Suzanne Goldberg

Porfessor and Director of The Gender and Sexuality Law Program at Columbia Law School

Suzanne Goldberg appears in the following:

The Docket: The Harvey Weinstein Trial And Why It Is So Difficult To Prosecute Sexual Assault

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Dozens of accusations against Weinstein helped launch the #MeToo Movement, but prosecuting him for those charges of rape and sexual assault is a different story.

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How the #MeToo Movement Is Playing Out in Court

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

There are signs the justice system is slowly shifting to give more credence to alleged victims of sexual misconduct.

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Harvey Weinstein's Prosecution and When #MeToo Makes It to Court

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Suzanne Goldberg, the director of Columbia Law School's Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, says the #MeToo movement has shifted the "tradition of disbelief toward women."

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Episode 1: Designing the Harassment-Free Workplace

Monday, January 22, 2018

WNYC's Jami Floyd kicks off our series by exploring harassment in all types of workplaces -- from the boardroom, to the restaurant, to the home.

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Columbia's Revised Sexual Assault Policy

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Columbia University unveils changes to the way it handles sexual assault on campus.

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Supreme Court Halts Utah Same-Sex Marriages

Tuesday, January 07, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court has hit the pause button on same-sex marriage in Utah. Federal Judge Robert Shelby struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban back in December, but yesterday the ...

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Supreme Court Allows Women's Class-Action Suit Against Walmart

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Yesterday the Supreme Court announced that it would hear the biggest work discrimination lawsuit in American history. The suit’s plaintiffs accuse Walmart of having discriminated against hundreds of thousands of women across the country for pay and for promotions. Walmart says the suit has too many aspects to be deemed a single class-action.

Even though the immediate stakes are very high for both the plaintiffs and the defendant in this case, the long-term ramifications of the case could be long lasting, particularly for future class-action lawsuits.

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Domestic Violence Law

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Suzanne Goldberg, professor at Columbia Law School and director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, discusses domestic violence law and cases pertaining to domestic abuse.

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Maine's Gay Marriage Repeal Viewed Nationally

Thursday, November 05, 2009

On Tuesday, Maine voters headed to the polls and reversed the state legislature's decision to permit gay marriage. Maine is the third state in the country where voters repealed a legi...

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State-by-State Trends in Gay Marriage

Monday, May 11, 2009

Gay marriage has been a longtime wedge issue in the United States, but the pace of change has quickened in the last few months. Last month, Iowa and Vermont legalized same-sex marriag...

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