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Lawyers’ Committee Welcomes Five Additional Board Members and Elects New Board Co-Chair, Vice-Chair
WASHINGTON – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has elected a new board co-chair and vice-chair and also welcomed five accomplished attorneys to its board of directors. Dean of Drake University Law School Roscoe Jones, Jr., was elected...
Court Reaffirms Earlier Decision Granting Nationwide Injunction in Case Challenging Anti-DEI Executive Orders
A federal court blocked enforcement of anti-DEI executive orders, reaffirming a nationwide injunction in Chicago Women in Trades v. Trump.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Honored Laurence Fishburne, Kristen Clarke, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Chicago Women in Trades, and Yolanda Renee King at its 25th Annual Higginbotham Leadership Awards Gala
NEW YORK — The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law hosted its 25th annual Higginbotham Leadership Awards Gala on Oct.16 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Marking the organization’s 62nd year of fighting for the protection and expansion of civil rights,...
Lawyers’ Committee Sues Trump Administration Over Anti-DEI Executive Orders on Behalf of Anti-Human Trafficking Organization
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Freedom Network USA (FNUSA) filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration, challenging executive orders that severely restrict and chill Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives and jeopardize the future of its work to protect...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and National Digital Inclusion Alliance Sue Over the Repeal of the Digital Equity Act Competitive Grant Program
The lawsuit alleges that the Trump administration’s termination of an entire congressionally mandated grant program under the Digital Equity Act is an unconstitutional overreach and strikes a blow to communities, leaving them cut off from basic online...
Legacy Civil Rights Organizations Condemn House Resolution Glorifying Charlie Kirk’s Record and Call for Meaningful Action to Address Hate
A coalition of leading civil rights organizations issued the following statement in response to recent developments, including the passage of House Resolution 719. While roundly condemning the murder of Charlie Kirk, the organizations remind Congress and all Americans...
Lawyers’ Committee and Allies File Amicus Brief in Support of Fair Maps in Louisiana v. Callais
WASHINGTON — Late Wednesday, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and partner organizations filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais in support of fair representation for Black voters in...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Reflects on 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina
To recognize the 20-year mark of Hurricane Katrina, Damon T. Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement: “It has been 20 years since this catastrophic hurricane forever changed New...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Texas NAACP Ask Court to Block Texas’ Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Maps
The lawsuit alleges that maps recently passed by the Texas legislature are illegal and intentionally discriminate against majority minority districts to dilute their political power. WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Texas NAACP, represented by the Lawyers’...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Condemns Texas Redistricting Plan as Racially Discriminatory
Robert Weiner, the voting rights project director at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which represents the Texas NAACP in the ongoing lawsuit against Texas for racial gerrymandering, issued the following statement regarding the new...
Federal Judge Rejects Broad Bid to Toss VACIR Voting Rights Case
Federal Judge Rejects Broad Bid to Toss VACIR Voting Rights Case Plaintiffs’ core claims proceed and the case moves to discovery. Alexandria, VA— In a major win for voting rights and the rule of law, Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles of the U.S. District Court...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Statement on President Trump’s Plan to Federalize the D.C. Police
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump’s unprecedented move to seize control of the Metropolitan Police Department is an alarming abuse of power—and a dangerous step toward militarized policing of Black communities across America. Crime in Washington,...
Court of Appeals Orders Lower Court to Rule on Whether Governor Youngkin Violated the Law by Previously Withholding Public Records Related to Voting Rights Restoration Process
RICHMOND, VA – The NAACP Virginia State Conference (Virginia NAACP) received a favorable ruling in Virginia State Conference NAACP, et. al., v. Governor Glenn A. Youngkin, et. al., its ongoing Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA) lawsuit to obtain public...
Lawyers’ Committee Honors 60th Anniversary of Voting Right Act and Demands Federal Action on Voting Rights
To mark the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement: “Sixty years ago today, the Voting Rights Act of 1965...
Statement on the DOJ’s Sentencing Recommendation in the Breonna Taylor Case
In response to the DOJ’s one-day sentencing recommendation for one of the ex-police officers convicted in the killing of Breonna Taylor, Len Kamdang, Director of the Criminal Justice Project at the Lawyers’ Committee issued the following statement: ...