Suit Filed Today Re Denial of Mississippi African American Voters Equal Opportunity to Participate in State Representative Election

by Press | Jul 9, 2018 | Press Releases

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Suit Claiming Mississippi Denies African American Voters Equal Opportunity to Participate in Election of State Representative Washington, DC — The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Mississippi...

Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson Release Statement Calling on Starbucks to Implement Report Recommendations

by Press | Jul 2, 2018 | Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson, victims of a highly publicized  wrongful arrest and detention at a Philadelphia Starbucks on April 12, 2018, called for Starbucks to undertake a comprehensive overhaul of its business practices to become a...

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Condemns U.S. Department of Education’s Decision to Delay Critical IDEA Regulations That Combat Disproportionate Discipline for Special Education Students

by Press | Jul 2, 2018 | Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Education announced on Friday, June 29th, it will to delay the implementation of its own regulations combatting racial disproportionality of school discipline among special education students. These “significant...

Press Call: Voting Rights in the Post-ShelbyWorld: The Voting Rights Act of 1965

by Press | Jun 30, 2018 | Press Releases

EDITORIAL AND OPINION WRITERS PRESS CALL  Voting Rights in the Post-ShelbyWorld: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 Reflections on its legacy, recent court rulings, and whether all have the ability to vote today WHAT: This briefing, designed as background for Editorial...

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Mobilizes Legal Observer Program to Protect Protesters During Families Belong Together Rally

by Press | Jun 29, 2018 | Press Releases

Legal Observers Will Help Safeguard the First Amendment Rights of Demonstrators  Washington, D.C. – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced its plan to provide legal observers and jail support during the Families Belong Together Rally set to...

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Issues Statement Condemning President Trump’s Lack of Diverse Judicial Nominees

by Press | Jun 28, 2018 | Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement today condemning the lack of diversity on President Trump’s short list of Supreme Court nominees following the...