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Title VII
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ArticleVol. 103 · Iss. 1
When is Discrimination Harmful?
In Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, the Supreme Court held that Title VII does not require a plaintiff to establish material harm to…
Sandra F. Sperino -
ArticleVol. 99 · Iss. 5
Working Through Menopause
There are over thirty million people ages forty-four to fifty-five in the civilian labor force in the United States, but the law and legal…
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NoteVol. 99 · Iss. 2
“Influencing” the Legislature: The Need for Legislation Targeting Online Sexual Harassment of Social Media Influencers
Introduction More than 4.5 billion people use the internet, and 3.8 billion of these users live comfortably on social media. Social media’s quick, cost-effective…
Samantha Adams -
ArticleVol. 87 · Iss. 4
Complimentary Discrimination and Complementary Discrimination in Faculty Hiring
This Article focuses on one form of discrimination in faculty hiring. Specifically, this Article concentrates on discrimination against the “over qualified” minority faculty candidate,…
Angela Onwuachi-Willig -
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What Does it Mean to Discriminate “Because of . . . Sex”?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal for employers to discriminate against their employees “because of . . .…
Cora Allen -
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Affirming Personhood: Extending Title VII Protections to Prisoners in State-Operated Prison Industries
Abstract This Note examines the application of Title VII protections to prisoners in the historical context of the Thirteenth Amendment. First, I outline the…
Jo Gbujama -
ArticleVol. 93 · Iss. 1
When Any Sentence is a Life Sentence: Employment Discrimination Against Ex-Offenders
For the sixty-five million Americans with a criminal record, it is cruelly ironic that perhaps the most important resource for turning their lives around—employment—is…
Dallan F. Flake -
CommentaryVol. 92 · Iss. 6
Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc.: McDonnell Douglas to the Rescue?
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 can be interpreted in two obvious ways: one interpretation requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees,…
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ArticleVol. 92 · Iss. 2
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
In early 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led what would become known as the “Birmingham Campaign” with the Southern Leadership Conference in which…
Paulette Brown -
ArticleVol. 97 · Iss. 6
Reconsidering Thornton v. Caldor
Thirty-five years ago, the United States Supreme Court decided Estate of Thornton v. Caldor. Caldor struck down, on Establishment Clause grounds, a Connecticut statute…
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ArticleVol. 91 · Iss. 6
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Structural Reform of the American Workplace
In one of its most-watched recent cases, the United States Supreme Court struck down a class action alleging that Wal-Mart stores discriminated against female…
Pauline Kim & Margo Schlanger -
ArticleVol. 91 · Iss. 3
Strange Bedfellows at Work: Neomaternalism in the Making of Sex Discrimination Law
In contests about pregnancy discrimination during the 1970s, feminists, the business lobby, and anti-abortion activists disputed the meaning of sex equality. Existing scholarship has…
Deborah Dinner