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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 – 2024

To Mark 100 Days, NWLC Launches New Project 2025 Resource, Vows to Keep Fighting Trump’s Anti-Woman Agenda

NWLC Seeks to Defend the Biden Title IX Rule

Enough “Awareness” about Sexual Assault. Survivors Need Real Justice.

NWLC Joins Amicus Briefs in Support of Law Firms Resisting Retaliatory Trump Executive Orders

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief on Disability Discrimination in Medical Decision-Making

NWLC Signs Onto Brief Defending Privacy of Reproductive Healthcare Records

NWLC Files Lawsuit to Hold Hospital Accountable for Discriminatory Refusal to Provide Emergency Abortion Care

NWLC Files Complaint Against Providence St. Joseph Hospital for Refusal to Provide Emergency Abortion Care

NWLC Makes Second Move to Protect Student Survivors and Title IX Rule Safeguards

NWLC Amicus Brief Urges New York Appeals Court to Protect Sexual Assault Survivors from Meritless Retaliatory Lawsuits

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court Defending Medicaid Patients’ Right to Choose Their Health Care Providers

NWLC Leads Amicus Brief to the Fourth Circuit Defending Prisoners Rights to Be Free From Shackling Before, During, and After Childbirth and to Access Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Regardless of Pregnancy Status

NWLC Moves to Defend Title IX Protections for Student Survivors

All The Ways The Supreme Court Could Impact Gender Justice This Term, Explained (And What We’re Doing About It)

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court Defending the Affordable Care Act’s Expert-Recommended Preventive Health Care Services Coverage Requirement

NWLC & Civil Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration to Challenge Anti-DEI Executive Orders

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NWLC Joins Amicus Brief Highlighting the Importance of History and Context in Discrimination Cases

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief to Support Home Care Workers’ Rights to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay

New Hampshire’s Unconstitutional School Censorship Law Threatens Teachers and Students

NWLC Files Amicus Brief Fighting Censorship in Schools

NWLC Files Amicus Brief in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals In Support of Workplace Harassment Victims’ Right to Their Day in Court

NWLC Files Amicus Brief Supporting the Department of Education’s Title IX Rule

NWLC Files Amicus Brief Defending EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment