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Text Box: Legal Advocacy Fund

By LAF Liaison

Marilyn Roland

rolandm2@comcast.net

Text Box: LAF Case Support Funding At their October meeting, the AAUW Board approved $4000 in funding for each of these LAF-supported cases: Jaureguito v. Feather River Community College (CA) Mansourian et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al Potera-Haskins v. Gamble, Montana State University, et el. Schuster v. Berea College (KY) Thein v. Feather River Community College (CA) Wartluft v. Feather River Community College (CA)

Text Box: Case Updates Claire Schuster, an LAF plaintiff, has won her latest legal battle over her allegations of sex-based pay discrimination at Berea College in Kentucky. Schuster, a tenured associate professor of nursing, sued the institution for sex discrimination in pay in violation of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act. The Kentucky Supreme Court issued a ruling August 19 denying Berea College's motion for discretionary review of the court of appeals' decision in Schuster's favor and remanding the case for a new trial. Her next trial date, at which her lawyers can now use important discovery material, has not been set.

Text Box: Title IX Compliance: Know the Score Project Release LAF collaborated with the nonprofit Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center and the Women's Sports Foundation to provide the tools needed to find out if local high schools are Title IX compliant--and what to do if they are not. The tools, including a Program in a Box are available on a new page on the AAUW website. A "webinar" was held October 29 for interested individuals.