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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

Sep 8, 2014

Victory! Town Will No Longer Treat Domestic Violence Victims as Nuisances

Victory! Town Will No Longer Treat Domestic Violence Victims as Nuisances

May 29, 2014

Pentagon Says Uncovering the Truth about Military Sexual Violence Is Too Burdensome. Huh?

Pentagon Says Uncovering the Truth about Military Sexual Violence Is Too Burdensome. Huh?

Mar 12, 2014

Myriad Genetics’ Latest Attempt to Maintain Its Monopoly on Our Genes Rejected

Myriad Genetics’ Latest Attempt to Maintain Its Monopoly on Our Genes Rejected

Feb 27, 2014

Is the Patent Happy Patent Office Violating the First Amendment?

Is the Patent Happy Patent Office Violating the First Amendment?

Nov 7, 2013

Battle for Veterans' Disability Benefits: VA Discrimination Against Survivors of Military Sexual Violence

Battle for Veterans' Disability Benefits: VA Discrimination Against Survivors of Military Sexual Violence

Aug 13, 2013

Advancing the Human Rights of Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence in the U.S.: Progress Report

Advancing the Human Rights of Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence in the U.S.: Progress Report

Jun 25, 2013

Justice Department: Police Misconduct in Responding to Domestic and Sexual Violence Can Violate Survivors' Civil Rights

Justice Department: Police Misconduct in Responding to Domestic and Sexual Violence Can Violate Survivors' Civil Rights

Jun 13, 2013

Human Gene Patents Struck Down: Reactions from the Plaintiffs

Human Gene Patents Struck Down: Reactions from the Plaintiffs

Jun 13, 2013

VICTORY! Supreme Court Decides: Our Genes Belong to Us, Not Companies

VICTORY! Supreme Court Decides: Our Genes Belong to Us, Not Companies

Apr 24, 2013

Shut Up or Get Out: PA City Punishes Domestic Violence Victims Who Call the Police

Shut Up or Get Out: PA City Punishes Domestic Violence Victims Who Call the Police