Reunification
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The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) asked the Penn State Law Civil Rights Appellate Clinic to draft an amici curiae brief in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, set for argument on April 24 before the Supreme Court; what surprised even clinic students was the number of other organizations that signed onto the brief: eighteen.
“This case involved a very complicated legal issue that we grappled with in the Clinic and in our employment law courses,” said Clinic student Asima Ahmad, who is also a managing editor for the Penn State Journal of Law and International Affairs. “We were expecting to get a lot of pushback and edits on our brief from other organizations, and would have been happy with just a few groups agreeing to sign on.” Ahmad and fellow students Jordan Johnston, Alison Renfrew and Kathryn Steffen were proud to learn that nineteen organizations in all signed on to the brief, including The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, AARP, the American Association for Justice, the Anti-Defamation League, Friends of Farmworkers, Gender Justice, The Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center, National Employment Law Project, and the National Partnership for Women & Families.
"The issues in the case have vexed even the most experienced employment lawyers for many years," said Rebecca Hamburg Cappy, NELA Program Director. "Yet, the Clinic's students were extremely conscientious, hard-working, and able to distill these complex principles. Overall, it was a genuine pleasure to work with them and Professor Foreman."
An Issue of Causation