Public Justice

Public Justice

Public Justice

Public Justice

Attorneys’ Resources & Materials

Lessons in Equality

We provide critical resources for students, parents, families and advocates. From the latest information to help to legal advocates represent students and families to resources for students to learn about their rights under the law, we are constantly updating our library of tools and resources.

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Resources

Read our list of bullying verdicts and settlements in K-12 harassment & bullying cases (updated twice per year, most recently in Winter 2023)
Read our primer on litigating bullying cases (2017).
Read our guide on How to Evaluate a School Bullying Case (2019)
Read Bullying and the Law, our guide for parents produced in collaboration with The BULLY Project.
Read Adele Kimmel’s Yale Law Journal feature Title IX: An Imperfect but Vital Tool To Stop Bullying of LGBT Students (May 2016)
Read Adele Kimmel and Nancy Willard’s Trial magazine article Cyberbullying, From Schoolhouse to Courthouse (January 2018) discussing schools’ responsibility to address cyberbullying
Read Adele Kimmel’s paper on K-12 Campus Sexual Assault (2015)

Public Letters & Comments

Read our comments with the National Women’s Law Center (2017) to the Department of Education on Title IX, sexual assault, and fairness in student discipline.
Read our response to Secretary Betsy DeVos’s rollback of Title IX protections (2017)
Read our demand that Secretary Betsy DeVos withdraw false claims about sexual assault cases (2018)
Read our letter written with the National Women’s Law Center and 35 other organizations (2018) to Secretary DeVos demanding that the Department of Education investigate sexual abuse at Ohio State University
Read our letter written with the National Women’s Law Center and 110 other organizations (2018) demanding that the Trump administration and the Department of Health and Human Services not follow through on proposals to erase transgender, non-binary, and intersex people from civil rights protections by narrowing the legal definition of sex to exclude their experiences and existence.
Read our comments to the Department of Education (2019) opposing proposed Title IX rules on sexual harassment.
Read our letter written with the National Women’s Law Center and five other organizations (2019) to the House Committee on Education & Labor urging the inclusion of legislation addressing campus sexual assault prevention and response in the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
Read our letter written with five ally organizations (2019) urging Congress to adopt a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act that takes meaningful steps to promote campus safety and protect student survivors of sexual violence.
Read our comments to the Department of Education (2020) opposing a proposed rule that would significantly expand Title IX’s limited exemption for religious schools.
Read our letter written with the National Center for Transgender Equality with more than 50 ally organizations (2020) to Idaho Gov. Brad Little opposing legislation that would ban transgender student athletes from participating in sports.
Read our letter written with The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights with more than 230 ally organizations (2020) to Members of Congress calling on them to co-sponsor the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act.
Read our letter written with the National Women’s Law Center with more than 100 ally organizations (2020) to the Biden-Harris transition team calling on them to strengthen Title IX enforcement, listen to survivors and students about their experiences, and address sexual harassment in schools.
Read our letter written with GLSEN with more than 20 ally organizations (2021) to Members of Congress calling on them to co-sponsor the State Taskforce Opportunity Program (STOP) Bullying Act.
Read our letter written with The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights with 40 ally organizations (2021) to Senators asking them to support the confirmation of Miguel Cardona as the next U.S. Secretary of Education.
Read our letter written with the National Women’s Law Center with more than 20 ally organizations (2021) urging South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to veto legislation that attacks transgender student-athletes.
Read our letter written with the National Women’s Law Center with more than 80 organizations (2021) to the Senate Judiciary Committee, strongly endorsing the passage of the Equality Act.
Read our letter written with the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and The Kennedy Forum with more than 90 organizations (2021) to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona urging the Department of Education to issue guidance that supports schools to prioritize supplemental funding from the American Rescue Plan Act for mental health services and supports as students return to in-person learning.
Read our letter written with The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights with more than 50 ally organizations (2021) to the U.S. Department of Education with recommendations on strengthening and issuing new guidance to ensure nondiscrimination of students in the context of school discipline.
Read our open letter written with The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights with more than 60 ally organizations (2021) calling for the full inclusion of transgender students in all educational opportunities.
Read our public comment letter written with GLSEN with more than 85 ally organizations (2021) to the U.S. Department of Education with recommendations on Title IX regulations.
Read our statement written with the National Women’s Law Center with more than 100 ally organizations (2022) in support of transgender youth in Texas.
Read our statement with the National Women’s Law Center (2022) urging Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt to veto a bathroom ban bill that discriminates against transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students.
Read our letter with the National Women’s Law Center (2022) urging President Biden to release a Title IX NPRM by the 50th Anniversary on June 23, 2022.
Read our letter with the National Women’s Law Center (2022) urging President Biden to swiftly release a Title IX athletics rule that would ensure all students, including transgender, non-binary, and intersex students, can participate fully and equally in school sports.
Read our comment with the National Women’s Law Center (2022) to the Department of Education in response to the proposed Title IX regulations.
Read our letter with The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (2022) urging the Department of Education and Department of Justice to update and publish guidance under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify that all students have the right to be free from racial discrimination in the administration of school discipline.
Read our letter with the National Women’s Law Center (2023) opposing H.R. 734, “The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023,” which would enshrine discrimination against transgender students trying to participate in school sports consistent with their gender identity.

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