News Clips
- June 18, 2013 | Los Angeles Times Affirmative action and breaking the 'bamboo ceiling' for Asian Americans Asian Americans across the country feel that Affirmative Action hinders their acceptance into higher education. Chen asserts that Affirmative action not only helps Asian Americans, but diversity will help everyone in higher education.
- June 18, 2013 | Center for American Progress Lawyers Committee Attends “New Organizations, New Voices” | Event Summary The Center for American Progress just released a report titled "New Organizations, New Voices" by Kaitlin Pennington centered around the emergence of Teacher-Voice organizations - and how to get policy makers and policy implementers to start working together.
- June 17, 2013 Background and Media Reports on Supreme Court Victory in Arizona NVRA Case The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Lawyers' Committee and partners today in deciding that Arizona's proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration was preempted by the NVRA in the matter of Arizona v. ITCA. Click here to learn about the case, read the opinion, and check out media reports!
- June 16, 2013 Grammy Award-Winning Singer Estelle, Rep. Joe Kennedy, Special Guests to Join the Lawyers’ Committee’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Marking the Launch of Young Lawyers’ Initiative - June 19, 2013 Fifty years after President John F. Kennedy's original call for attorneys across the country to engage in the fight for civil rights, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is renewing his charge by calling upon a new generation of young lawyers to help tackle the current and future issues of racial and social injustice that still plague our nation today.
- June 16, 2013 Lawyers' Committee to Mark 50th Anniversary with Legal Symposium, "Racial Justice in the New America", and Congressional Reception - June 20, 2013 In honor of its 50th Anniversary, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is hosting a day-long legal symposium, titled "Racial Justice in the New America," on June 20 at Georgetown University Law Center followed by a Congressional Reception at Jones Day Law Firm.
- June 12, 2013 Lawyers’ Committee Honors Life, Legacy of Medgar Evers on 50th Anniversary of Assassination Today, June 12, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, who worked tirelessly to secure equal rights in the state of Mississippi. After becoming the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi, Evers organized and participated in voter-registration efforts, demonstrations, and economic boycotts of companies that practiced discrimination. Evers also worked to investigate crimes perpetrated against African Americans.
- June 12, 2013 | Lawyers' Committee Lawyer’s Committee Applauds Nomination of Catherine E. Lhamon as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the Department of Education The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law supports President Obama’s nomination of Catherine E. Lhamon as the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the Department of Education.
- May 29, 2013 | The New York Times Racial Diversity Efforts Ebb for Elite Careers, Analysis Finds
- May 28, 2013 | The New Orleans Times Picayune Advocates push for stronger tenant laws, enforcement in Louisiana CDP counsel David Zisser quoted in New Orleans Times Picayune regarding the need for tenants rights in New Orleans.
- May 28, 2013 | The New Orleans Times Picayune Sheltering out of place: Marigny, 9th Ward tenants trapped in squalid conditions CDP counsel David Zisser quoted in New Orleans Time Picayune article discussing deplorable living conditions of some residents in New Orleans.
