Fall Public Service Awards | Sharon Terman, JD '04

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Channel: Stanford Law School · 2011 · Education

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haron Terman, JD '04 is senior staff attorney and director of the Work and Family Project at the Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center of San Francisco. As the 2011 Miles L. Rubin Public Interest Award recipient, Ms. Terman is being recognized for her pioneering work in enforcing family leave laws, both the Federal Family Medical Leave Act and California's own family leave law, which significantly expands workers' rights beyond the federal statute. She assists poor women, many of whom are immigrants and often undocumented, who face illegal treatment at work. Ms. Terman tackles pregnancy discrimination, violations of family and medical leave laws, domestic violence in the workplace, and harassment.

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