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Sandra Park

Former Senior Staff Attorney

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµWomen's Rights Project

Bio

Sandra Park () was a senior attorney with the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµWomen’s Rights Project. Sandra’s work focused on advancing gender equality and challenging discrimination experienced by survivors of gender-based violence, and she was also counsel on the ACLU’s successful 2013 U.S. Supreme Court challenge to human gene patents. She previously worked at the Legal Aid Society, Bronx Neighborhood Office as a Skadden Fellow and clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein in the Southern District of New York. She is a magna cum laude graduate of New York University School of Law and Harvard University.


Featured work

May 19, 2016

Who Should Control Your Genetic Information — You or Corporate Laboratories?

Who Should Control Your Genetic Information — You or Corporate Laboratories?

Mar 25, 2016

With Nuisance Laws, Has ‘Serve and Protect’ Turned Into ‘Silence and Evict’?

With Nuisance Laws, Has ‘Serve and Protect’ Turned Into ‘Silence and Evict’?

Dec 15, 2015

8 Principles That Will Stop Police Practices That Harm Women and LGBT People

8 Principles That Will Stop Police Practices That Harm Women and LGBT People

Oct 27, 2015

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Should Feel Safe Seeking Police Help, Not Shame, Hostility, or Indifference

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Should Feel Safe Seeking Police Help, Not Shame, Hostility, or Indifference

Aug 27, 2015

Surprise! Get Assaulted, Call 911, Get Evicted … By Order of the Police

Surprise! Get Assaulted, Call 911, Get Evicted … By Order of the Police

Aug 7, 2015

Black Women and Black Lives Matter: Fighting Police Misconduct in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Cases

Black Women and Black Lives Matter: Fighting Police Misconduct in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Cases

Jun 12, 2015

Hard Evidence on Why Domestic Violence Victims May Think Twice About Calling 911

Hard Evidence on Why Domestic Violence Victims May Think Twice About Calling 911

Mar 4, 2015

5 Takeaways After Watching 'The Hunting Ground,' the New Documentary on Campus Sexual Violence

5 Takeaways After Watching 'The Hunting Ground,' the New Documentary on Campus Sexual Violence

Feb 12, 2015

Myriad Genetics Relents on Gene Patents, But Will the Patent Office Stop Issuing Patents on Products of Nature?

Myriad Genetics Relents on Gene Patents, But Will the Patent Office Stop Issuing Patents on Products of Nature?

Nov 6, 2014

The Fight to Take Back Our Genes Moves to Canada

The Fight to Take Back Our Genes Moves to Canada