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Title IX: Looking Back on 40 years
Team Judge James and BanuRamachandran, BarranLiebman LLP
TITLE IX No Personin the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participationin, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. 20 U.S.C. § 1681 (emphasis added)
Title IX in Athletics Heather Sue Mercer v. Duke University, 190 F.3d 643 (4th Cir. 1999)
Title IX in Academics
Before and After Title IX Source: Equal Access to Education: Forty Years of Title IX, U.S. Dept. of Justice, June 23, 2012; www.dayofthegirl.org.
Percent of Adults Age 25-34 with a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher Source: Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being, White House Council on Women and Girls
Law Degrees in Oregon Lewis & Clark Law School Before Title IX: 1970 Willamette University: 4.2% women University of Oregon: 5.3% women Lewis & Clark: 11% women (1971) Willamette College of Law University of Oregon Law School Source: US News, Rankings and Reviews, J.D. Candidates Graduating in 2011-2012