by Press | Dec 20, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – African Communities Together and UndocuBlack Network, along with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Lawyers for Civil Rights, applaud the provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that allows eligible Liberians to gain...
by Press | Dec 19, 2019 | Press Releases
On December 19, 2019, Facebook announced new census policies. Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement in response: “Disinformation campaigns designed to discourage...
by Press | Dec 18, 2019 | Press Releases
Yesterday, the EEOC voted 2-1 to rescind its 1997 policy position that forced arbitration of employment discrimination disputes contravenes the fundamental principles of our civil rights laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The EEOC’s...
by Press | Dec 18, 2019 | Press Releases
Chapel Hill, NC– Following the filings from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the UNC Board of Governors responded with false claims that the institution had two options, to either settle with the pro-confederate group or return the statue to campus....
by Press | Dec 13, 2019 | Press Releases
UNC System’s Settlement with Neo-Confederate Group Prompts Outrage from Civil Rights Groups, Students and Faculty Chapel Hill, NC– Today the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a motion in Orange County Superior Court to intervene and set aside a $2.5...
by Press | Dec 11, 2019 | Press Releases
CHARLOTTE – The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Branch of the NAACP is encouraged by the most recent action in the long-running Leandro case: the release of the court-ordered report by independent consultant WestEd, “Sound Basic Education for All—An Action Plan...
