Dr. Ann Olivarius, Founder and Chair of McAllister Olivarius, was invited by the London School of Economics (LSE) student podcast On the Case to speak about the evolution of female sexuality, discrimination in the legal system, and her decades of work advocating for women’s rights.
In this episode, Dr. Olivarius reflects on her early activism at Yale University, where she helped shape some of the first legal challenges to sexual harassment on college campuses, and how those experiences influenced her career in law. She shares insights from her work leading landmark cases involving sexual misconduct, discrimination, and institutional accountability in both the UK and the US.
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Dr. Olivarius also speaks about:
- How attitudes toward female sexuality have changed, and how they have not
- The legal landscape of sex discrimination today
- What still needs to change to achieve true equality
- Her experience founding and growing McAllister Olivarius, a law firm dedicated to justice, women, and equality
With a career that spans academia, corporate law, and strategic litigation against some of the world’s most powerful institutions, Dr. Olivarius offers a rare perspective on what meaningful legal reform looks like and what is still required to protect women and marginalised groups.