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NWLC works inside the courtroom to advance gender justice outside the courtroom, from litigating our own cases fighting sex discrimination to filing amicus briefs in others’ cases to protect and expand our rights, and to expand greater awareness of our legal protections that are on the line.

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National Women’s Law Center Litigation Highlights – 2023

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief to Fifth Circuit Supporting Agency Collection of Demographic Data

NWLC Files Amicus Briefs in the Fifth & Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals Supporting the Department of Education’s Title IX Rule

NWLC Files Amicus Brief in the Appellate Court of Maryland Supporting Intersectional Claims under State and Local Law

NWLC Files Amicus Brief Defending Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

NWLC Files Amicus Brief Defending Minnesota Human Rights Law

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief to Supreme Court Supporting Attorney’s Fees for Civil-Rights Plaintiffs

NWLC Sues University of Kansas Health System Over Denial of Emergency Abortion Care

NWLC Releases Statement on Supreme Court Decision in United States v. Rahimi

NWLC Demands CVS Address its Discrimination and Refusal to Dispense Miscarriage Management Medication

NWLC Joins Lawsuit Defending Trans Inclusion in College Sports

NWLC Leads Survivor Advocates’ Amicus Brief Urging DC’s Highest Court to Uphold DC’s Anti-SLAPP Law

NWLC JOINS AMICUS BRIEF URGING SCOTUS TO NOT ALLOW CITIES TO PUNISH PEOPLE FOR THEIR STATUS OF EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief Urging En Banc Ninth Circuit Panel Not to Expand Doctrine That Could Allow Religious Entities To Avoid Liability For Violating Critical Rights

Amicus Briefs Filed in Support of EMTALA, the Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion, in Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States

NWLC Files Amicus Brief in Support of Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion

NWLC Joins Amicus to Protect Tenants Experiencing Sexual Harassment

Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States: The Supreme Court Will Decide If States Can Block Pregnant People from Getting Emergency Abortion Care.

NWLC Joins Brief Combatting Unequal Funding for Black Women-Owned Businesses

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief Supporting the Family of Henrietta Lacks in New Lawsuit

NWLC Joins Brief Defending Conviction of Harvey Weinstein

NWLC Submits Amicus Brief to Protect Access to Women’s Preventive Services Without Cost-Sharing

Women Truck Drivers File Class Action Charging Major Trucking Company with Gender Discrimination in Hiring and Training Practices

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief to Protect Indiana Minors’ Access to Gender-Affirming Health Care