Catherine E. Lhamon

Catherine E. Lhamon is an attorney and government official, and is currently chairwoman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

Education

BA, Amherst College. JD, Yale Law School.[1]

Career

Lhamon began her career as a law clerk for William Albert Norris of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, then joined the Appellate Litigation Program at Georgetown University Law Center. For ten years she was an attorney at the ACLU of Southern California. Following that, she was with the pro bono law firm Public Counsel.[1]

In 2013 she became the assistant secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education.[2] During her tenure, that office issued "Dear Colleague" letters and other guidance to school officials clarifying that a school's failure to appropriately respond to sexual violence or its mistreatment of transgender students can constitute sex discrimination in violation of Title IX, outlining how schools can ensure that student discipline complies with laws prohibiting race discrimination, and explaining how the use of restraint or seclusion can result in unlawful discrimination against students with disabilities. [3][4][5]


In December 2016 Lhamon was appointed as chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Catherine Lhamon Biography". U.S. Department of Education website. United States Department of Education. 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  2. ↑ "Getting to Know Catherine Lhamon". HOMEROOM. United States Department of Education. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  3. ↑ Savage, David G.; Phelps, Timothy M. (2015-08-17). "How a little-known education office has forced far-reaching changes to campus sex assault cases". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  4. ↑ State of Oklahoma (2016-05-13). "Letter in Response to Colleague Letter on Transgender Students" (PDF). Oklahoma government website. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  5. ↑ U.S. Dept. of Education, U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Reading Room
  6. ↑ "Catherine E. Lhamon". Washington Monthly website. Washington Monthly. Retrieved 2017-03-02.


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