CWLC’s Senior Staff Attorney, Amy Poyer, speaks in the second panel of the legal training Title IX, Me Too, & Administrative Law. Amy discusses litigation responses to the Trump/DeVos Administrative Actions and other backlash efforts from 2017 through the present. These four panels are eligible for 7 MCLE credits, provided by California Western School of
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For the past few years, the California Women’s Law Center has hosted free monthly legal clinics to help renters understand their legal housing rights and avoid eviction. As the coronavirus pandemic exacerbates financial challenges for women and families, safe and affordable housing is an increasingly urgent need. CWLC makes available attorneys specialized in housing law
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As we confront the known and unknown challenges of COVID-19, we recognize life is dramatically more difficult for many people today than it was just a few weeks ago.
This year, we are recognizing Domestic Violence Prevention Month during a global pandemic. We know that violence against women is and has been on the rise, as cities around the country have confirmed an increase in police calls and reports. Some women have been forced to shelter-in-place with an abuser. Travel restrictions and financial constraints
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Today is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day in the United States, which marks how far into 2020 the average Native woman must work to earn what a white man did in 2019. Native women earned just 60 cents on the dollar last year. While the exact amount varies, Native women are paid less no matter their education level, in rural areas
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A woman’s right to choose an abortion is something central to a woman’s life, to her dignity… And when government controls that decision for her, she’s being treated as less than a full adult human being responsible for her own choices.
For the past few years, the California Women’s Law Center has hosted free monthly legal clinics to help renters understand their legal housing rights and avoid eviction. As the coronavirus pandemic exacerbates financial challenges for women and families, safe and affordable housing is an increasingly urgent need. CWLC makes available attorneys specialized in housing law
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Gender Equity In Sports During COVID-19 @CWLC_la @LegalAidAtWork Please join us for a webinar on January 21, 2021… twitter.com/i/web/status/13516…
CWLC @CWLC_la condemns Dept. of Education memo stating historic Bostock v. Clayton County #SCOTUS decision barring… twitter.com/i/web/status/13498…
Amy Poyer, Senior Staff Attorney for the California Women’s Law Center, talked with Law360 about the importance of… twitter.com/i/web/status/13419…