by Press | Apr 23, 2015 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 23, 2015 – The national Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) applauds today’s historic Senate vote confirming U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch as the nation’s 83rd attorney general. A two-time U.S. attorney...
by Press | Apr 15, 2015 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 15, 2015 – Today, 50 years since the creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law President and Executive Director Barbara Arnwine testified on the 21st century challenges to an...
by Press | Apr 10, 2015 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 10, 2015 – In recognition of National Fair Housing Month and the 47th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) reflects on the significant progress the nation has made toward...
by Press | Mar 31, 2015 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. -The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issues the following statement applauding President Obama’s grant of executive clemency to 22 federal prisoners: The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee)...
by Press | Mar 30, 2015 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Saturday, April 11th, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Parental Readiness and Empowerment Program (PREP), in conjunction with Minneapolis Public Schools’s Office for Family, Student, and Community Engagement and the YMCA Twin...
by Press | Mar 30, 2015 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) is pleased to announce the launch of the Jerry Shestack Justice Fellowship, which will foster the development of young lawyers who have demonstrated the potential to carry on...
