by Press | Apr 26, 2023 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON-The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) voted Wednesday to advance Julie Su, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Labor. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has endorsed...
by Press | Apr 11, 2023 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON- Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement on the 55th anniversary of the enactment of the signing of the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA): “Since its passage in 1968, the...
by Press | Apr 11, 2023 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON- The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced that Javon Davis, a third-year student at Boston College Law School, has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 George N. Lindsay Fellowship. This highly regarded...
by Press | Apr 4, 2023 | Press Releases
National Urban League, National Action Network, NAACP, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human...
by Press | Apr 4, 2023 | Press Releases
Court should adopt Colorado’s “totality of circumstances” test when assessing whether a purported threat receives First Amendment protection WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court must uphold the ability to enforce foundational civil rights laws used to combat online...
by Press | Mar 10, 2023 | Press Releases
Damon Hewitt was the sole minority witness to testify to the challenges Black voters faced in the 2022 elections before the House Subcommittee on Elections on Friday. WASHINGTON– Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee...
