LaborEmploymentLawForum.PDFVIP

Labor Employment Law Forum Volume 1 | Issue 2 Article 4 4-1-2011 Welcome Remarks: Overview of Title VII Follow this and additional works at : http://digital /lelb Part of the Labor and Employment Law Commons Re ommended Citation 1 Am. U. Lab. Emp. L. F. 175 (2011). This Panel is brought to you for free and open a ess by the Washington College of Law Journals Law R eviews at Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. It has been a epted for inclusion in Labor Employment Law Forum by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. For more information, please ontact fbrown@. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION : 45 YEARS OF ENFORCEMENT OF TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 WELCOME REMARKS : OVERVIEW OF TITLE VII BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RICHARD UGELOW : My name is Richard Ugelow. I teach in the clinical program at the [Washington College of Law] (“WCL”). In my prior life, I was an attorney in the Employment Litigation Section (“ELS”) of the Civil Rights Division [at the Department of Justice (“DOJ”)]. Let me thank you all for coming today to celebrate and review forty-? ve years of enforcement of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”).1 A special thank you to the Dean of the Law School, [Claudio] Grossman, who will be here later and to the [Program on Law Government] who kindly sponsored today’s program. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, sex, religion, and national origin.2 As originally enacted by Congress, judicial enforcement authority was the exclusive responsibility of the [DOJ]. Within the [DOJ], that authori