by Nick Diaz | Aug 1, 2022 | Press Releases
The brief, filed in support of the respondents in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, uplifts how Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policy leads to a diverse campus that benefits all students. WASHINGTON–Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for...
by Stanley Augustin | Jul 25, 2022 | Press Releases
The brief, filed on behalf of a multiracial group of students and alumni from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, argues that affirmative action is both constitutional and necessary to address – and correct – the country’s history of unequal...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Jul 21, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON– Wednesday, a bipartisan group of senators led by Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced a bill to reform the Electoral Count Act (ECA) of 1887: The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act. “Reforming the Electoral...
by Nick Diaz | Jul 19, 2022 | Press Releases
In a letter sent yesterday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, Western States Center and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law laid out evidence that Patriot Front, a white nationalist group founded in...
by Nick Diaz | Jul 19, 2022 | Press Releases
The American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which is bipartisan and bicameral, goes farther than any existing national or state law to protect civil rights online. WASHINGTON–The newly revised American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which heads to...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Jul 18, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC–Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced the appointment of Dariely Rodriguez and Ed Caspar as Deputy Chief Counsel. Rodriguez and Caspar will serve on the organization’s Senior Leadership Team. They will assist in the...
