2 Results for tag: Equity in Athletics

National Women’s Law Center Confused over Title IX

Early last week, Dina Lassow of the National Women’s Law Center praised Judge Glen E. Conrad of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia for dismissing a lawsuit by Equity in Athletics, Inc. (EIA) against James Madison Univeristy. EIA challenged the university’s decision to cut varsity funding of ten athletic teams (three ... More

EIA Petitions Supreme Court for Hearing in JMU Case

From an Equity in Athletics press release: Equity in Athletics, Inc. ("EIA") filed a petition that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hear EIA's case for a preliminary injunction to reinstate the ten intercollegiate athletic teams that James Madison University ("JMU") demoted to club status effective July 1, 2007. The petition argues argues that the U.S. ... More