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...
by Press | Oct 2, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Civil rights leaders urged the Supreme Court to preserve a critical civil rights statute that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color and ethnicity when making and enforcing contracts. The law applies to all private and public actors and...
by Press | Oct 1, 2019 | Press Releases
Judge also finds no proof of intentional discrimination against Asian American applicants Boston, MA – Federal Judge Allison D. Burroughs’ issued a landmark ruling today in favor of Harvard University on all counts in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard....
