Ann Olivarius

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Ann Marie Olivarius
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Olivarius in 2017
Born (1955-02-19) 19 February 1955 (age 66)
Brooklyn, New York, US
EducationBA, MBA, JD, DPhil
Alma materYale University
Somerville College, Oxford
OccupationChair of the Executive Committee, McAllister Olivarius
Years active1986–present
Spouse(s)Jef McAllister (married 1981)
Children2 daughters, 1 son
Websitewww.annolivarius.com

Ann Olivarius (born 19 February 1955) is an American-British lawyer who specializes in cases of civil litigation, sexual harassment, and sexual discrimination.

Early life and education[]

Ann Olivarius was a member of the Yale Undergraduate Women's Caucus during the mid-1970s.[1] During this time, Olivarius sued the school as a part of Alexander v. Yale alongside other students and a professor for what The New Yorker describes as "quid-pro-quo sexual harassment by professors, a hostile environment, and a lack of reporting procedures". The case was eventually dismissed,[2] however Olivarius was credited with coining the phrase during the process "date rape",[3] which she publicized through a series of talks at the college.[4][5] In 1978 received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University.[6] At Oxford, Olivarius pursued a DPhil in Economics at Somerville College,[7][8][9] where her thesis was entitled Working Democracy: Analysis and prospects of British worker co-operatives.[10] In 1986, Olivarius graduated from Yale with a combined MBA and JD.[11]

Career[]

As a lawyer, Olivarius has represented victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and discrimination.[12] This has included representing victims of nonconsensual pornography and other internet-based privacy violations, such as YouTube personality Chrissy Chambers.[13][14] Olivarius is a co-founder of the law firm AO Advocates, which represents victims of childhood sexual abuse,[15] and a senior partner at McAllister Olivarius.[16] In 2017, the British academic journal Nature named Olivarius as one of "Nature’s 10" people who mattered in science because of her work fighting sexual harassment at universities.[17] That year she also became a Donaldson Fellow[18] at the Yale School of Management, citing her as "a groundbreaking civil rights litigator".[19]

Olivarius established The Rhodes Project [20] to study the lives and careers of Rhodes Scholars. In 2012, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) included her in its list of nine most influential people in the history of Title IX.[21] She received the Yale Women Lifetime Achievement Award from the Yale Alumni Association in 2019.[22] Nelson Mandela praised Olivarius as “a lawyer who has advised me well and who has courageously advanced the cause of justice, and improved life opportunities, for hundreds of millions of women, blacks and disadvantaged, worldwide.”[23] She has served on the boards of openDemocracy, Autistica, and Women Moving Millions.[24]

References[]

  1. ^ MacKinnon, Catharine A.; Siegel, Reva B. (October 1, 2008). Directions in Sexual Harassment Law. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300135305 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Tolentino, Jia (5 February 2018). "Is There a Smarter Way to Think About Sexual Assault on Campus?". The New Yorker.
  3. ^ Goldhill, Olivia (May 27, 2015). "What the woman who coined the term 'date rape' thinks of British universities" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. ^ Catherine A. McKinnon, Sexual Harassment of Working Women, Yale University Press (1979). The preface, pages xi-xiv, discusses the origins of the work at Yale in 1974-75.
  5. ^ "Dr Olivarius discusses Rhodes Project findings at 40 Years of Rhodes Women conference". The Rhodes Project.
  6. ^ "32 Students Are Selected for Rhodes Scholarships, The New York Times, December 19, 1977.
  7. ^ "Profile: Ann Olivarius". Somerville Magazine. p. 25.
  8. ^ "Somervillian becomes the first female Rhodes Scholar to have portrait displayed at Rhodes House". Somerville College, Oxford. 14 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Staff and Collaborators". Rhodes Project. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  10. ^ Working Democracy: Analysis and prospects of British worker co-operatives
  11. ^ "May/June 2019 | Yale College | School Notes | Yale Alumni Magazine". yalealumnimagazine.com.
  12. ^ Hinton, Rachel (September 10, 2019). "Lawsuit accuses former U of I professor of sexually assaulting, harassing students". Chicago Sun-Times.
  13. ^ Kleeman, Jenny (Jan 18, 2018). "The YouTube star who fought back against revenge porn – and won". Retrieved Aug 16, 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
  14. ^ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57f156082e69cf154bc43c12/t/5a70a5218165f5a8200bfe11/1517331752356/Law+Gazette.pdf
  15. ^ Easton, Mark (January 31, 2014). "Lawyers seek US-style damages for abuse at public schools". BBC News – via www.bbc.com.
  16. ^ Rawlinson, Kevin (June 27, 2017). "British Sikh couple take legal action after being advised not to adopt" – via www.theguardian.com.
  17. ^ "Nature's 10". www.nature.com.
  18. ^ "Donaldson Fellows". Yale School of Management. May 25, 2013.
  19. ^ "Five Alumni Named 2016-17 Donaldson Fellows". Yale School of Management. December 7, 2016.
  20. ^ "The Rhodes Project". The Rhodes Project. Retrieved Aug 16, 2020.
  21. ^ "Title IX – The Nine". ACLU.
  22. ^ "Pioneering Alumnae Honored". Yale Alumni Association.
  23. ^ "Profile: Ann Olivarius". Somerville Magazine. 6 August 2019.
  24. ^ "Home". Women Moving Millions. Retrieved Aug 16, 2020.

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