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The Steubenville Rape Case: When Will We Learn?
By Jody Raphael, Guest Blogger On March 17, 2013 a judge found two Steubenville high school football players guilty of raping a 16 year old girl. The 17-year-old, convicted of rape and of photographing the underage girl naked, was sentenced to two years in the state...
Sex-Segregated Public Education Reinforces Harmful Gender and Racial Stereotypes
By Claire Throckmorton, WLP Legal Intern In 2010, the Pittsburgh Public School Board voted to separate one of its lowest performing schools, Westinghouse High School, into two single-sex academies. The decision to gender-segregate Westinghouse High School was largely...
Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Bring the Workplace to the 21st Century
By Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney Women are often surprised to learn that they do not have as many rights in the workplace as they expect to have in the 21st Century. More often than not, an employer does not have to grant a pregnant woman’s request for a minor job...
New Philadelphia Family Court Building is Topped Off
By Dabney Miller, WLP Associate Director Philadelphia is finally getting a new Family Courthouse. Construction reached the topping off point on May 2, 2013, when dignitaries, advocates, and construction workers signed a beam, which was then hoisted to the top of the...
Human Trafficking in Pennsylvania? It’s here if you look for it.
By Judy Hale Reed, Intern, WLP Western Pennsylvania Office In June 2012, the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking released the results of a two-year study entitled, Human Trafficking in Pennsylvania: Policy...
