Jennings v. UNC-CH is settled

On Monday, January 14, the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund supported case, Jennings v. UNC-CH was settled. The university agreed to pay former soccer player Melissa Jennings $385,000 and the coach Anson Dorrance issued an apology to all players.

For details on the settlement see the January 15 article in the Raleigh News and Observer. [link updated 1/25.]

For the summary from AAUW, see www.aauw.org/laf. This was the first case involving a North Carolina institution that was adopted by the Legal Advocacy Fund.

To learn more about the issues of sex discrimination on campus and the work of the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund, please plan to attend the event at NC Central University next Tuesday, January 22.