While there's no legal news to report on the Penn State-Rene Portland vs. Jen Harris case, there is some lawyer news. Linda M. Dardarian and Jessica Beckett-McWalter, two California-based lawyers who work for a firm that describes itself as a class-action and civil-rights group , have joined the National Center for Lesbian Rights in helping to represent Harris.

Over in Happy Valley, per university policy, the school is financing coach Portland's legal defense.

In public relations news, there will be an article focusing on Harris published in October 17th's issue of CosmoGirl.