Vigorous Dialogue Around Education Framework
The Lawyers' Committee, in collaboration with other national civil rights and education advocacy organizations, released a Framework for Providing All Students an Opportunity to Learn through Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Read More »
Fisher v. Texas
A federal district court recently upheld the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) use of race in admission decisions. Fisher v. Texas is the first federal court challenge to the 2003 Supreme Court decision in Grutter v. Bollinger. Read More »
Black Colleges & Universities Sue Maryland
Lawyers' Committee represents plaintiffs in The Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education v. Maryland Higher Education Commission case that alleges that Maryland has failed to dismantle the effects of its prior de jure system. Read More »
UNC Civil Rights Project Conference
The Educational Opportunities Project participated at the syposium held at the University of North Carolina School of Law entitled, "Looking to the Future Legal and Policy Options for Racially Integrated Education in the South and the Nation." Read More »
- Jul 30 Vigorous Dialogue Around Education Framework Continues The Lawyers' Committee, in collaboration with other national civil rights and education advocacy organizations, has released a Framework for Providing All Students an Opportunity to Learn through Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
- Jul 29 Lawyers' Committee Commends President Obama's National Urban League Speech; Urges Continued Dialogue for ESEA Reauthorization "President Obama is to be commended for his overall remarks during the National Urban League's July 29th plenary session," said Lawyers' Committee Executive Director Barbara Arnwine. "I particularly appreciate his candid discussion of the Shirley Sherrod incident, prioritization of education reform and enthusiastic anticipation of signing the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 into law."
- May 17 The Promise of Brown v. Board of Education Remains Unfulfilled On the occasion of the 56th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law released the following statement. As the nation marks 56 years since the U.S. Supreme
