Practice Area ; Gender & Sexual Violence
Online Abroad, and Beyond Title IX’s Reach?
Inside Higher EdThe Younger Victims of Sexual Violence in School
The AtlanticLGBT Groups Tell State Leaders: Protect Your Trans Students
The Daily BeastStates urged to ensure bathroom access for trans kids under Title IX
The Washington BladeAdvocacy groups urge states to protect transgender students
The Boston HeraldLegal and Civil Rights Advocates Call on State Education Officials to Protect Transgender Students
In a letter to state education officials in all 50 states, a coalition of legal and civil rights advocates says federal law and the U.S. Constitution mandate that schools provide transgender students with equal educational opportunities—which includes providing access to facilities and programs consistent with…
Jessica Simpkins to Receive Illuminating Injustice Award
Jessica Simpkins, a rape survivor who sued her church for willfully ignoring a pastor’s history of sexual assault, will receive Public Justice’s 2017 Illuminating Injustice Award. In 2008, 15-year-old Jessica was twice raped by her pastor at Sunbury Grace Brethren Church in Ohio. Unbeknownst…