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    Amicus

    October 23, 2007 NAWL signs on as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant in Dawn V. Martin, Esquire Plaintiff-Appellant v. Howard University, Howard University School of Law, and Alice Gresham-Bullock, Esquire Defendant-Appelle on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

    March 9, 2006 NAWL signs on as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Sheila White

    December 1, 2005 NAWL SIGNS ON AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT IN AYOTTE V. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND

    October 12, 2005 NAWL SIGNS ON AS AMICUS CURIAE IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT CASE OF AYOTTE V. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND, CONCORD FEMINIST HEALTH CENTER, FEMINIST HEALTH CENTER OF PORTSMOUTH, AND WAYNE GOLDNER, M.D., IN SUPPORT OF THE RESPONDENTS

    February 11, 2005 NAWL Files Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Supporting Jessica Gonzales as Amicus Curiae in City of Castle Rock V. Gonzales

    October 5, 2004 NAWL Drafts Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioner Dominique K. Gantt in the Case of Dominique K. Gantt vs. Security, USA, Incorporated

    September 30, 2004 NAWL Supports Jackson as Amicus Curiae in Roderick Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education

    September 22, 2004 NAWL Signs Amicus Brief on Behalf of James Imes in Imes v. City of Asheville, et al to Support Protecting Job Security for Victims of Violence

    November 18, 2003 Decision reached in Goodridge vs. Department of Public Health

    International Law

    October 4, 2006 NAWL's International Committee Writes Letter to Prosecutor Gonzales Rodriguez and President Vincent Fox Concerning Murders and Abductions in Ciuad Juarez and Chiluahua, Mexico

    September 18, 2006 NAWL's International Committee Writes Letter to High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour concerning the forced closing of the Center for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran and the welfare of its director, Nobel Laureate Dr. Shivin Ebadi

    September 11, 2006 NAWL's International Committee writes letter to Sunday Ehindero, Inspector General of Police in Abuja, Nigeria, concerning the murder of Virginia Mgbemena of Agwu's son, after she successfully asserted her land rights as a widow in court

    March 9, 2006 NAWL's International Committee Writes Letters to Security Council Representatives Urging Nomination of Woman as Next Secretary General of UN

    September 27, 2005 NAWL writes letter to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz regarding violent abuse case of Dr. Shazia Khalid
    Click HERE to view letter to President Musharraf and HERE to view letter to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.

    June 29, 2005 NAWL Thanks Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for public Support of Pakistani Violence Victim Ms. Mukhtaran Mai

    September 14, 2004 NAWL Writes Letter to President Toumany Toure of Mali in Support of Criminalizing the Practice of Female Genital Mutilation

    October 27, 2004 NAWL Writes Letter to President Bush Urging Steps to Safeguard Human Rights of Women in Afghanistan

    October 26, 2004 NAWL Writes Letter to Heads of African States Urging Ratification of the Protocol on the Rights of African Women

    February 2004 Afghan Women Security and Freedom Act 2004

    November 3, 2003 NAWL Urges State Department to Ensure Humanitarian Relief in Liberia

    October 2, 2003 Amina Lawal Acquittal Far From Satisfactory

    Legislation

    May 30, 2007 NAWL writes to Congresswoman Lowey, thanking her for introducing HR 619 - the Global Democracy Promotion Act of 2007

    May 30, 2007 NAWL writes letter to Congressman Ackerman supporting HR 619, in oppostion to the Global Gag Rule

    January 8, 2006 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS ("NAWL") ISSUES EVALUATION OF JUDGE SAMUEL A. ALITO FOR THE POSITION OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

    December 1, 2005 NAWL SUPPORTS REAUTHORIZATION OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT

    September 7, 2005 NAWL Issues Statement on the Death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist

    September 6, 2005 NAWL Committee for the Evaluation of Supreme Court Nominees Issues Statement Regarding Nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., for Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court

    September 1, 2005 NAWL Issues Questions for Judge John G. Roberts, Jr.

    August 30, 2005 NAWL Issues Statement by Its Committee for the Evaluation of Supreme Court Nominees Regarding Judge John G. Roberts, Jr.

    July 6, 2005 NAWL Writes Letter to Senator Biden to Support Re-Authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

    October 5, 2004 NAWL Writes Letter to Hon. Sam Brownback, U.S. Senator, and Congressmen Hon. Rob Portman and Hon. Danny K. Davis, in Support of Legislation S. 2789, the "Second Chance Act of 2004"

    December 2003 Legislation Update - Medicare Act, Gov Study on Female Earnings Released

    October 11, 2003 NAWL Opposes Nomination of Charles Pickering to Court of Appeals Pickering threatens the Equal Rights Amendment and abortion rights!

    April 2, 2003 NAWL Urges Air Force Academy to Accept Independent Review of Claims of Sexual Assault.

    February 27, 2003 Women Attorneys vow to continue working to protect women's reproductive rights.Supreme Court Committee

    June 26, 2002 Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Receives National Association Of Women Lawyers' Mansfield Award.

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