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All schools that receive money from the federal government must follow Title IX. This includes:
1. Fill out this form. Here is more information about the form and our process. Please note that we will not see your form unless you answer all required questions and click “submit” on the last page.
2. If your situation involves sex discrimination or harassment in education, at we will send you the names of three attorneys in the Legal Network for Gender Equity who work in your state (even if they don’t live in your state).
3. You are responsible for reaching out to the attorneys to set up a call or meeting.
4. Attorneys in our network do a first consultation for free with anyone coming through our network. At that consultation you can talk about what happened to you and discuss your options.
5. After the free first call or meeting, you may want to hire the attorney. Some of the attorneys may offer free or low-cost services.
6. You can look here for additional resources.
7. If you need help filling out the form or have questions, please contact us at [email protected] or call us at (202) 319-3053.
School complaint: You may want to file a complaint at school against the person who mistreated you. Check your school’s policies to see if there is a deadline for filing a complaint.
OCR complaint: You may want to file a complaint against your school with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). An OCR complaint must be filed within 180 days of the date of the discrimination.
Lawsuit: You want to file a lawsuit against your school. In general, the deadline for filing a Title IX lawsuit ranges from 1 to 6 years, depending on your state. Some states have a longer deadline for sexual assault or for other legal claims. An attorney can help you determine whether you have a Title IX claim or another legal claims against your school and the deadlines.
The Legal Network for Gender Equity and the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund are housed at and administered by the National Women’s Law Center Fund, LLC.
By providing this information to you, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and the National Women’s Law Center Fund (NWLCF) are not becoming your attorneys. Filling in the form also does not mean that NWLC or NWLCF is becoming your attorney. Providing information to NWLC or NWLCF will not create an attorney-client relationship unless NWLC/NWLCF expressly agrees to represent you.
The Legal Network for Gender Equity provides the names of attorneys for informational purposes only. By providing contact information of attorneys, the Legal Network for Gender Equity is not endorsing, approving, vouching for, or recommending the attorneys or groups listed. We cannot guarantee that any of the attorneys will agree to represent you or that if they do, you will have a positive result in your case. And it is important to note that just because an attorney was successful in other cases does not guarantee the same outcome for your case.
We will keep the information you provide in the form confidential to the extent allowed by law.
Please use the form to request assistance. Please do not come to our office to request assistance; we do not conduct in-person interviews.
If you have questions, please email us at [email protected] or call (202) 319-3053.