The Legal Network for Gender Equity and TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund hosted a webinar on “The Power of Collective Action to Address Workplace Sex Discrimination,” on February 2, 2023. 

This webinar addressed the following topics: 

  • How the tenets of movement lawyering can help make systemic change regarding workplace sex harassment 
  • How collaboration with worker-led organizations can strengthen a case at various stages of the litigation process 
  • How to use the media to both tell your client’s story and shine a light on the unfair treatment of workers 
  • How to use shareholder derivative litigation to challenge systemic issues of sex harassment 

Speakers: 

  • Katie Lubin Benson (she/her), Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP 
  • Nora Cassidy (she/her), Attorney, Legal Aid at Work 
  • Jennifer Reisch (she/her), Principal, Reisch Law  
  • Tyler Sprague (she/her), Staff Attorney, National Legal Advocacy Network  

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.