Thursday, February 9, 2012

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Justine Andronici
Justine is a feminist attorney and activist who has been working in the women’s rights movement since 1994. Currently, she is a domestic violence attorney at the Centre County Women’s Resource Center in Central Pennsylvania. Justine is also Of Counsel to the law firm of Katz, Marshall & Banks LLP, a leading Washington DC based plaintiff’s employment law firm, where she specializes in gender discrimination and sexual harassment. Earlier in her legal career, Justine worked as a reproductive rights attorney for NARAL and as a domestic violence attorney for the Maryland Women’s Law Center. Prior to law school, Justine got her start in the women’s rights movement at the Feminist Majority Foundation, where she served as an organizer, researcher, project director and press secretary. Justine regularly lectures and writes on women’s rights law and policy, and has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She is currently serving as a National Board member for the National Organization for Women and as a member of the Ms. Magazine Advisory Board. She is a member of the Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland, and District of Columbia Bar. Justine Andronici is a cum laude graduate of Colgate University (BA 1994) and graduated cum laude and Order of the Coif from the University of Pennsylvania Law School (2002).

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Elena Kagan and Critical Mass

Elena Kagan and Critical Mass

May 21, 2010 by · 9 Comments 

Should Obama be selecting Supreme Court justices based on gender?  Absolutely. The gender composition of our current Supreme Court is a shameful reflection of the failure of our society to take gender equity seriously, so President Barack Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to replace Justice Stevens is a victory for women. But let’s not celebrate [...]

A Tux, a Corsage, a Lesbian Prom?

A Tux, a Corsage, a Lesbian Prom?

March 16, 2010 by · 15 Comments 

A young lesbian wants to wear a tux and take her girlfriend to the prom–should this really make the news in 2010? Schools in many places throughout the country remain a fierce cultural battleground for LGBTQ students who are struggling for the right to be themselves. Itawamba County in Mississippi is no exception.  School officials [...]