Victory for Women

A victory for all women who have battled gender discrimination in the workplace was won this week when a jury awarded Janet Conney $4.07 million from her suit against the University of California Regents and UCLA.

In 2003 Conney, a former assistant clinical professor at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, sued UC-Regents and UCLA for sexual harassment, retaliation for complaining about discrimination, and pay inequity.

Conney is supported by AAUW's Legal Advocacy Fund (LAF) which provides funding and a support system for individuals seeking judicial redress for sex discrimination. To date, AAUW has donated more than $17,000 to Conney's case. The award is one of the largest awarded to an AAUW LAF plaintiff.

Read the full case summary of Janet Conney v. The Regents of the University of California, et al.