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Sandra S.
Park

Sandra Park is a staff attorney with the ACLU Women’s Rights Project. She previously worked at the Legal Aid Society, Bronx Neighborhood Office, first as a Skadden Fellow and then as a staff attorney. She also clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein in the Southern District of New York. A magna cum laude graduate of New York University School of Law and Harvard University, Park has also worked as a research associate at the Brennan Center for Justice.

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Note to Military: Sexual Assault Includes Rape

By Sandra S. Park, Women's Rights Project at 5:59pm
The government has turned a blind eye to these crimes has allowed them to continue, imperiling the lives of victims and degrading their service. Read More

When Patents Don’t Equal Progress

By Sandra S. Park, Women's Rights Project at 1:50pm
Yesterday, a unanimous Supreme Court strongly reaffirmed a principle that has existed in our case law for over 150 years: laws of nature, natural phenomena and ... Read More

Exposing the Ugly Details of the Military Sexual Violence Epidemic

By Sandra S. Park, Women's Rights Project & Rachel Natelson, Service Woman's Action Network at 5:08pm
On Monday, a federal court judge heard oral arguments in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case brought by the Service Women's Action Network (SWAN) and the ... Read More

Breast Cancer Doesn't Discriminate Against Men

By Sandra S. Park, Women's Rights Project at 1:09pm
Today is World Cancer Day. Today we're reminded that cancer crosses all gender, race, class, and geographic lines and that we must work in unity to treat and prevent it. Read More

Should Patents Control What Your Doctor Can Think?

By Sandra S. Park, Women's Rights Project at 4:55pm
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in an important patent case involving the right of physicians to think about how a patient has reacted to ... Read More

Victims of Domestic Abuse Deserve Protection, Not an Eviction Notice

By Elayne Weiss, Washington Legislative Office & Sandra S. Park, Women's Rights Project at 2:08pm
Imagine coming home to find that you are being evicted from your apartment. But it’s not because you haven’t paid rent; it’s because you are a ... Read More

For Domestic Violence Victims, There's No Place Like Topeka

By Lydia Devine, Women's Rights Project , Women's Rights Project & Sandra S. Park, Women's Rights Project at 11:00am
In an effort to cut budgets, the Topeka City Council has decriminalized domestic violence so the city doesn't have to spend the money to prosecute offenders. Read More

Your Genes, Your Rights

By Sandra S. Park, Women's Rights Project at 4:13pm
This post is part of Mom's Rising's Blog Carnival on women's health and economic rights, held this week to commemorate the anniversaries of the 1920 passage of the ... Read More

Who Owns Your Genes? The Case Continues…

By Sandra S. Park, Women's Rights Project at 8:10am
Today, a divided appellate court upheld patents on two human genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. The ruling partially reverses a landmark ... Read More

Ending Domestic Violence Requires Holding Police Accountable

By Sandra S. Park, Women's Rights Project at 10:09am
(Also posted on Daily Kos and Feministing.) Read More
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