by Press | Mar 26, 2015 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 26, 2015 –- The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) welcomes Wednesday’s ruling by the United States Supreme Court in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama. The Supreme Court vacated a decision by a...
by Press | Mar 25, 2015 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2015 – Lawyers’ Committee Public Policy Director Tanya Clay House testified before the Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections regarding new legislation that would undermine the ability of the Equal Employment...
by Press | Mar 19, 2015 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 19, 2015 – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) today announced the resignation of President and Executive Director Barbara Arnwine. After more than 26 years of service to the Lawyers’ Committee, Ms. Arnwine...
by Press | Mar 19, 2015 | Press Releases
CONTACT: Nikki Cannon, Demos: (212) 485-6012 Aaron Kellogg, Ropes & Gray LLP: (617) 235-4403 Michael McDunnah, Project Vote: (202) 905-1397 Rahsaan Hall, Lawyers’ Committee (Boston): (617) 988-0608 Stacie Royster, Lawyers’ Committee (National): (202) 662-8317...
by Press | Mar 7, 2015 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 7, 2015 – The Civil Rights Coalition on Police Reform applauds Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) denouncement of racially biased policing practices in Ferguson, Missouri. The Coalition, however,...
by Press | Mar 4, 2015 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Texas’s strict photo ID law violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and was passed by the Texas Legislature with intent to discriminate, argues a brief filed yesterday in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals by counsel for the Texas State...
