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Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Reacts To Latest DOJ Assault On LGBTQ Community
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement Thursday in response to the decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to rollback protections for transgender...
In Court Filings, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Calls For Department Of Education To Restore Protections For Students Against Predatory Lenders In For-Profit Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The D.C. District Court accepted a pair of amicus briefs filed by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP this week in two lawsuits challenging the Department of Education’s decision to delay...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Applauds Glassdoor For Supporting Hiring & Recruitment Of Individuals with Criminal Histories
Fast-Growing Job Site Expands Its Anti-Discrimination Policy To Protect Job Applicants with Criminal Histories From Discrimination In Hiring WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a major step to encourage potential employers to “ban the box” and ensure a fair chance at...
Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Forced to Produce Electronic Communications Related To Its Work, Revealing Potential Coordination With Federal Agencies
Lawsuit By Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Yields Index Of Electronic Communications Exposing Coordination By Most Partisan Members Of Commission WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity recently released records of...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Statement on Gill v. Whitford Oral Arguments
The Lawyers’ Committee filed an Amicus Brief in the Landmark Redistricting Case Washington, D.C. – Today, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, delivered remarks at the Rally to End Partisan...
Civil Rights Progress At Stake In New Supreme Court Term Opening Next Week
Common Theme In High Profile Cases On Arbitration, Voting Rights, & Public Accommodations Laws: Protecting Equal Opportunity For All The new term of the United States Supreme Court beginning Monday comes at a critical moment for civil rights. Several cases pose...
Background Checks for Voting?: Inside the Trump Election Commission’s Contentious Second Meeting
We also speak with Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The organization has filed a complaint against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
Federal Court Holds That Garden City, New York Zoning Decision Had Unjustified Disparate Impact on African Americans and Latinos
Pressure Builds for the Village of Garden City to Embrace Diversity and Inclusion WASHINGTON, D.C., Hempstead, NY, New York, NY – On Wednesday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York recognized that a 2004 zoning decision by the Village of Garden...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law & Election Protection Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE) To Take Calls LIVE During National Voter Registration Day
Washington, D.C. – Today, Election Protection – the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law – will join hundreds of organizations across the country in a national effort to register people to...
National Organizations to Provide DACA Recipients with Free Legal Assistance in Advance of October 5 Renewal Deadline
NALEO Educational Fund’s 1-844-411-DACA hotline will connect DACA recipients with local events and pro bono attorneys who can provide renewal application assistance Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO)...
Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law Files Amicus Brief In SCOTUS Case Seeking To Protect Voters from Arbitrary Removal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and partners filed an amicus curiae or “friend of the court” brief in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) prohibits states from using a person’s failure to...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Condemns Move By Education Department to Undermine Civil Rights Protections
Secretary of Education Weakens Title IX Guidance That Protect Civil Rights of All Students WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statements Friday after Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced that the U.S....
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Applauds U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Report On Targeted Fines and Fees Against Low-Income People of Color
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Myesha Braden, Director of Criminal Justice Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, commented Thursday on a report released by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights highlighting the injustices perpetuated against poor and...
Group urges Senate to probe DOJ link to Trump voter fraud commission
Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, urged the senators in a statement to “closely examine evidence” that DOJ’s Civil Rights Division is engaged in collusion with the Presidential Advisory...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Calls For Senate To Probe DOJ Connection To Sham Voter Commission At Oversight Hearing Next Month
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement Wednesday regarding the announcement that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will appear before the Senate Judiciary...