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Emily Martin, Vice President and General Counsel

Emily Martin

Emily Martin is Vice President and General Counsel at the National Women's Law Center, where she undertakes cross-cutting projects addressing women's health, economic security, and education and employment opportunities. She also provides in-house legal advice and representation to the Center. Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Martin served as Deputy Director of the Women's Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union, where she spearheaded litigation, policy, and public education initiatives to advance the rights of women and girls, with a particular emphasis on the needs of low-income women and women of color. She also served as a law clerk for Senior Judge Wilfred Feinberg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge T.S. Ellis, III, of the Eastern District of Virginia and previously worked for the Center as a recipient of the Georgetown Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship. She has served as Vice President and President of the Fair Housing Justice Center, a non-profit organization in New York City. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Yale Law School.

My Take

Three Women Fighting for Equality Win Nobel Peace Prize

Posted by Emily Martin, Vice President and General Counsel | Posted on: October 11, 2011 at 03:42 pm

Last week, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize based on their “non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work.” Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, is Africa's first female elected head of state; Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist; and Karman is a leader of the Arab Spring in Yemen.

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Do You Know CEDAW? You Should.

Posted by Emily Martin, Vice President and General Counsel | Posted on: May 16, 2011 at 09:48 am

The word "CEDAW" may not ring a bell even for committed women's rights supporters in the United States. But the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is a landmark international women's rights agreement that almost every country in the world has ratified in the 30-plus years since its introduction.

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The ACA Goes to Court

Posted by Emily Martin, Vice President and General Counsel | Posted on: May 11, 2011 at 09:47 am

Yesterday, in Richmond, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument in two different cases challenging the constitutionality of the personal responsibility provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – cases in which the National Women's Law Center filed briefs, Read more...