Legal Briefs & Testimony

Letter to Chancellor Levy, New York City Board of Education, Re: Dual System of Vocational High Schools for Male and Female Students

Joan Entmacher Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources, House Committee on Ways and Means, Hearing on Child Support and Fatherhood Proposals

Invited testimony by Joan Entmacher explains the benefits of changing child support and welfare rules to give families more of the child support paid on their behalf, rather than giving it the federal and state governments to reimburse welfare costs.

Amicus Brief: Deborah Gleason v. Board of Trustees at Salem State College

Brief for the Petitioner: Davis vs. Monroe Country Board of Education

In this brief before the Supreme Court, the National Women’s Law Center argued that Title IX covers student-on-student sexual harassment in schools and that LaShonda Davis stated a claim for relief under Title IX based on the five months of harassment that she endured as a fifth grader, when a fellow student repeatedly attempted to touch her breasts and vaginal area, and told her in vulgar terms that he wanted to touch her and have sex with her.  In its 1999 decision in Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, the Supreme Court agreed that Title IX covers student-on-student sexual harassment, and that LaShonda could pursue her claim against her school district for failing to adequately respond to her complaints about the harassment.