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Lawyers’ Committee letter in support of Community Relations Service
Lawyers' Committee letter in support of Community Relations Service
Coalition letter in support of the Community Relations Service
Election Protection Coalition Activates Its National Network For The 2018 Midterm Election Cycle
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the midterm election season now underway, the Election Protection Coalition is activating its national network of lawyers and volunteers to ensure that eligible voters are able to cast ballots during the critical 2018 elections. With the...
“Unprecedented & Shocking”: Armed Secret Service Agents Should Not Be Allowed at Polling Sites
“The idea of having federal law enforcement agents patrolling, roaming inside polling places, harkens back to tactics that we saw during the Jim Crow era.”
Letter to AG Sessions regarding DOJ strategic plan
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Condemns Efforts To Deploy Secret Service Agents To Polling Sites
National Election Protection Coalition to Host Press Call TUESDAY to Discuss Ongoing Threats to Democracy and Responsive Actions WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the...
Letter to HUD regarding its mission statement
Civil Rights Organization Launches National Campaign Calling for Expungement of Criminal Records Tied to Low-Level Marijuana Convictions
Call for Action Issued to District Attorneys in States That Have Legalized Recreational Marijuana Use WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law launched a national effort this week urging local prosecutors in states that have legalized...
Lawmakers fear arming school staff could harm black and Hispanic students
Numerous studies make it clear that minority students are more likely to be stereotyped as violent and singled out for disproportionate disciplinary action, said Kristen Clarke, the president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law.
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Condemns Action by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Over Change in Mission Statement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement Wednesday regarding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) decision to remove the...
New Orleans court’s fees illegal under state as well as federal law, group alleges
Civil rights attorneys have opened a second front in their war on fees at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. In a letter sent Thursday, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law accuses judges at the court of routinely imposing three categories of fees on poor defendants in violation of state law.
The High Cost of Unlicensed Bail Bonds
Baltimore’s Discount Bail Bonds is not a licensed bail-bond company in Maryland. Nonetheless, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law found that BDBB is seeking to recover almost $900,000 in 149 current cases in state courts. BDBB seeks amounts from defendants in those cases as small as $400 and as large as $22,500.
Yes, they’re kids. Try listening to them.
From the civil rights movement of the 1960s to the inspiring students protesting gun violence today, young activists have grasped the nation’s attention at important moments in our history. Yet these brave students have also been met with resistance, including from school administrators and elected officials. If history is any indication, attempts to silence these young activists will not succeed.
NAACP sues Myrtle Beach city government and police over handling of black biker rally
Dorian Spence, an attorney for the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said the traffic pattern is not meant to keep vehicles flowing as city officials have said, but instead is designed to make Bikefest so unpleasant that the mostly-black visitors won’t return.