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NEW RESEARCH


** Contrary to California law, many parole hearings for transgender and nonbinary people include misgendering
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A new study of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) parole hearings by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law and the Social Justice Legal Foundation finds 43% of parole hearings for transgender and nonbinary people included misgendering and/or insensitive comments.

In January 2021, California enacted the Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act (TRADA), which requires, among other things, that CDCR use proper gender pronouns and honorifics for transgender/nonbinary people in CDCR custody.
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WILLIAMS NEWS


** Congratulations to Columbia Law School on winning our 17th Annual Moot Court Competition
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On April 14, Denise Larson and Shreya Agarwala of Columbia Law School won the final round of the Williams Institute's 17th Annual Moot Court Competition. Sophia Singh and Alexandra Meyer of Fordham Law School took home second place. The final round was presided over by JudgeStaci M. Yandle (U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois), Judge William E. Weinberger (Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles), and Judge Andi Mudryk (Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento) at the Williams Institute's 22nd Annual Update.

This year's problem addressed the constitutionality of laws regulating conversion therapy and gender-affirming care. Twenty-nine teams competed in four preliminary rounds. Katarina Churich of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law won the Best Oral Advocate Award, and Gustavo Berrizbeitia & Abigail Bessler of Yale Law School won the Best Written Brief Award.

Congratulations to all of the competitors!
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