MAPC Lawyers Provide Pro Bono Assistance to 12 Year Old Girl Basketball Player Seeking Gender Equality

Hope Green-Brooks has been a star player on the “Game Time” boys’ basketball team in Eugene, Oregon for the past three years. She excels at the game, so much so that she does not practice with a girls team because she outshines that competition. She has been welcomed on the boys team and, with her help, the Game Time team made it to championship tournaments this season.

Everything was going well, until the coach of an opposing team in the championships found a way through the Amature Athletic Union (AAU) rules to get his team an advantage. He had Hope disqualified for being a girl.

The controversy garnered significant media attention.
 

But Hope’s mother, with the assistance of Michel & Associates’ attorney Hillary J. Green, is fighting back against this sexist policy. Together they are working to make sure Hope is on the basketball court with the boys next season, and that players are allowed to play and compete based on skill – not gender.

 For more information and to sign the petition supporting Hope in her fight, please visit www.hopeforgenderequality.org.

ATTORNEY ADVERTISEMENT:  This communication or portions thereof may be considered "advertising" as defined by Section 6157(c) of the California Business and Professions Code or within the jurisdiction in which you are viewing this.  Nothing in the discussion above is intended to be a representation or guarantee about the outcome of any legal proceeding in which you may be involved.  By providing the information above in this format, Michel & Associates is not soliciting you to hire it to handle a specific legal matter you may currently have or be anticipating commencing in the future.  Notwithstanding the discussion above, you should not act or refrain from acting on the basis of any content on this site without seeking appropriate legal advice regarding your particular circumstances from an attorney licensed to practice law.  This communication is informational only and does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Michel & Associates.  Michel & Associates's attorneys are licensed to practice in California, Texas, and the District of Columbia.