Header Image: WILL Associate Counsel Skylar Croy ( he’s not a happy looking man.. I presume he’s angry about most things)
Legal Dive report..
Dive Brief:
- A collection of conservative advocacy groups filed a charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the American Bar Association’s diversity clerkship programs violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
- Specifically, the groups alleged Monday that the programs “qualified and disqualified law students” for paid clerkships on the basis of race, color, national origin or sex. The groups said they initially sent a Title VII notice letter to ABA and filed complaints with the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, to which ABA allegedly responded by altering some descriptions of its programs on its website.
- The groups behind the charge filing include the American Civil Rights Project, the Center for Equal Opportunity and the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. The ABA declined to comment.
Dive Insight:
President Donald Trump swiftly reshaped EEOC during his administration’s first weeks, including appointing Acting Chair Andrea Lucas and dismissing two Democratic commissioners before their terms had expired. The change to Republican leadership represents an ideological shift for the agency, one that could apply to charges such as the one filed against ABA Monday.
Read their full report
The ACR Project, FASORP, WILL, and CEO File Wide-Sweeping Title VII Charge Against the ABA
The ACR Project, FASORP, WILL, and CEO file wide-sweeping Title VII Charge Against the ABA. The ACR Project and WILL anticipate that the EEOC will take corrective action. Should it not do so, the ACR Project anticipates taking further action on behalf of FASORP to bring the ABA into compliance with American nondiscrimination law.
WILL Associate Counsel Skylar Croy added: “The ABA’s employment practices are flaunting the law and morality. Regardless of race, creed, or background, everyone should be treated equally. Despite the initial successes at the federal level, the fight for true equality is far from over. That’s why WILL has partnered with these esteemed organizations to make clear to the ABA that enough is enough.”
The ACR Project, FASORP, WILL, and CEO File Wide-Sweeping Title VII Charge Against the ABA
