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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My Take

Give Them a Chance

Posted by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel and Director of Equal Opportunities in Athletics | Posted on: May 22, 2007 at 05:44 pm

by Neena Chaudhry

The WNBA began its 11th season this past weekend, which should delight die-hard basketball fans who can now watch the sport virtually all year long.  The league features amazing female athletes such as Deanna Nolan of the defending WNBA Champion Detroit Shock and Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury, affordable family entertainment, and players who take pride in being role models for girls.  Yet the media seems determined to focus on dwindling attendance, the folding of a few teams, and the fact that the league is not making a profit. 

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Game Over

Posted by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel and Director of Equal Opportunities in Athletics | Posted on: April 23, 2007 at 05:57 pm

by Neena Chaudhry

With the Supreme Court's recent decision not to hear its case, the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) has finally lost the last round of a fight that has been going on for too long.  On one side of the ring: a group of parents and students fighting for gender equity in Michigan sports programs.  On the other side: an association that has for decades scheduled six girls' sports and no boys' sports in nontraditional seasons.

Seasons matter. If a sport is not played during the traditional season, athletes lose out on opportunities to be recruited for college scholarships, to participate in club programs that help skill development, and to be considered for All-American or other honors.  These are exactly the types of harms that the federal district and appellate courts repeatedly found in this case, which was filed in 1998.

But MHSAA refuses to accept defeat.

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