What’s at Stake Whether school employees, including faculty, coaches, and staff, can vindicate their rights under Title IX to be free from sex discrimination in their employment. Case Summary MaChelle Joseph served as head women’s basketball coach at Georgia Tech. She repeatedly complained that the university provided her program with inferior resources compared to the…
What’s at stake Protections for pregnant and postpartum students Summary In 2024, the U.S. Department of Education published new Title IX regulations. The regulations covered a range of topics, including the rights of LGBTQ+ students, sexual harassment victims, and pregnant and postpartum students. Protections for this last group included explicit rights to lactation breaks in…
What’s at stake Protections for pregnant and postpartum students Summary In 2024, the U.S. Department of Education published new Title IX regulations. The regulations covered a range of topics, including the rights of LGBTQ+ students, sexual harassment victims, and pregnant and postpartum students. Protections for this last group included explicit rights to lactation breaks in…
Megan Roe and Jane Doe are 11- and 15-year-old girls who want to try out for their schools’ girls’ volleyball, soccer, and cross-country teams. But a new Arizona law would prevent them from doing so because they are transgender. They challenged the law in court, and Public Justice joined an amicus brief in support of…
In 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance about discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Two Texas-based doctors filed a lawsuit challenging that guidance, arguing that healthcare providers can lawfully discriminate against LGBTQ patients, so long as they equally mistreat both “biological men” and “biological women.” Public Justice filed…
Zara Moss was a four-time All-American athlete on Penn State’s Division I fencing team, and a former Olympic prospect But she was forced to give up the sport she loved. Why? Because for years, Penn State ignored gender-based harassment and abuse by its head fencing coach, Wieslaw Glon. Zara sued Penn State and Glon in…
This was a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by Dr. Jenny Conviser, an accomplished psychotherapist, and her company, Ascend. For over a decade, Dr. Conviser and her companies were DePaul University’s mental health resource for student-athletes and athletics staff. But when Dr. Conviser spoke up about Title IX abuses and encouraged others to do the…
We represent Kamaria Downs, a graduate of South Carolina’s Claflin University, who was forced by university officials to vacate her dormitory and move off campus during her senior year because she was pregnant. The university had a policy that prohibited that prohibited pregnant students from living on campus after their first trimester. It also required…