Subject: If When How Lawyering for Reproductive Justice at UVA Law

Description: If/When/How is a student-led, student-driven, national non-profit network of law students, professors,
and lawyers committed to fostering the next wave of legal experts for the reproductive justice
movement. Mobilizing and mentoring new lawyers and scholars is a long-term strategy that will build
capacity, vision, and leadership for a more successful reproductive justice movement. Law functions
as both a catalyst to prompt the expansion of rights and a tool with which to hold governments and
communities accountable for the delivery of liberty, equality, dignity, and fairness promised by those
rights.

Reproductive justice will be achieved when all people and communities have access to the information,
resources, and support they need to attain sexual and reproductive self-determination. We dedicate
ourselves to ensuring access to medically accurate, age-appropriate, culturally competent sex and
sexuality education, and access to comprehensive, quality reproductive healthcare: including prenatal
care, postnatal care, contraception, abortion services, and alternative reproductive technologies for
women and men, free from coercion, discrimination and violence.

Today, a growing number of law schools offer comprehensive courses in reproductive rights law, but
opportunities for professional training remain scarce. As individuals, each of us faces difficulties
obtaining the education and training we need to become strong, successful advocates for reproductive
justice. Together, we can change this situation and become a powerful, educated force that defends
and expands reproductive rights in the United States and around the world.