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Administrative/Regulatory

Feb. 25, 2017

On Title IX, Obama civil rights leader has no regrets

A former Los Angeles lawyer revolutionized civil rights in education under the Barack H. Obama administration, but the Donald J. Trump presidency may lessen her impact.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A former Los Angeles lawyer revolutionized civil rights in education under the Obama administration, but the Donald J. Trump presidency may undo much of her work.

Catherine E. Lhamon, Obama's former head of the U.S. Education Department's Office of Civil Rights, voiced anger Thursday about Trump withdrawing guidance that the ban on discrimination "on the basis of sex" in Title IX should apply ...

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