FBI’s Newly Released 2019 Hate Crime Report May Be Missing Thousands of Untracked Hate Crimes
(Washington, D.C.) – According to the FBI’s newly released 2019 Uniform Crime Reporting hate crimes data (UCR), not only are hate crimes in the United States increasing, but hundreds of law enforcement agencies nationwide failed to participate in the...Michigan Legal Motion Insists That Black Voters’ Voices Be Heard in Battle Against Trump Allegations
(DETROIT) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law joined Detroit, Michigan attorney Eugene Driker today, to intervene on behalf of the NAACP of Michigan in a lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign against the state of Michigan seeking to block the...New York City Police Unions Continue to Fight Disclosure of Misconduct Information
New York City Police officers’ misconduct records should be released immediately, argues a brief filed last week by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and Law for Black Lives. ...Circuit Court Upholds Harvard’s Race-Conscious Admissions Policy, Groups Are Likely Headed to the Supreme Court
(Cambridge, Mass.) – The U.S. Circuit Court for the First Circuit in Massachusetts ruled in a 2-0 decision today in SFFA v. Harvard that Harvard University’s race-conscious admissions policy must be upheld. The court found that Harvard’s policy is consistent...Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to Attorney General Barr’s Post-Election Memo
(Washington, D.C.) – Attorney General Barr issued a memo today to U.S. Attorneys calling for investigations into alleged vote fraud prior to the certification of election results. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement in...Sign Up Today!
