Orrick Lecture by Kim Turner, CdeP 1998: "Sports Equality, Societal Equality: How a 45 Year Old Federal Civil Rights Law Has and Will Continue to Transform Our Schools and Country"

Kim Turner serves as a senior staff attorney with the Gender Equity & LGBT Rights Program and the Fair Play for Girls in Sports Project of Legal Aid at Work (formerly Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center), a one-hundred-year-old nonprofit organization in San Francisco. Legal Aid Society advances justice and economic opportunity for low-income people and their families at work, in school, and in the community, advocating for new laws and policies, providing free legal information, advice, and representation. Through litigation, education, and policy work, Kim advocates for equality in athletic opportunities for female youth—particularly in low-income communities and communities of color—based on Title IX and California’s AB 2404, the Fair Play in Community Sports Act. Since graduating from Cardozo Law School in New York City in 2008, Kim has practiced a mixture of employment, housing law, and Title IX law including with Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York and Bay Area Legal Aid in San Jose. She received her B.A. from Brown University in 2002, double concentrating in Public Policy and Sociology. At Brown, Kim played for the varsity women’s volleyball team and the junior varsity soccer team. Kim is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and other news outlets and offers trainings and talks on Title IX, AB 2404, and related laws to a wide range of audiences.