TRLF Meetings During COVID
During this time of concern for everyone’s health, please remember that we at TRLF are always happy to meet with clients by phone or...
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Mar 7, 2020
Court Rules Alaska's Denial of Health Care to Transgender Employee is Unlawful Discrimination
"A federal district court today ruled in favor of Lambda Legal client Jennifer Fletcher and ordered that the State of Alaska’s denial of...
Mar 2, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Dismiss 'D.C. Sniper' Case Following Virginia Parole Law
"The U.S. Supreme Court agreed this week to dismiss the case of "D.C. sniper" Lee Boyd Malvo, who mounted a legal challenge to his...
Feb 29, 2020
Why Should I Call Myself a "Survivor" Instead of a "Victim"?
"I don't recall who first told me that I wasn’t a victim, but it happened soon after someone told me I was raped. I was 17 and wasted. I...
Feb 28, 2020
How Mildred and Richard Loving Defeated The Ban on Interracial Marriage
"One morning in 1958, the county sheriff and two deputies burst into Mildred and Richard Loving's bedroom in Central Point, Virginia....
Feb 26, 2020
WA Legislature Passes Nikki Kuhnhausen Act Outlawing LGBTQ+ Panic Defense
" The Washington State Legislature passed a bill Wednesday that will make the state's legal system less homophobic and transphobic, and...
Feb 25, 2020
Supreme Court Needs to Reject Religion as Legal Grounds for Discrimination in Foster Care
"The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to hear Fulton v. City of Philadelphia , an appeal by Catholic Social Services (CSS), a...
Feb 24, 2020
Live Updates: Harvey Weinstein Is Found Guilty of Rape
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Feb 23, 2020
Another Law School Seeks Acquisition After Parent University Announces Closure Plan
100% Bar passage rate? I had no idea. " Concordia University School of Law, a Boise, Idaho, institution with new ABA accreditation, had a...
Feb 22, 2020
State Supreme Court Disbars Lawyer Who Used Money From His Trust Account To Run Strip Club
"The Florida Supreme Court has disbarred a suspended lawyer who operated a strip club with money from his attorney trust account. The...
Feb 21, 2020
Former Clerk for Late Judge Stephen Reinhardt Alleges Sexual Harassment and 'Profane Atmosphere'
"A former law clerk for the late Judge Stephen Reinhardt alleged Thursday that the liberal federal appeals judge had created a "profane...
Feb 19, 2020
Why Trauma Survivors Shouldn't Think They Are 'Lazy'
" In my experience, emotional and psychological trauma survivors seem to worry more than most people that they are being “lazy” when...
Feb 19, 2020
After a Rape Exam, Women's Underclothes are Often Taken as Evidence - This Nurse Buys Them New Ones
" Emergency room nurse Martha Phillips watched a rape survivor walk out of the hospital in oversize scrubs last December, her arms...
Feb 18, 2020
Federal Court Dismisses Lawsuit - Evangelical Professor Disciplined for Misgendering Trans Student
"On Wednesday, a federal court dismissed a lawsuit filed by an evangelical state university professor who was disciplined after...
Feb 16, 2020
Can Congress Void a Tribal Treaty Without Telling Anyone?
" Herrera v. Wyoming, an Indian treaty-rights case argued in the Supreme Court last Tuesday, revolves around a basic of federal Indian...
Feb 14, 2020
Feb 13, 2020
Gloria Allred's Crusade
"A few years ago, Marisa Woytek, a lance corporal in the Marines, decided to help other women deal with a problem she’d already dealt...
Feb 12, 2020
Victory for Oregon's Transgender Students
"In a major victory announced today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling which found that Dallas High School’s practice of...
Feb 12, 2020
When Protecting Your Children is a Crime
"Domestic violence victims fleeing their abusers are increasingly being charged with kidnapping, and losing parental rights—even when...
Feb 11, 2020
Legal Help Out of Reach for Many Asylum Seekers in El Paso Sector Detention Centers
"When Jesús Enrique Rodriguez Mendoza turned himself in to immigration officials, he figured he would be detained but assumed it would be...
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