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Three New Advocates Join Lawyers’ Committee to Advance Work on Criminal Justice, Technology, Education
Organization Expands Ongoing Work to Defend Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Washington, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced the hiring of three senior staff members who will help advance the organization’s work across key issue areas,...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Names Shaylyn Cochran as Deputy Executive Director
Cochran Previously Served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to Attorney General Merrick Garland at the U.S. Department of Justice WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced veteran civil rights attorney and policy...
Lawyers’ Committee Civil Rights Legal Experts Denounce Trump Administration’s Latest Executive Orders
Washington, D.C. — This week, the White House issued a series of executive orders that distort civil rights protections, seeking to weaponize the law against the very communities it was designed to protect. The executive orders attack long-standing civil rights...
Statement from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on the preliminary injunction issued in CWIT case regarding anti-DEI Executive Orders
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a preliminary injunction in the case brought by Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) challenging anti-DEI executive orders. The injunction enjoins the Department of Labor from requiring grantees and...
Lawyers’ Committee, NAACP, League of Women Voters and Equal Justice Society File Brief Opposing Executive Order Attacking Birthright Citizenship
Brief Centers Racial Justice and Constitutional History in Defense of Birthright Citizenship WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the NAACP was joined by the League of Women Voters and Equal Justice Society in filing an amicus brief urging a...
Lawyers’ Committee Urges Congress to Vote “No” on The SAVE Act
WASHINGTON, DC– Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, by a vote of 220-208. The Lawyers’ Committee previously opposed the SAVE Act last Congress and has outlined the many problems it and similar bills...
Lawyers’ Committee, SCLC File Brief Opposing Unsealing MLK Jr. FBI Files
WASHINGTON, DC – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has filed a brief on behalf of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) opposing the federal government’s request to unseal and publicly release FBI files on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....
Lawyers’ Committee Files Court Brief to Defend Legal Profession and Judicial Branch
Civil Rights Advocacy and Pro Bono Legal Assistance Lawyers’ Committee Relies on at Risk WASHINGTON, DC— The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amicus brief in Perkins Coie v. DOJ asking a federal court to block the Trump administration’s executive...
Statement from Lawyers’ Committee Senior Counsel Sabrina Talukder on Temporary Restraining Order in Anti-DEI Executive Orders Case
Statement from Sabrina Talukder, senior counsel with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Economic Justice Project and plaintiff’s attorney regarding the temporary restraining order in a case about the anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion executive...
Trump Executive Order Would Disenfranchise Millions of Black Voters
Robert Weiner, the Voting Rights Project Director at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s latest executive order that seeks to disenfranchise eligible voters: “The...
Lawyers’ Committee Denounces President Trump’s Unprecedented Assault on the Legal System and Rule of Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, in response to a Presidential Memorandum weaponizing the powers of the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security against lawyers who oppose the Trump administration’s actions, Damon T. Hewitt, president and executive director of the...
Nearly Two Dozen Leading Civil Rights Groups Condemn Trump Administration Memo Threatening Lawyers and Law Firms That Bring Suits Against the Federal Government
March 22, 2025 - Yesterday, the White House sent a memo to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem directing the Department of Justice to pursue sanctions against lawyers and law firms that pursue what the Trump...
Lawyers’ Committee Condemns the Trump Administration’s Executive Order Purporting to Abolish the Department of Education
Washington, D.C.–On Thursday, President Trump directed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to initiate steps to begin dismantling the Department of Education. However, the president does not wield the legislative authority to do so. The Trump Administration has...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Announces New Leadership Appointments to Strengthen Core Advocacy and Operations
Washington, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is proud to announce the appointment of three key leaders to advance the organization’s mission of protecting civil rights and racial justice. Monica Woods has joined as the Chief...
Lawyers’ Committee Statement on the Recent Firing of FTC Commissioners
Washington, D.C.— In response to the illegal firing of two sitting Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioners by President Trump, Shatorah Roberson, senior policy counsel at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following...