LM in Action Newsletters
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Subscribe NowOur LM in Action Series highlights the work of our organization. This national newsletter provides an interesting and challenging look at current legal and political issues critical to the advancement of women and girls. Stay up to date with the changes that lie ahead in the struggle for women's rights.
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May 2023
- Last week Legal Momentum filed a public comment expressing support for the Department of Education’s proposed rule prohibiting categorical bans against transgender, nonbinary and intersex students participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity.
- You can read Legal Momentum’s comment here.
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May 2023
- This week, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill referred to as S653/A343 into law, officially making sexual extortion a crime in the state.
- Since 2017 we have supported at least 19 bills that aim to update state laws to close loopholes in our laws that leave survivors with no way to seek accountability.
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May 2023
- Read our coverage in Ms. Magazine and Bloomberg Law about the Counterman v. Colorado Supreme Court case and why it's important for survivors of stalking and gender-based violence
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May 2023
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April 2023
Counterman v. Colorado: Implications for Survivors
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April 2023
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April 2023
- Highlights of Legal Momentum's work in March, including recognition of Women's Equal Pay Day, our client's story published in New York Magazine about being drug-tested without her knowledge or consent during labor, and our support of legislation to raise and index the minimum wage.
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March 2023
- Read Deputy Legal Director and Senior Attorney for Economic Empowerment, Seher Khawaja's, Op-Ed published in JURIST about the need for courts to chart a course forward that moves away from history and centers around principles of human rights and equity
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March 2023
- LM reflects on Women's History Month by recognizing the work we've done, and are still doing, to close the gender pay gap including:
- Pay transparency;
- Salary history bans;
- Raising and indexing the minimum wage;
- and raising pay in low-wage female-dominated industries
- LM reflects on Women's History Month by recognizing the work we've done, and are still doing, to close the gender pay gap including:
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March 2023
- Coverage of Legal Momentum's client Terisa in NY Mag detailing her experience being drug-tested without her consent during labor and subsequently facing an invasive child protective services investigation
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March 2023
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February 2023
- The Rights Now! Peer Educators have spent the last three months learning about their legal protections related to gender discrimination and gender-based violence.
- They are hosting three remote Title IX Trivia Night + Info Sessions at the end of this month: Monday, 2/27, Tuesday, 2/28, and Wednesday, 3/1 from 7-8pm. Register for the event here if you would like to learn more about Title IX’s impact on campus.
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