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Judge Grants Approval For $6.2 Million Partial Settlement Of Historic Union Discrimination Case
Lawyers' Committee Advocates for Protection
against Retaliation
The Lawyers' Committee Opposes Proposed Revision to the ABA Standards for the Approval of Law Schools - Interpretation 301-6 for Bar Pass Rate
Statement of Joseph D. Rich
On behalf of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Campaign Legal Center, I thank the United States Senate, through Senator Harry Reid's leadership, for his actions regarding the nomination of Hans von Spakovsky to the Federal Election Commission. The Lawyers' Committee's opposition to this nomination has been based on egregious actions by Mr. von Spakovsky politicizing the Department of Justice and undermining the voting rights of hundreds of thousands of Americans. The harm that he has caused to the fundamental right to vote and to the credibility of the country's most important law enforcement agency has been significant and should disqualify him as a FEC commissioner. We urge the Bush Administration to find an acceptable replacement for Mr. von Spakovsky as soon as possible to avoid an extended interruption of the FEC's important work.
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against the Town of Smithtown, New York to Halt a Discriminatory Residency Preference in its Section 8 Housing Voucher Program
Lawyers' Committee Submits Report to United Nations and Co-Sponsors Civil Rights, Human Rights and Race: An Applied Legal Scholarship Symposium at Howard University
Lawyers' Committee Coordinates NGO Education Working Group Submission to Shadow Report on International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Honors Outstanding Lawyers, Law Firms, and Client
Mississippi's distribution of federal housing assistance continues to neglect the needs of low and moderate-income families. Thousands of these families must soon leave their FEMA trailers but still have no place to go. Click here to watch and listen to a few individuals who are facing this dire housing shortage.
Judge Grants Preliminary Approval for Partial Settlement of Historic Union Discrimination Case
Lawyers’ Committee Deeply Disappointed with Federal Court Ruling in Favor of Discriminatory Georgia Voter ID Law
Coastal Mississippians Face A Perfect Storm Two Years Later
Mississippi Residents Sue Army Corps of Engineers for Decision to Destroy Necessary Wetlands
The Lawyers' Committee 2007 Justice at Stake Summer Workshop - Download Audio
Lawyers' Committee Statement on Supreme Court Decision in K-12 School
Diversity Cases
Lawyers' Committee Announces Support for Bill Aimed at Solving Civil
Rights Era Murder Cases
Lawyers' Committee Works to Stop Unjust Evictions of FEMA Trailer Residents
Along the Gulf Coast
Lawyers’ Committee Trains Parents on Their Rights under the No Child
Left Behind Act
For Parent Empowerment Guidebook, click here
For media announcement, click here
Joe Rich, Project Director Fair Housing and Community Development
quoted in New York Times
Lawyers' Committee Urges Supreme Court to Vindicate Employee Rights:
Employment Project Files Brief Supporting Employee Who
Suffered Race Discrimination
For Press Release, click here
For Brief, click here
Lawyers' Committee Supports Employees in Landmark Discrimination:
Case Employment Project Files Brief Supporting Class of 1.6
Million Wal-Mart Employees
For Press Release, click here
For Brief, click here
Lawyers' Committee Supports Clinton and Tubbs Jones’s Reintroduction
of Count Every Vote Act:
Legislation Addresses Deficiencies in Electoral System
Commission on No Child Left Behind Notes Lawyers’ Committee’s
Connecticut Lawsuit
The Maryland Election Protection Coalition released a report on
the problems experienced by Maryland voters during the November
2006 statewide election cycle.
Lawyers' Committee Applauds Obama and Schumer Bill to Prevent Voter
Intimidation and Deceptive Practices
For Press Release, click here.
For NY Times article, click here
Lawyers' Committee Co-Host Open House to Unveil Environment Friendly
Housing in Hurricane Devastated Area
Report on 2006 Elections
Lawyers' Committee Files an Amicus Brief in Support of School Integration
NAACP
Amicus Brief in Support of Respondents
Florida
Governor Jeb Bush Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners
For more information on the Seattle/Jefferson School
Integration cases:
St. Bernard Parish Agrees to Halt Discriminatory Zoning Rule:
Fair Housing Groups Call “Blood Relative Ordinance”
Illegal
Thousands Call Election Protection Voter Hotline:
Civil Rights Groups Appeal Maryland Absentee Ballot Deadline
Tyson Foods Resolves Alabama Employment Case Agreement Involves
Additional Training and Oversight
Election Protection Coalition Schedules Media Briefings for Election
Day
Lawyers’ Committee Urges Maryland Board of Elections to Protect the
Right to Vote: Election Protection Coalition Concerned with
State’s Response to Absentee Ballot Requests
For the letter to the State Board of Elections,
click here.
For the letter to the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive
and Legislative Review,
click here.
For a copy of the NAACP Press Release,
click here
Election Protection Launches National Voter Assistance Hotline
NAACP and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Seek to Defend Voting
Rights Act:
NAACP Files Motion to Intervene in Federal Court
For press release, click here
For a copy of the motion to intervene, click here
National Commission on Environmental Justice on the Gulf Coast Holds
Hearings in Gulfport, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana
Federal Court Halts Arizona's Harmful Voter ID Law:
Proposition 200 Will Not Apply to November Elections
St. Bernard Zoning Ordinances Discriminate, Suit Says:
Case Challenges Efforts to Prevent Minorities from
Moving to Lily-White New Orleans Suburb
For press release, click here
To read the complaint, click here
Providence
NAACP Files EEOC Charge Alleging Cranston, R.I. Fire and Police
Departments Discriminate Against Minorities and Women>
Lawyers' Committee Disappointed in House Vote in Support of Harmful
Voter ID Bil
Click here
to see the Lawyers’ Committee’s new movie,
“The New Homeless”
Voting Rights Groups Challenge Voter Intimidation Provision: Suit challenges unfair burden on naturalized citizens
when casting vote
Stories From Katrina Survivors - One Year Later: Free Housing Workshop Held For Those Still in Need
of Housing Assistance
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Names Marsha Simms
Co-Chair of its Board of Directors
Lawyers'
Committee sues Tyson Foods, Inc. for a racially
hostile work environment.
The Lawyers’ Committee video advocates for the housing rights
of Katrina survivors
Federal Court Rules that FEMA is not Above Reach of LawL McWaters v. FEMA
For the press release, click here
For Final Order and Reasons, click here
For Judge Duval’s criticism of FEMA, click here
For Class Certification Order, click here
For more court documents and inormation on McWaters v.
FEMA, click here
Lawyers’ Committee Opposes Hyde Voter Suppression
Bill
To read the Lawyers’ Committee’s letter to the House
Committee on Administration opposing H.R. 4844, click here
Lawyers’
Committee for Civil Rights Urges Congress to Enact Comprehensive
and Humanitarian Immigration Reform
Press Rlease
The
George N. Lindsay Civil Rights Legal Fellowship
FEMA
Transitioning Eligible Evacuees in 403 Apartments
to 408 Rental Assistance
Lawyers
Release Guide to Homeowners’ Rights After Katrina
Guide to Preserving Homes from Bulldozing, Taking in New
Orleans
Rebuilding Lives: Lawyers’ Committee provides Hurricane Relief
in Coastal Mississippi
New
Orleans Property Owner's Rights after Hurricane Katrina
Response
to Hurricane Katrina - Barbara R. Arnwine testifies on Capitol
Hill
Connecticut Judge Dismissed Three of the State’s Four-Count Lawsuit Challenging the No Child Left Behind Act
NAACP Press
Release
KATRINA SURVIVORS SUE FEMA TO PRODUCE TIMELY AID
NY Times, “Storm Victim Sue FEMA for More Aid”;
November 10, 2005
Times-Picayune, “Groups Sue FEMA on Storm Response”;
November 11, 2005
McWaters
v. FEMA (Civ.Action. No. 05-5488)
First
Amended Complaint-Class Action for Declaratory and Injunctive
Relief, November 18, 2005
Memorandum
in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining
Order and Preliminary Injunction,
November 18, 2005
Second
Amended Complaint, November 28, 2005
Memorandum
in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining
Order and Preliminary Injunction and in Support of Defendants'
Motion to Dismiss,
December 5, 2006
Order
Granting TRO, December 12, 2006
Modified Order,
January 12, 2006
Memorandum
in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Class Certification,
January 31, 2006
Declaration of
Lenora Bartley, February 7, 2006
Third Amended Complaint, February 15, 2006
Part
1 | Part
2 | Part
3
Defendant's
Reply Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss, February
16, 2006
Plaintiff
Post-Hearing Brief, March 15, 2006
Defendant
Post-Hearing Brief, March 15, 2006
Plaintiff
Reply to Defendant Post-Hearing Brief, March 31, 2006
Defendant's Response to Plaintiff Post-Hearing Brief,
March 31, 2006
Final
Order and Reasoning, June 16, 2006
John
Brittain's Summary of Order
Order
Granting Class Certification, June 30, 2006
Final
Judgment, August 10, 2006
FEMA
Transitioning Eligible Evacuees in 403 Apartments
to 408 Rental Assistance
Hotel
Stay Extended BEYOND February 7th for Hurricane Katrina
Survivors Who Call and Receive an Authorization Code. Click
here for more information
FEMA Ordered to Extend Evacuee Hotel Stay to Feb 7th.
Click
here to view the December 12, 2005 Court Order.
Washington
Post, “Evacuees' Aid Extended”; January 3,
2006
TIPS for Receiving FEMA Aid.
Click here to learn more about how to get your emergency
money from FEMA
Groups
sue FEMA on storm response; Suit seeks to 'unblock certain
hindrances'
Click
here for Important Information
Hurricane
Survivors - Find Information to Protect Your Rights by Clicking
Here
Petition
to President Bush, United States Congress, Department of
Homeland Security, FEMA and United Nations
“Inaction
that diminishes the right to vote equally
may be as actionable
as direct and overt acts treating the franchise unequally.”
Celebrating Black History Month: Hill Gathering Honors Longtime
JudgeÕs Legacy
to Diversity
Aetna
and Colgate-Palmolive Honored for their Leadership and Commitment
to Diversity
Board
Member in the Spotlight - Kim M. Keenan
Fair
Housing Advocates Seek to Halt Discriminatory Zoning Rule
Lawyers'
Committee for Civil Rights Holds Annual Awards Reception to
Honor Outstanding Lawyers, Law Firms, and Clients
Two
Former Department of Justice Officials Join University of
Texas Law Professor To Discuss Politicization of The Department
of Justice
Your
Rights as A Tenant with the Mississippi Regional Housing Authority
for Region VIII
Maryland
Judge Rules in Favor of Lawyers’ Committee Lawsuit
to Keep Polls Open Later
Baltimore Plagued by Election Glitches. Click here
for press release.
Click
here
to view pictures from the Senate vote on the VRA.
Early
voting for the September 30, 2006 elections in New Orleans
will be conducted from September 18-23 at the Old Algiers
Courthouse and New Orleans City Hall.
Voters who are displaced may also vote by mail-in absentee
ballot, by faxing in their absentee ballot, or by having
their ballot delivered by courier. Written requests for
mail-in ballots and waivers of secret ballot must be received
by the Registrar of Voter no later than 4:30 p.m. on September
29, 2006. However, there is an exception for military
personnel, whose ballots will be accepted until 4:30 p.m.
on Election Day.
For more information, contact the Election Protection
hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE.
Lawyers' Committee Statement on the Historic Signing of
the Voting Rights Act. Click here
for press release.
The Lawyers' Committee Commends Passage of the Legislation
to Renew and Restore the Voting Rights of 1965. Click
here
for press release.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
(“Lawyers’ Committee”) will honor Citigroup
Inc. tomorrow night for its commitment to diversity with
the prestigious A. Leon Higginbotham Corporate Leadership
Award.
For
the press release, click here
A.
Leon Higginbotham Corporate Leadership Award Dinner Honoring
Citigroup, Inc. and Charles Prince, Chief Executive Officer
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
The
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law mourns the
passing of Coretta Scott King Click
here for Press Release
U.S. Judiciary is Far From Representative. Read the press
release and the final
report (pdf).
URGENT!!
– Call your Representative to express opposition
to the proposed Budget Reconciliation Bill that would
severely undermine vital assistance programs needed by
our nation’s low-income citizens.
KATRINA SURVIVORS SUE FEMA TO PRODUCE TIMELY AID.
Click
here to view Press
Release
Lawyers'
Committee and Mississippi Center for Justice Celebrate
Years of Dedicated Service in Mississippi Click
here to view Press Release
Lawyers’
Committee Honors Rosa Parks For a Courageous Legacy of
Defiance, Dignity and Humility
Mississippi
Justice Weekend, Jackson, Mississippi, October 28-29,
2005 Click
here to view press release.
Click
here to view Invitation Click
here for Advance Reservation (Individual) Click
here for Advance Reservation (Law Firms/Corporations)
National
Commission on the Voting Rights Act, Mississippi Hearing,
Jackson, Mississippi, October 29, 2005
Lawyers' Committee for
Civil Rights Cannot Support John Roberts's Nomination
for Chief Justice of the United States
Lawyers' Committee Releases
Statement on Recent Supreme Court Developments
ACT
NOW! To
Have Racially Derogatory Murals in EPA Workplace Removed.
Lawyers'
Committee Speaks Out on Connecticut's No Child Left Behind
Lawsuit
Read the Lawyers'
Committee letter to the Connecticut Attorney General.
Read the Hartford
Courant's August 23rd story on the Lawyers' Committee
opposition to the lawsuit. The
Wall Street Journal praises the Lawyers' Committee's efforts
in an August
30th editorial.
Election
Protection Command Center Photos
Barbara
Arnwine’s Testimony on December 7
Know
Your Rights Election
Protection 2004
Important
Preliminary Election Protection Report "Shattering
The Myth: An Initial Snapshot of Voter Disenfranchisement
in the 2004 Election"
Jon
Greenbaum’s Testimony on December 8
Hear
Jon Greenbaum’s Testimony
A
Nationwide Guide for Ex Offenders on Restoring Your Voting
Rights
Florida Regional Hearing Orlando, Florida August 4, 2005
Lawyers'
Committee Honors Fred D. Gray, Esq. at the National Bar
Association 80th Annual Convention August 4, 2005.
Testimony
of Executive Director Barbara R. Arnwine before the Carter/Baker
Commission on Federal Election Reform.
Legal
Giant, Lawyers' Committee Founder, Lloyd Cutler Passes
John
C. Brittain Joins Lawyers’ Committee as New Chief
Counsel
Lawyers’ Committee Mourns Passing of Civil Rights
Activists Ossie Davis
Michael
Foreman has been elevated to the position of Deputy Director
for Legal Programs effective November 16, 2004.
Newsletter
of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
The
Lawyers’ Committee joined in a sign-on letter to
the Senate Judiciary Committee raising concerns regarding
the nomination of Alberto Gonzales for the position of
Attorney General of the United States.
click
here to download pdf
2004
Annual Awards Reception-Thank you from Barbara R. Arnwine,
Executive Director
Marjorie
Press Lindblom-New Co-Chair effective September 20, 2004
For
voter information, visit ourvote.com
Radio
PSAs Alert Ex-Offenders of Voting Rights in Illinois,
Louisiana, and
South Carolina | Press
Release
Election Protection
Video
Program
Kicks Off in Georgia
Lawyers'
Committee Opposes Marriage Protection Act
Urgent!!
– Call Your U.S. Senator to Express Opposition to
the Proposed Federal Marriage Amendment
Lawyers'
Committee Writes U.S. Senate to Oppose Federal Marriage
Amendment
Lawyers'
Committee Applauds Supreme Court Decision Protecting the
Rights of People with Disabilities
Congratulations
Bell South on A. Leon Higginbotham Dinner Success
Brown vs. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Activities
More Supreme Court Education Decisions
Answering
the Challenge of Brown v. Board of Education in the 21st
Century - How Lawyers and Advocates Can Make a Difference
Settlement
Reached In Waller County Voting Rights Case
Remarks
of Barbara R. Arnwine, Executive Director of The Lawyers’
Committee on Launch of Unity 2004 Campaign
Lawyers'
Committee Supports the Civil Rights Act of 2004 |
Fact
Sheet | The
Fairness Act
On
Thursday, July 15th at 8:00pm Barbara R. Arnwine, Executive
Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under
Law will be participating in a Lecture Series entitled:
50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education: The Ongoing
Role of Racism in a "Colorblind" Society.
Thomas
J. Henderson Steps Down From Lawyers' Committee
Election
Protection Program Implemented for California Recall Election
View photos from California Recall Election
Lawyers'
Committee Pleased That Appeals Court Ruling In Support of Affirmative
Action In Contracting Stands
Press Release. | Amicus
Brief. |
Dissent | CNN Article
Lawyers'
Committee Presents Award to Randolph W. Thrower
Lawyers' Committee Joined by Other Civil Rights
Groups Urge Supreme Court To Reject Further Restrictions
On Congress' Power To Fight Discrimination
The
Unfinished Legacy: Civil Rights Advocacy in the 21st Century
Barbara
Arnwine and the Lawyers' Committee, along with 12 other
civil rights leaders, were honored at Fannie Mae's Congressional
Black Caucus Award's Reception on Thursday, September
25, 2003. view
image
The
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Justice
At Stake in conjuction with The National Conference of
Bar Associations of Color sponsored a hearing on "State
Judicial Selection Methods and Their Impact on Diversity
on the Bench" May 16, 2003
The
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights mourns the loss
of a Civil Rights Powerhouse
Letter
to Mrs. Jacqueline Alee Smith and the family, colleagues
and friends of Chesterfield Smith
Lawyers'
Committee honored Marc H. Morial at the NBA Annual Convention
on Wednesday August 6, 2003
A
new Special Report site, "Proposition 54: Understanding
Not Ignorance," will buttress the nationwide effort
to stop California’s Proposition 54 from passing.
Lawyers
Committee Board Adopts Resoultion Opposing Prop 54
Supreme
Court Upholds Affirmative Action
The
United States Student Association and the NAACP Youth
& College Division National Take Affirmative Action
Day, October 30, 2003
Guest
Speaker at the October 20 Board Meeting: William L. Taylor
, Chairman of the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights,
Vice-Chair of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights,
Co- Chair of the Leadership Conference Education Task
Force and Chair of the Leadership Conference Education
Fund.
Court
rejects settlement between Government and Sheet Metal
Workers Union once Lawyers' Committee intervened to defend
the rights of Black and Hispanic union members.
Statement
of Barbara Arnwine on The University of Michigan’s
Admissions Lawsuit
Lawyers’
Committee to File Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to
Support University of Michigan’s Admissions Systems
West
End Revitalization Association-CDC awards Environmental
Justice Project the 2002 Plumbline Award.
National
Office Sponsors Home Ownership Counseling in West Virginia
Election
Protection - If you had trouble voting call: 1-866-OUR-VOTE
or 1-866-687-8683
The
Lawyers' Committee files Housing Discrimination Lawsuit
Against the Owners and Managers of an Apartment Complex
in Greenville, North Carolina.
For
a copy of the complaint, click here | For
a copy of the press release, click here
Lawyers'
Committee Joins Advocacy Groups Warning Election Officials
Against Unlawfully Removing Voters from Registration Polls
Thank
you from Barbara R. Arnwine, Executive Director for the
most successful A. Leon Higginbotham Dinner
Settlement
Reached in Florida Election Lawsuit
Lawyers'
Committee Releases Judicial Independence at the Crossroads
Policy Paper at Reception Honoring Judge Thelton Henderson
Lawyers'
Committee files Fair Housing Act retaliation lawsuit on
behalf of REDEEM, Inc., against Charleston, West Virginia
and Charleston Housing Authority. For
a copy of complaint, click here. | For
a copy of press release, click here.
The
6th Circuit has upheld the affirmative action program
of the Law School at the University of Michigan.
Lawyers'
Committee Urges Members of Congress to Reject Flawed Election
Reform Bill
"The
Lawyers' Committee Mourns the Loss and Devastation to
our Nation"
Strategic
Plan Review May 2002
Civil
Rights Litigation Resource Center Launched March 15, 2002
Civil
Rights Organizations Urge Lawmakers to Pass Real Election
Reform at Supreme Court Event
Statement
of Barbara R. Arnwine Regarding the Help America Vote
Act of 2001(H.R. 3295)
Coverage
on The Election Reform Bill
National
Hate Crimes Prevention Call in Day - June 5, 2002
Thomas
Henderson, Chief Counsel and Senior Deputy Director for
Litigation, guest speaker for the June 17, 2002 Board
Meeting
The
United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial
Services, Subcommittee of Housing and Community Opportunities
- June 25, 2002
Fairwood
Homes Residents File 11th Hour Suit
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