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Title IX prohibits sex discrimination by all educational institutions that receive federal funds. It applies to both students and employees, protecting them from all forms of sex-based discrimination, including sexual harassment and abuse. At Clarkson, we aim to stop this discrimination — and ensure justice prevails.
Our Title IX practice is led by public interest trailblazer Arthur H. Bryant, the nation’s leading Title IX attorney, who has successfully represented more female and male student-athletes than anyone in the country, and who served as lead trial counsel in the first Title IX case ever tried against a university for discriminating against its women athletes.
Fighting sex discrimination in college sports nationwide.
Title IX requires that female and male student-athletes receive equal participation opportunities, athletic financial aid, and treatment and benefits. Though it's been the law for over 50 years, most colleges and universities are violating Title IX — depriving women of the equality the law requires.
Moreover, the massively changing landscape of college sports, including the expansion of name, image, and likeness (NIL) payments, is making things worse. Over 90% of NIL money currently goes to male athletes — often with their schools’ active involvement — exacerbating the unequal treatment women were already receiving.
We are focused on exposing and stopping this discrimination, holding schools accountable, and making them compensate their victims. We begin by asking schools to voluntarily comply with Title IX, without the need for a lawsuit. Over 80% have agreed. If they refuse, we then take legal action to challenge systemic biases, set new precedents, and enforce the law to make things right.
Our team filed the first cases in the country seeking to make schools pay students who have been cheated out of financial aid or denied equal treatment, including deals related to NIL. The need for our work is starkly illustrated by examples like the University of Oregon’s women’s beach volleyball team — which, until recently, received no athletic financial aid and had no proper practice or competitive facility — while male football players are put up in hotels before home games.
We also strictly enforce one of the critical prohibitions of Title IX: Schools cannot discriminate to make (or avoid losing) money. No matter where their money is coming from, they must provide gender equity for all.
Our clients are willing to fight because they understand the impact it can have — not just on their own lives, but on the lives of countless others. They take valuable time out of their days to provide testimony, give depositions, and work with our team — all for a purpose far bigger than any one individual.
While most of our clients are women, we represent men being discriminated against, in violation of Title IX, too. In fact, Arthur Bryant won the only Title IX victory ever for male athletes in 2021 — helping preserve Clemson University’s men’s track & field and cross country teams.
Pursuing a Title IX case can be challenging, but it can be empowering and make a big difference. And you don’t have to do it alone. We are here to support you every step of the way, with the legal expertise and compassionate care you deserve.
