by Chad Lackey,  Ph.D., Director and Emma Shuck, Consultant

Employees still struggle with the decision to report harassment and discrimination despite legal protections and increased efforts by employers to make it easier and safer. Will I be blamed or face retaliation? Will it make a difference? Will employers even take my complaint seriously? With no easy answers to these questions, victims too often decide never to report their experiences. In 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) estimated as much as three-quarters of harassment in the workplace...

DOAR congratulates Winston & Strawn and The Lawfare Project for reaching a landmark settlement with the California State University public university system, and thanks them for allowing DOAR to be involved in such an important case.

The litigation was brought on behalf of two Jewish students at San Francisco State University who alleged that SFSU and the Board of Trustees of CSU discriminated against them based on their religion  and support of Israel.  The settlement provides that CSU and SFSU recognize that support for Israel as a...

Ellen Brickman, Ph.D. is a panelists at this year’s Women in Products Liability Regional CLE Program.

#MeToo: What the Movement Means for the Legal Profession

Panelists will discuss the impact of the #MeToo and #IWillSpeakUp movements for law firms and corporate legal departments. The discussion will cover a variety of issues including lawyers’ ethical obligations to act appropriately and report harassing behavior, how to address a client who is the harasser, and practical tips for responding when a client raises harassment concerns.

Ellen co-authored DOAR’s study,...

As the jurors were being seated for the trial of Paul Manafort in Virginia, DOAR’s Roy Futterman, Ph.D. provided insight to CNN’s Brooke Baldwin on the fast-paced jury selection process.  Watch the segment here.