Robinson v. Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc., 760 F.Supp. 1486 (Dist. Court, MD Florida 1991)
Legal Momentum prevailed in this precedent-setting 1991 case, which determined the definition of a hostile work environment under Title VII. A Florida district court judge ruled that "pictures of nude and partially nude women" posted throughout the workplace constitute sexual harassment. Available here is the agrument submitted to the United State Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
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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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Incorporated as a non-profit on March 16, 1970, we were started by the founders and earliest members of the National Organization of Women (NOW) to help eliminate sex discrimination through legal action and education.