The Legal Network for Gender Equity hosted a webinar, “Navigating Change: Challenges and Triumphs in Sex Discrimination Law in 2025,” on December 4, 2025.    

This webinar featured: 

  • direct insights from attorneys at National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) on navigating emerging legal challenges and opportunities. 
  • major legal and policy developments from the past year impacting sex discrimination law affecting students, workers, and people seeking health care. 
  • key legislative and litigation trends, including landmark case victories. 

Speakers: 

  • Michelle Banker (she/her), Senior Director of Reproductive Rights and Health Litigation, NWLC 
  • Brian Dittmeier (he/him), Director of LGBTQI+ Equality, NWLC 
  • Lauren Khouri (she/her), Senior Director of Workplace Equality, NWLC 
  • Shiwali Patel (she/her), Senior Director for Education Justice, NWLC 
  • Lizzy Vogel (she/her), Senior Counsel, Legal Network for Gender Equity & TIMES UP Legal Defense Fund, NWLC (Moderator) 

 

Copies of the slides are available for download on this page.     

These webinars and the accompanying materials have been prepared for attorneys in NWLC’s Legal Network for Gender Equity and for informational purposes only.  The provision of this material does not create an attorney-client relationship between any attorney at NWLC and the reader and does not constitute legal advice. Organizations and individuals are encouraged to contact a lawyer licensed in their jurisdiction for advice on their specific circumstances. 

Please see the below links with additional information that was shared during the webinar: 

  • Learn more about the amicus brief NWLC filed in United States v. Skrmetti (a case challenging Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth) here.  
  • Learn more about NWLC’s letter condemning the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s actions to pressure employers into abandoning diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts here. 
  • Learn more about how employers can resist the Trump administration’s attacks on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility here. 
  • Learn more about NWLC and Democracy Forward’s lawsuit representing Maryland legal services provider FreeState Justice in challenging the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for its policy of unlawfully refusing to enforce federal workplace protections for transgender workers here.   
  • Learn more about how some states’ attorney generals are actively working to hold schools accountable to federal and state laws designed to keep every student, including trans students, safe from discrimination and harassment here. 
  • Access NWLC’s Survivors Speak Out toolkit about defamation lawsuits here. 
  • Learn more about RICADV v. Bondi and RICADV v. Kennedy (NWLC’s lawsuits on behalf of 17 state domestic violence and sexual assault organizations, seeking immediate relief to stop the Trump-Vance administration from imposing unlawful restrictions on grants issued by the Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women) here.  

Copies of the slides are available for download on this page.     

These webinars and the accompanying materials have been prepared for attorneys in the National Women’s Law Center’s (NWLC) Legal Network for Gender Equity and for informational purposes only.  The provision of this material does not create an attorney-client relationship between any attorney at NWLC and the reader and does not constitute legal advice. Organizations and individuals are encouraged to contact a lawyer licensed in their jurisdiction for advice on their specific circumstances.