Comments for Women's Law Association http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/wla Women Supporting Women Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:38:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Shatter the Ceiling Short Film and Solidarity Letter by nnk http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/wla/2013/03/30/shatter-the-ceiling-short-film-and-solidarity-letter/#comment-1906 nnk Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:38:46 +0000 http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/wla/?p=3034#comment-1906 Thank you for bringing awareness to the gender disparities at Harvard Law School. I enjoyed the film and hope that in future versions or revisions of it, you will be able to include male support. Women’s issues are not only women’s issues, they are society’s issues. We need all of society on board to not only “shatter the ceiling” but to completely obliterate it!

]]> Comment on LSAC Refuses to Accommodate Nursing Mother by zadiah Eisenerg http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/wla/2011/10/06/lsac-refuses-to-accommodate-nursing-mother/#comment-8 zadiah Eisenerg Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:22:21 +0000 http://hlsorgs.com/wla/?p=1071#comment-8 I contacted the Law School Admissions Counsel this past summer in preparation for taking the LSAT with questions regarding accommodations for breastfeeding and was told none would be granted, but it was suggested that I make the request with the LSAC accommodations department. The required paperwork was submitted before the deadline to take the February test. December 19th I received a letter stating my request for accommodations was denied as breastfeeding was not a disability. While they allow an appeal, I became aware via the ACLU that the LSAC categorically excludes women who are breastfeeding from eligibility for accommodations. Taking the test without accommodations which allow me to breastfeed or express milk puts me at an obvious significant disadvantage, as the continuously increasing engorgement and discomfort will be distracting and painful. This leaves me with the choice of taking the test at this disadvantage, effecting my potential admissions and scholarship access, or delaying taking it and thus entering law school for another year. This deprives me of equal educational opportunities and also raises the spectre of Title IX violations.
This issue is time sensitive. The test is under 8 weeks away.
So far I have:
Contacted the US Attorney General’s office who state as breastfeeding is not covered under ADA they cannot help
Contacted the ACLU about potential litigation. They already have a letter into the LSAC on this account.
Found an article in he Journal of Law & Policy, Lactation Litigation And The ADA Solution: A Response To Martinez v. NBC by Hilary Von Rohr (Vol. 4:341)
Contacted my congressional office who report that they have no real sway with a private entity such as the LSAC
Contacted La Leche League International and await hearing back from their legal department
You have my permission to publicize this information and any help would be much appreciated

]]> Comment on Apply to be a WLA 1L/LLM Representative! by katja bratrschovsky http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/wla/2011/10/05/apply-to-be-a-wla-1l-rep/#comment-5 katja bratrschovsky Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:30:57 +0000 http://hlsorgs.com/wla/?p=1054#comment-5 Hi,
I would like to join your association,
thanks,
kati

]]> Comment on LSAC Refuses to Accommodate Nursing Mother by Evelyn Atkinson http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/wla/2011/10/06/lsac-refuses-to-accommodate-nursing-mother/#comment-7 Evelyn Atkinson Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:15:49 +0000 http://hlsorgs.com/wla/?p=1071#comment-7 Kristi, wonderful letter and thank you so much for bringing this to everyone’s attention!

]]> Comment on LSAC Refuses to Accommodate Nursing Mother by Joanne Caceres http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/wla/2011/10/06/lsac-refuses-to-accommodate-nursing-mother/#comment-6 Joanne Caceres Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:39:02 +0000 http://hlsorgs.com/wla/?p=1071#comment-6 Kristi, thank you so much for calling our attention to this issue! I too, immediately thought of all the accommodations the LSAC does provide for students, and also how easily a nursing mother could provide documentation from a doctor, if needed, and it just strikes me as astounding that LSAC refused to do so. It’s hard in the face of something like this to not think LSAC does in fact have an invidious purpose towards young mothers. Here;s to hoping they do apologize to Ashley and that this doesn’t continue to happen in the future.

]]> Comment on WLA Summer Adventures: Elizabeth Hague by MARY http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/wla/2011/07/20/wla-summer-adventures-elizabeth-hague/#comment-4 MARY Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:40:05 +0000 http://hlsorgs.com/wla/?p=901#comment-4 What sobering cases you are working on. It has to be very interesting. I am glad you are enjoying some of the sites South Africa has to offer. Can not wait to see you

Love Mary

]]> Comment on The Story of Nancy Gertner: A Woman Defined by the Movement. by Tweets that mention The Story of Nancy Gertner: A Woman Defined by the Movement. -- Topsy.com http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/wla/2011/02/09/the-story-of-nancy-gertner-a-woman-defined-by-the-movement/#comment-3 Tweets that mention The Story of Nancy Gertner: A Woman Defined by the Movement. -- Topsy.com Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:19:00 +0000 http://hlsorgs.com/wla/?p=581#comment-3 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Collin Udell, Charles Willson. Charles Willson said: RT @collinudell: Judge Gertner is retiring. Big loss for the bench; gain for Harvard Law Sch. Great judge. http://tinyurl.com/63mdkrt ht … [...]

]]> Comment on Live Blog by CollegeSportsCouncil (@CollegeSportsCo) http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/wla/conference/live-blog/#comment-2 CollegeSportsCouncil (@CollegeSportsCo) Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:58:22 +0000 http://hlsorgs.com/wla/#comment-2 @HarvardWLA You picked the wrong day to start tweeting. Spin your story to the baseball team at #Cal: http://bit.ly/fH0K5o

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