NWLC In The Press

Republicans Confirm Another One Of Trump’s Personal Attorneys To A Federal Court Seat

Alison Gill, director of nominations and democracy at the National Women’s Law Center, went further, calling Smith a “corrupt” nominee and “dangerous for our democracy.” “In his work as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, he insisted...

Baltimore Legal Aid Group Smacked Down In Fight Over Trans Worker Protections

The court granted the EEOC’s motion to dismiss, holding that the lawsuit targeted discretionary enforcement decisions and that FreeState had not shown an injury that a federal court could fix. The memorandum opinion in Civil...

Education Dept. plans to move special ed and civil rights out of the agency

"The illegal transfer of these offices that offer critical services is alarming," said Shiwali Patel, senior director of education justice at the National Women's Law Center. "With this move, the Trump administration would be systematically...

ED Shifts Some Civil Rights Enforcement to Justice Department

Advocates for students with disabilities and civil rights organizations have warned for months that moving either office to another federal agency could put students at risk. “The illegal transfer of these offices that offer critical...

Trump to shift more programs out of Education Department in latest move to shutter agency

Shiwali Patel, senior director of education justice at the National Women’s Law Center, called the moves “a clear violation of the Department of Education Organization Act that Congress passed decades ago.” “To say that moving...

Judge tosses lawsuit challenging civil rights agency’s pullback on transgender workplace protections

Liz Theran, senior director of litigation for education and workplace justice at the National Women’s Law Center, said the organization is reviewing the decision, and “considering our options. Regardless of the outcome of this case,...

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