This manual provides strategies for creating, implementing, and institutionalizing task forces on gender bias in the courts. It provides information on data collection, dissemination, how to implement and monitor reforms, and more.
Fairness in the Courts
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Published in the Women's Rights Law Reporter in 1986, this article examines the efforts of our National Judicial Education Program (NJEP) to make understanding gender bias an integral part of American judicial education.
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Published in The Judges Journal in 1985, this article explores three common, sexist stereotypes about women that arise in the courtroom and have the power to shape judicial decision-making.
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Originally published in TRIAL in August 1983, this article examines how gender-based stereotype affect women litigators, who are often evaluated on sexist assumptions rather than their abilities.
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Addressed the Constitutionality of the Violence Against Women Act civil rights remedy.
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Determined whether a viable fetus is a child for purposes of South Carolina's child abuse and child endangerment statute.
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Determined whether the Lautenberg amendment applies to individuals convicted of a "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" with "recklessness" mens rea.
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Concerning the enduring need for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) after being ratified by 3 states post- the 1982 "deadline."
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Determined whether a males-only admission policy at a state-run institution violates the Equal Protection Clause.
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Determined the constitutionality of the Violence Against Women Act's civil rights remedy.
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Determined the right to an innocent tenant defense in public housing to protect innocent tenants from eviction for crimes committed by family or persons known to them.