Bio
Sandra Park (@sandrapark) was a senior attorney with the ACLU Women’s Rights Project. Sandra’s work focused on advancing gender equality and challenging discrimination experienced by survivors of gender-based violence, and she was also counsel on the ACLU’s successful 2013 U.S. Supreme Court challenge to human gene patents. She previously worked at the Legal Aid Society, Bronx Neighborhood Office as a Skadden Fellow and clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein in the Southern District of New York. She is a magna cum laude graduate of New York University School of Law and Harvard University.
Featured work
Sep 8, 2014
Victory! Town Will No Longer Treat Domestic Violence Victims as Nuisances
![](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/blog-equ-nuicanceordinace-500x280-v01-400x280.png)
May 29, 2014
Pentagon Says Uncovering the Truth about Military Sexual Violence Is Too Burdensome. Huh?
![](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/blog-mst-500x280-v02-400x280.jpg)
Mar 12, 2014
Myriad Genetics’ Latest Attempt to Maintain Its Monopoly on Our Genes Rejected
![The Fight to Take Back Our Genes](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/lib13-brca-seriespage-graphic-500x280-v01-400x280.jpg)
Feb 27, 2014
Is the "Patent Happy" Patent Office Violating the First Amendment?
![Aerial view of the U.S. Patent Office building; Image source: Cliff/Flickr](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/blog-uspatentoffice-500x280_0-400x280.png)
Nov 7, 2013
Battle for Veterans' Disability Benefits: VA Discrimination Against Survivors of Military Sexual Violence
![](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/blog-mst-500x280-v02-400x280.jpg)
Aug 13, 2013
Advancing the Human Rights of Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence in the U.S.: Progress Report
![](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/blog-lenahan-500x280-400x280.png)
Jun 25, 2013
Justice Department: Police Misconduct in Responding to Domestic and Sexual Violence Can Violate Survivors' Civil Rights
![](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/blog-prsilva-500x280-400x280.png)
Jun 13, 2013
Human Gene Patents Struck Down: Reactions from the Plaintiffs
![](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/blog-harryostrer-500x280-v02_0-400x280.png)
Jun 13, 2013
VICTORY! Supreme Court Decides: Our Genes Belong to Us, Not Companies
![](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/blog-brca-decision-500x280-v02-400x280.jpg)
Apr 24, 2013
Shut Up or Get Out: PA City Punishes Domestic Violence Victims Who Call the Police
![](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/500x280-400x280.jpg)