Dr Jillian Weiss
| Dr Jillian Weiss | |
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| Born | 1961/05/11 Newark, NJ |
| 🏡 Residence | Beacon, New York USA |
| 🏳️ Nationality | USA |
| 🏫 Education | Ph.D Northeastern (Law & Society 2004), J.D. Seton Hall University (1986), BA Yeshiva University (1983) |
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Introduction[edit]
Jillian T. Weiss (born May 11, 1961) is an American civil rights lawyer and educator. Her law firm, Jillian T. Weiss & Associates, P.C., is located in Beacon, New York. She is best known for her representation of transgender people who have experienced job discrimination because of gender identity or expression. She is also known for co-counseling with the U.S. Department of Justice in its first transgender discrimination lawsuit (2014), and for her leadership of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund in New York City (2016-2018).
Early Life[edit]
Weiss was born in Newark, N.J. She lived in Springfield, N.J., with her family, until the age of five, after which they moved to Clark, N.J. She attended local public schools, with the exception of 4th and 5th grades spent at the Pingry School, then located in Elizabeth, N.J., and 7th through 10th grades at the Jewish Educational Center, Elizabeth, N.J. She was active in the United Synagogue Youth at her local Jewish temple, Temple Beth Or. At the age of 12, she began practicing as an Orthodox Jew. Her parents remained within the traditions of the Conservative Jewish movement.
Education[edit]
Weiss attended Yeshiva University, New York, N.Y., from 1979 to 1983. She graduated with a degree in Classics. At graduation, she received the Fletcher Award for Excellence in Classics. Although she had planned to remain at the school for another year to obtain rabbinic ordination, her parents prevailed upon her to attend law school at Seton Hall Law School in Newark, N.J.
