News Clips
- March 10, 2010 Lawyers' Committee's Barbara Arnwine to Testify Before House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties On "Protecting the American Dream: A Look at the Fair Housing Act"
- March 5, 2010 | BlackAmericaWeb.com Coalition Aims to Protect Homeowners from Scams Lawyers' Committee Executive Director Barbara Arnwine and Fair Housing and Fair Lending Senior Councel Yolanda McGill discuss newly-launched PreventLoanScams.org and provide information and insight to protect homeowners from loan modification scams.
- February 10, 2010 Haiti Need Us for the Long Haul After the catastrophic earthquake of January 12 which took untold lives and devastated their nation, the people of Haiti must once again face down tragedy and rebuild their nation. We, along with many nations in the world, have responded with magnificent generosity. Millions have internalized the words of President Obama and responded that our “common humanity” compels us to do what we can to help the Haitian people.
- February 10, 2010 | American Bar Association’s Judges’ Journal What Was Key to Becoming a Judge? A Survey of Minorities and Women on the Bench
- February 5, 2010 | Prince George's Suite Magazine Honoring King: WHUR Hosts 3rd Annual Town Hall Meeting “Dr. King has a saying, ‘It doesn’t matter what you do, we all can be a helping hand,’” said Barbara Arnwine, executive director for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
- February 4, 2010 | New York Times A Bitter Guest Worker Story The Lawyers’ Committee has been assisting the New Orleans Worker Center and many of the guest workers in exposing this story in the media and in Congress.
- February 1, 2010 | New York Times Suit Points to Guest Worker Program Flaws The Lawyers’ Committee has been assisting the New Orleans Worker Center and many of the guest workers in exposing this story in the media and in Congress.
- January 21, 2010 | New York Law Journal Accolades-Attorneys Honored for Service Lawyers' Committee 2009 Annual Awards Recipients
- January 18, 2010 | New York Times Denied a Chance for Honest Work Access Campaign Applauds New York's Attorney General's Efforts to Address Discrimination against Former Offenders
- December 17, 2009 Lawyers' Committee's Daria Neal Reports from Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen Daria Neal, senior counsel, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law's Environmental Justice Project, is on the ground in Copenhagen during the United Nation's Climate Change Summit. Daily blogs outlining her experiences will be posted here.
