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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 – 2022

NWLC Urges Supreme Court in Groff to Revisit Standard for Employees’ Religious Accommodation Requests and Consider Harms to Others

NWLC Files Class Action Lawsuit Ensuring Fertility Benefits for LGBTQ People

NWLC Joins Amicus Urging 11th Circuit Not to Eviscerate Remedies Under Americans with Disabilities Act

NWLC Leads Amicus Brief Challenging Anti-Trans Sports Ban in West Virginia

NWLC Joins Amicus Urging Supreme Court to Continue Protecting Civil Rights Plaintiffs from True Threats

NWLC Joins Amicus to Protect Tenants Experiencing Sexual Harassment

Any Day Now, Extremist Trump-Appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk Could End a Critical Abortion Option for People Nationwide

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NWLC Files Lawsuit Challenging Missouri State Abortion Bans That Violate Church-State Separation

NWLC Files Brief in Support of Student in Jane Doe v. University of Kentucky

NWLC Joins Amicus to Protect Student Athletes’ Access to Class Action Lawsuits: Anders v. CSU Fresno

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NWLC Joins Amicus Brief in Support of Survivor Employees’ Access to the Courts

NWLC Responds to Supreme Court Oral Arguments in 303 Creative, LLC v. Elenis

An LGBTQ Teacher Posted About His Engagement on Facebook. Days Later, He Was Fired.

Don’t Bench Trans Kids

NWLC Leads Nearly 60 Groups in Support of Trans Inclusion in School Sports

NWLC Files Amicus Brief in Support of Equal Pay for Federal Workers

NWLC Joins the ACLU to File Amicus Brief Urging First Circuit Court of Appeals to Uphold Maine’s Strong Equal Pay Act

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Testing Accommodations for Aspiring Lawyers with Disabilities

NWLC Files Amicus Brief in Support of Maine Equal Pay Law

NWLC Files Amicus Brief to Protect Restaurant Workers’ Rights

Businesses Cannot Turn Away LGBTQ Customers by Claiming “Free Speech”

NWLC Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief Supporting Legal Protections for LGBTQ Customers

NWLC Leads Supreme Court Amicus Brief Supporting Race-Conscious Admissions Policies