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Legal Advocacy Fund Cases

Since 1981, LAF has disbursed nearly two millions dollars to more than 100 plaintiffs to help offset their legal fees in sex discrimination cases. Prior to 2009, LAF only supported cases in academia, but now LAF supports select cases in any workplace.

CURRENT LAF-SUPPORTED CASES

Cioca et al v. Rumsfeld et al
Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Jaureguito v. Feather River Community College (CA)
Lulu Sun v. University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Mansourian, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al.
Parker v. IN High School Athletic Assoc.
Thein v. Feather River Community College 
(CA)
Wartluft. v. Feather River Community College (CA)

SELECTION OF PAST LAF-SUPPORTED CASES

A.D. v. Stanford University
Arakawa v. University of Wisconsin, Madison
Arefi v. Florida International University
Austen v. University of Hawaii
Batya Weinbaum v. Cleveland State University
Bayer v. University of Maine at Orono
Boucher v. Fordham University
Brodsky v. Kaleida Health and State University of New York at Buffalo
Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, et al.
Burch, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al.
Chichilnisky v. Columbia University
Clinger v. New Mexico Highlands University
Cordes v. Stevens Institute of Technology
Crangle v. Stanford University
Crystal v. Regents of the University of Michigan
Dace v. University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Daly v. Princeton University
David Johnson v. University of Iowa, et al.
deMartin v. New Mexico Highlands University
Doe v. Berry College, et al.
Doe v. Notre Dame University and St. Mary’s College
Duffy/Jackson v. California Polytechnic State University
Dugan v. Oregon State University
Evers et al v. University of Cincinnati
Falk v. University of Judaism
Fields v. Clark University
Fish et al. v. St. Cloud State University
Fisher v. Vassar College
Foltz et al. v Delaware State University
Gerber v. Colby College
Glaser v. Fulton-Montgomery Community College, et al.
Goltz v. University of Notre Dame
Grudzinski v. University of California Irvine Medical Center, et al.
Haffer v. Temple University
Handler v. Nova Southeastern University
Harrison v. University of California, Berkeley
Hegland v. Santa Clara University
Hirschhorn v. University of Kentucky, et al.
Howard v. Bishop State Community College, et al.
Hunt v. The Regents of the University of California
Ilon v. The State University of New York at Buffalo, et al.
James v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Janet Conney v. The Regents of the University of California, et al.
Jennings v. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kern v. University of Notre Dame
Kowal-Vern v. Loyola University at Chicago, et al.
Krause v. Marquette University Dental School
L.R. v. The Trustees of Princeton University
Lavalli v. Texas State University-San Marcos
Lavin-McEleney v. Marist College
Leder v. State University of New York at Buffalo
Lerner v. Northeastern University
Lever v. Northwestern University, et al.
Lioy v. Union County College
Lisa Simpson, et al. v. University of Colorado
Lissa Lord v. The Curators of the University of Missouri System
Lovell v. Regents of the University of California, et al.
Macadaeg v. Butler University
Maguire v. Marquette University
Mahoney v. The George Washington University
Mandell v. Regents of the University of California
Margolis v. Williams College
McCaffrey v. University of Wisconsin-Madison
McDaniel v. Southwest Texas State University
McMahon v. Carroll College
Melez v. University of California, Los Angeles
Messmer v. Lehigh University
Miller et al. v. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Miller v. University of Southern California
Moore v. Regents of the University of California
Murray v. Western Kentucky University
Nail v. Southwestern Oklahoma State University, et al.
Nash v. Ray L. Belton and the Southern University System
National Wrestling Coaches Association, et al. v. United States Department of Education
Nelson v. Temple University
Patricia Jean Harris O’Connor v. The Curators of the University of Missouri System, et al.
Patricia Jean Harris O’Connor v. The Curators of the University of Missouri System, et al.
Paul v. Stanford University
Paula Maggio v. Kent State University
Penk, et al. v. Oregon State Board of Higher Education
Pitblado v. Trustees of the State Colleges in Colorado, Western State College
Potera-Haskins v. Gamble, Montana State University, et al.
Reno v. University of Tennessee
Riccardi v. Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Roberts v. College of the Desert
Roderick Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
Russell v. The Trustees of Princeton University
S.D. v. James Madison University
Segel v. Regents of the University of California
Shaw v. University of California, Santa Cruz
Sloboda v. New York University
Sokol v. St. Louis Community College
Sonnino v. University of Kansas Hospital Authority, et al.
Stepien v. Case Western Reserve University
Swakon v. Texas A&I University
Thomas v. University of Rhode Island
Towers v. State University of New York at Stony Brook
Travis v. Board of Regents, University of Texas System
Violand v. George Washington University
Vuolo v. Board of Trustees, University of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al.
Washington v. Trustees of the California State University and Colleges, et al.
Webster v. Mohawk Valley Community College
Weinstock v. Columbia University
Weissmann v. Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Whittaker v. Northern Illinois University, et al.
Wilson v. Goddard College
Wilson v. University of California, Davis
Zahorik, et al. v. Cornell University
Zimmerman v. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Zylbert v. Stanford University School of Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

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