Marilynn L. Schuyler, JD, Bio

Marilynn L. Schuyler, JD, has been developing Affirmative Action Plans for public, private, and academic institutions since 1996, and has been working in the field of Equal Employment Opportunity since 1988. She provides clients with strategic advice and analysis related to all aspects of Affirmative Action compliance, and produces Affirmative Action Plans consistent with OFCCP regulations. She has successfully led clients through audits, from notice of audit to notice of compliance, and develops compliant compensation analyses and all other analyses required for responses to OFCCP. Ms. Schuyler also provides advice and counsel on the Internet Applicant Rule and all related aspects of applicant tracking and recordkeeping.

Ms. Schuyler began her professional career at the Department of Labor. She served in the Oakland District Office of the OFCCP as Assistant District Director, and in the San Francisco Regional Office as an OFCCP Liaison and as the Regional Civil Rights Officer. In the National Office, she was the Department of Labor's Affirmative Action Officer. She also served as the Affirmative Action Officer for the Office of the President at the University of California, for whom she developed the Affirmative Action Plan for four years.

Ms. Schuyler was part of the legal team (and Counsel of Record) that filed AAAA’s amicus curiae brief on behalf of the respondent in Fisher vs. University of Texas, heard by the Supreme Court in October 2012. She also coordinated the legal team and co-wrote AAAED’s amicus curiae brief for the same case, when it was heard by the Supreme Court in December 2015.

Prior to establishing Schuyler Affirmative Action Practice, Ms. Schuyler was a Senior Attorney and Director of Affirmative Action Program Development at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Ms. Schuyler received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was an editor for the Poverty Law Journal. She earned her B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was an Alumni Scholar.

Ms. Schuyler has served as President of the Washington Metro Industry Liaison Group and the Region III Director of the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity (AAAED), formerly the American Association for Affirmative Action (AAAA). Ms. Schuyler was also Chair of the 2014 NILG Conference. She is currently the First Vice President of AAAED and an active member of the Sacramento ILG.