TANF Sanctions Harm the Nation’s Neediest Families
A new report by Legal Momentum demonstrates the serious harm financial sanctions cause Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients. These penalties are very common and many are imposed erroneously or for extremely minor violations, burdening the nation’s neediest families with even greater hardship. More »

Reforming America's Immigration Laws: A Woman's Struggle
As Comprehensive Immigration Reform efforts continue to languish and while Arizona’s SB 1070 serves as a potential model for other states, undocumented immigrants remain targeted. Yet within this broader landscape, immigrant women often remain invisible and forgotten. In Reforming America’s Immigration Laws: A Women’s Struggle, Legal Momentum’s Senior Staff Attorney Kavitha Sreeharsha, outlines the many ways in which women’s voices must be drawn into the immigration debate. More »

08/24/2010 The GEORGETOWN JOURNAL OF GENDER AND THE LAW recently published its 2010 Symposium Issue featuring Legal Momentum’s long history of advocacy for women victims of violence and its leadership in passing the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). More »

08/06/2010 Legal Momentum hails the historic confirmation of Elena Kagan to serve as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. More »

Equal Opportunity Awards Dinner
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Please join us for our annual Equal Opportunity Awards Dinner, celebrating enlightened corporate leadership on behalf of women and girls. More »

On the Cutting Edge: Future Directions of Gender and Sexuality Law
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Lynn Hecht Schafran, Senior Vice President of Legal Momentum and Director of the National Judicial Education Program (NJEP), served as a panelist for "On the Cutting Edge: Future Directions of Gender and Sexuality Law" at Columbia Law School's 2010 Reunion. More »

Aiming High 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Join us for our annual Aiming High awards luncheon, celeberating remarkable women whose leadership has broken new ground for women in business. More »