered Human Rights Movement, Vickie Casanova Willis, Standish E. Willis Jan 2016

Black People Against Police Torture: The Importance Of Building A People-Centered Human Rights Movement, Vickie Casanova Willis, Standish E. Willis

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter Jan 2016

Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


In Defense Of The Closed Primary, Bethany Dixon Jan 2016

In Defense Of The Closed Primary, Bethany Dixon

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Cyberbullying And The Victims Of Modern Technology, Wafeek Elafifi Jan 2016

Cyberbullying And The Victims Of Modern Technology, Wafeek Elafifi

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Voter Identification Laws And The 2016 Election, Conor Grealish Jan 2016

Voter Identification Laws And The 2016 Election, Conor Grealish

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


The Pursuit Of Equitable Access To Reproductive Healthcare In The United States, Alexandra Lehr Jan 2016

The Pursuit Of Equitable Access To Reproductive Healthcare In The United States, Alexandra Lehr

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Continuing Barriers To Equal Educational Opportunities For Students With Disabilities, Joanna Pawlowska Jan 2016

Continuing Barriers To Equal Educational Opportunities For Students With Disabilities, Joanna Pawlowska

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.