by Press | Oct 23, 2019 | Press Releases
Supporters from fair housing, education, health, technology, finance, government & law challenge HUD proposal to gut disparate impact tool under the Fair Housing Act as comment period ends WASHINGTON—Over 45,000 people and organizations submitted comments in...
by Press | Oct 23, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the families of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. held a call with the members of the press to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes...
by Press | Oct 17, 2019 | Press Releases
National Advocates for Civil Rights Call on Congress to rRestore Core Protections of the Voting Rights Act for Jurisdictions with a History of Voting Discrimination Washington, D.C. (October 17, 2019) – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s...
by Press | Oct 16, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has been conducting a nationwide inquiry into law enforcement with known ties to white supremacist and extremist organizations. Today, the organization released the results of its investigation into...
by Press | Oct 15, 2019 | Press Releases
New York, NY – Today, trial begins in a voting rights case that will affect hundreds of thousands of voters in New York City and statewide. The case, which is led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Common Cause New York, together...
by Press | Oct 11, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – A coalition of civil rights and social justice organizations led by the national Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, filed an amicus...