Law students can’t resist a free lunch, especially one that’s accompanied by an interesting speaker. The final event in the Presidential Transition Lecture Series, featuring Professor Laura Little’s interview of EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum, promised both sandwiches and compelling conversation. Chai Feldblum became an EEOC Commissioner in April of 2010, a position she will retain until her term ends in July of 2018. During her tenure at the EEOC, she has focused on employment civil rights issues, including sexual orientation and transgender discrimination, pregnancy accommodation, and employment of people with disabilities. In short, she’s kind of a big deal. Commissioner Feldblum began the talk by laying out the processes and functions of the EEOC. She explained that the EEOC is a five-person, bipartisan agency whose members are appointed by the president and approved by Congress. I was heartened to learn that EEOC decisions are arrived at through a majority vote, rendering them more insulated from turnover than other agency guidance. While some agency action is revocable by the Cabinet Secretary—for instance, the Department of Education’s …