Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel and Director of Equal Opportunities in Athletics

Neena Chaudhry is Senior Counsel and Director of Equal Opportunities in Athletics. Her work centers on litigation and advocacy to enforce and protect Title IX, primarily in the areas of athletics and sexual harassment. Prior to joining NWLC in 1997 as a Georgetown Women's Law and Public Policy Fellow, Neena clerked for the Honorable Michael Daly Hawkins of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She is a graduate of Yale Law School and the University of Maryland at College Park.

Expert in: Affirmative Action in Education, Affirmative Action in the Workplace, Athletics, Sexual Harassment & Bullying, Education & Title IX
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NWLC Files Second Circuit Amicus Brief in Case Against Quinnipiac University

Posted by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel and Director of Equal Opportunities in Athletics | Posted on: September 08, 2011 at 04:11 pm

How close does a school have to be to comply with the “substantial proportionality” prong of Title IX’s three-part athletic participation test? Can schools count cheerleading as a sport under Title IX? When does roster management turn into unlawful manipulation of athlete counts? Are you an inquiring mind who wants to know? Then check out the “friend of the court” brief we filed today, along with 20 other women’s and civil rights groups, in the Second Circuit case of Biediger v. Quinnipiac University.

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A Victory for Female Athletes in Oldham County, Kentucky

Posted by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel and Director of Equal Opportunities in Athletics | Posted on: August 12, 2011 at 12:28 pm

Girls at two high schools in Oldham County, Kentucky have something to celebrate. The United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently told Oldham County High School and South Oldham High School that they must develop a plan to comply with Title IX by providing equal locker rooms, practice and competitive facilities to their female athletes. A courageous dad whom we represent in this matter, Dick Richards, gets credit for challenging the disparities in facilities through an administrative complaint on behalf of his daughter and other girls in the county.

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Poor Sportsmanship: Colleges Work the System to Cheat Women Out of Meaningful Opportunities

Posted by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel and Director of Equal Opportunities in Athletics | Posted on: April 28, 2011 at 11:43 am

On Monday, The New York Times released a poll, in conjunction with CBS News, showing that nearly half of Americans who are familiar with Title IX believe it needs stricter enforcement.

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National Girls and Women in Sports Day Tribute: The Goal of a Hockey Dad

Posted by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel and Director of Equal Opportunities in Athletics | Posted on: February 02, 2011 at 09:30 am

Today is the 25th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day, a day when we celebrate the accomplishments of women and girls in sports and recognize the need for continued expansion of athletic opportunities for our daughters.

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Lessons Learned On and Off the Court

Posted by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel and Director of Equal Opportunities in Athletics | Posted on: December 08, 2010 at 11:00 am

Whenever I tell people that I played basketball in high school, they seem amused. I know it’s because I’m short, and I feel the need to explain that I was a better defensive player because I was fast and could jump up and get in my opponent’s face. The truth is that I was never a great player, but I can still remember how thrilling it was when I made a basket or helped my team win.

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