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Sexual Harassment Roundup
by Title IX Blog
posted January 17, 2011 at 6:22pm

A number of judicial decisions involving Title IX's application to sexual harassment have been issued in the last several weeks. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing a lower district court, held that a plaintiff had presented sufficient evidenc...more

More on the fieldhouse Title IX lawsuit in Kentucky
by Title IX Blog
posted January 7, 2011 at 1:22pm

After I posted yesterday's piece about the fieldhouse lawsuit in Kentucky, more news stories came across my desk(top).This one includes a little tour of the fieldhouse as well as interviews with school board attorney Anne Coorssen, and Dick Richards, one ...more

Field house prompts lawsuit in Kentucky
by Title IX Blog
posted January 6, 2011 at 3:40pm

In the fall, Oldham County Schools in Kentucky was one of the twelve school districts cited in complaints brought by the National Women's Law Center against districts they found particularly problematic in terms of Title IX compliance.Now, in a lawsuit br...more

Court Dismisses Retaliation Case Against University of Hawaii
by Title IX Blog
posted January 5, 2011 at 4:29pm

Last month, a federal court in Hawaii dismissed the Title IX lawsuit filed by former women's basketball coach Jim Bolla against the University of Hawaii. As we noted when we first blogged about this case in 2009, Bolla claimed that the athletic director ...more

FGCU Trial On the Horizon
by Title IX Blog
posted January 3, 2011 at 4:49pm

The Naples Daily News reports that the wrongful termination lawsuit filed by Florida Gulf Coast University's former provost Bonnie Yegidis will soon go to trial. Yegidis has claimed that FGCU President Wilson Bradshaw forced her to resign her in retaliat...more

Koller on the Title IX "Interest Paradox"
by Title IX Blog
posted December 25, 2010 at 1:26am

Professor Dionne Koller from the University of Baltimore School of Law has recently published an article, "Not Just One of the Boys: A Post-Feminist Critique of Title IX's Vision for Gender Equity in Sports" in the current issue of the Connecticut Law Re...more

Wilkes County settles Title IX complaint
by Title IX Blog
posted December 23, 2010 at 6:00pm

Wilkes County, North Carolina, will improve the lighting and grading of its girls' softball fields by August 2012, and will create policies to improve girls' teams' access to the gym by Jan. 2011, according to the terms of a recent settlement agreement wi...more

Delaware State Settles With Equestrians
by Title IX Blog
posted December 22, 2010 at 4:05pm

A federal judge in Delaware approved a settlement between Delaware State and the members of the equestrian team affected by the university's decision to eliminate the program, who had sued and challenged the decision as a violation of Title IX. The set...more

From the Inside: Witnessing UConn Women Make Basketball History
by mhueter
posted December 20, 2010 at 9:26am

UConn accomplished their 88th straight win, tying the ULCA men’s team for the longest winning streak in basketball history....more

Jean Ledwith King, Title IX, and The Women’s Center
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted December 19, 2010 at 12:13pm

This is a guest post from Kim Cumming, LMSW, Executive Director of The Women’s Center of Southeastern Michigan. As Women’s Center director, she is responsible for the administration and operation of all agency activities, including long-term planning...more

John Stossel puts Title IX in list of Top 10 Politicians' Promises Gone Wrong
by Title IX Blog
posted December 17, 2010 at 10:37pm

When I was just a wee one, long before I knew anything about political philosophy, I would see John Stossel on television and know that he was just wrong about so many things.You can decide for yourself tonight when FOX News airs his program Politicians' ...more

Column Questions Title IX's Absence from Cheerleader's First Amendment Case
by Title IX Blog
posted December 15, 2010 at 9:07pm

There's a good column at WomensE-News.org on the Fifth Circuit's September decision dismissing a student's claims that the school district violated her First Amendment rights when officials ordered her to cheer for another student-athlete whom she had acc...more

Title IX Is an Education Statute
by Title IX Blog
posted December 15, 2010 at 1:00am

In Menlo Park, California, an eight-year-old girl wants to play basketball in the city league with her friends, who are boys. But the city runs separate leagues for boys and girls, and refuses to make an exception for this "4-foot-6 tomboy." So her pare...more

UC Davis Officials Do Not Have Immunity from Wrestlers' Suit
by Title IX Blog
posted December 14, 2010 at 11:29pm

Mansourian v. Regents is the case against University of California at Davis in which former female wrestlers challenge the university's decision in 2000 that women would no longer be eligible to participate in varsity wrestling team. The plaintiff's Titl...more

Women Talk Sports Weekly Radio Show #9 - Interview with the NWLC's Neena Chaudhry and this week in women's sports
by anngaff
posted December 12, 2010 at 5:04pm

Today we will play a recently recorded interview by Women Talk Sports co-founder Megan Hueter with Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel at the National Women's Law Center. The interview was conducted on the NWLC's Rally for Girls in Sports Day, which was this p...more

Thanks for our new gym, Title IX!
by Title IX Blog
posted December 11, 2010 at 10:37am

I came across this article about the debut of a new gym at Lake Shore High School in Michigan. The new gym was added, according to the article, "because a Title IX legislation ruling that stated boys and girls seasons must be at the same time."This made m...more

JMU case not quite stagnant
by Title IX Blog
posted December 11, 2010 at 10:17am

Equity in Athletics presented its case to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this week. EIA is attempting to overturn the decision (made in 2006 and carried out in 2007) by James Madison University to cut 10 intercollegiate sports. EIA is trying ...more

Resolution reached in Title IX sexual assault cases
by Title IX Blog
posted December 9, 2010 at 7:10pm

The Department of Education announced that it has reached "voluntary resolution agreements" with two universities that it had been investigating on charges that they failed to protect students from sexual assault in violation of Title IX. According to th...more

In Sports All Girls Are Winners – Rally for Girls Sports Day #rally4girls
by Sports Girls Play
posted December 8, 2010 at 9:38pm

Today the National Women’s Law Center is hosting Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day as a way of celebrating the importance of girls in sports and the far-reaching benefits of athletics participation for girls nationwide. For the past 26 years I have...more

Paying it Forward–Rally for Girls’ Sports Day #rally4girls
by TJ's Turf
posted December 8, 2010 at 8:27pm

I've always believed sports can be an integral part of any young girl's development. That belief stems from my own introduction to athletics as a young girl.For me, sports were first and foremost a bonding experience with my dad. He made sure, early on, t...more

Blog Rally #6: What did Ness win by playing sports? #rally4girls
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted December 8, 2010 at 7:59pm

As part of the National Women’s Law Center’s Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day, the Tucker Center will be posting entries from its graduate students. Each post answers the prompt, what did you win by playing sports? Ness Madeiros This is ...more

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