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  1. MARY C. STILL, CENTER FOR WORKLIFE LAW, LITIGATING THE MATERNAL WALL: U.S. LAWSUITS CHARGING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WORKERS WITH FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES 7 (2006), available at http://www.worklifelaw.org/pubs/FRDreport.pdf.

  2. Id. at 13. WLL defines “success” on the part of the plaintiff as any case that is not ruled in favor of the employer. “Success” includes cases that result in a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, are settled and where motion to dismiss and summary judgment are denied.

  3. Balancing Work and Family in the Recession Before the Joint Economic Committee, 111th Cong. 1 (2009) (statement of Cynthia Thomas Calvert, Deputy Director, The Center for WorkLife Law), available at http://www.worklifelaw.org/pubs/WLL_Testimony_to_Senate_JEC_7_23_09.pdf.

  4. Saranna Thornton, Maternity and Childrearing Leave Policies for Faculty: The Legal and Practical Challenges of Complying with Title VII, 12(2) S. CAL. REV. L. & WOMEN’S STUD. 161, 177 (2003).

  5. Id.

  6. Williams et al., Beyond the Chilly Climate, NEA HIGHER EDUC. J. at 91 (2006)..

  7. Brown v. Trustees of Boston Univ., 891 F.2d 337, 361 (1st Cir. 1989).

  8. Williams et al., Beyond the Chilly Climate, NEA HIGHER EDUC. J. at 91 (Fall 2006).

  9. Donna Euben, Legal Watch: Family Matters, ACADEME ONLINE, available at http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2004/ND/Col/ndlw.htm (discussing Arkin v. University of Oregon).


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