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13 U.C. Davis J. Juv. L. & Pol'y 281 (2009)
Using the Equal Protection Clause Post-VMI to Keep Gender Stereotypes out of the Public School Dress Code Equation

handle is hein.journals/ucdajujlp13 and id is 285 raw text is: Using the Equal Protection Clause Post-
VMI to Keep Gender Stereotypes Out of the
Public School Dress Code Equation
JENNIFER L. GREENBLATT*
Table of Contents
Introduction  .......................................................................... 282
I. Setting the Stage for Appearance Litigation: Hippies, Hair,
and  Federal Equality  Statutes ............................................... 283
II. VMI & Company: The Heightened Scrutiny Framework for
Gender-Specific  Dress Codes .............................................. 287
III. VMI's Forbidden Rationales: Policy Implications for
Gender-Distinguishing Dress Codes .................................... 290
IV. Analyzing Needville School District's Dress Code: VMI in
P ractice  ................................................................................. 293
C onclusion  ........................................................................... 297
* Law clerk to the Honorable Richard Clifton, United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. J.D., Stanford Law School, 2008; B.A.,
Cornell University, 2005. I thank William Koski for his encouragement in
writing this article, my sister, Rachel Greenblatt, for her lifelong
friendship, and the editors of the UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law &
Policy for all of their assistance.

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