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The Hastings Women’s Law Journal (HWLJ) strongly acknowledges the principle of academic freedom as an essential pillar of an academic forum. HWLJ has always embraced diverse opinions and fostered progress through open, candid discussions to stimulate innovative solutions to structural problems. Our mission would undoubtedly fail if open dialogue was threatened in an academic forum.

Some of you may have noticed that our bathrooms now have a "Unisex" sign over the old signs on the doors. We decided it just didn't make sense to have 2 single bathrooms that were gendered.

To support our move, we made sure to cite a law journal article, Loo Law: The Public Washroom as a Hyper-Regulated Place, 20 Hastings Women's L.J 45 (2009). The article is attached for those of you that wish to investigate a bit further.