by Press | Aug 22, 2017 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement Tuesday after the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision...
by Press | Aug 15, 2017 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement Tuesday after President Trump once again sought to diminish the role white supremacist marchers played in a violent...
by Press | Aug 11, 2017 | Press Releases
Concerned citizens are encouraged to call 844-9-NO-HATE to report bias-based incidents WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thousands of KKK, neo-Confederates, Proud Boys, neo-Nazis and members of other white supremacist organizations will converge to Charlottesville, Virginia this...
by Press | Aug 10, 2017 | Press Releases
Ruling Could Reform Bail Practices Across the Country MONTGOMERY, Ala. – In a case that has the potential to reshape bail practices across the United States, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the American Civil...
by Press | Aug 9, 2017 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement Wednesday in response to Jeff Sessions’s sixth month as Attorney General of the United States: “In his first six...
by Press | Aug 1, 2017 | Press Releases
Latest Action Seeks to Divert Resources to Address So-Called ‘Intentional Race-Based Discrimination’ At Colleges and Universities Washington, D.C. — Today, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under...