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Blog: California State Bar Must Eliminate Use of Discriminatory Facial Racial Technology in Bar Examination Administration
The California State Bar must eliminate the use of Facial Recognition Technology in the administration of their February 2021 bar examination, because it is disproportionately inaccurate in identifying women and people of color, a letter sent today to the several...
Strength in Diversity Act Would be an Important Step Towards Achieving Education Equity
(Washington, D.C.) - Increasing diversity in America calls for developing new strategies to promote inclusion, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced today when it endorsed the Strength in Diversity Act. The following is a statement from Damon...
Statement: Ga. Officials to Review Trump’s Pressure Call to Raffensperger
(Washington, D.C.) - The office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced last night that it is opening an investigation into former President Trump’s phone call to the secretary about “finding” 11,780 ballots, broadly understood to be an invitation...
Hate Crimes Prevention Training for Law Enforcement in South Carolina
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Matthew Shepard Foundation, in partnership with the Charleston Police Department will host a training on hate crime prevention for local law enforcement officers, investigators and prosecutors on Friday,...
Senate Passage of Virginia Voting Rights Act Is a Key Civil Rights Victory, and A Model for the Entire Nation
(Richmond, Va.) - The Senate in the Commonwealth of Virginia passed the Voting Rights Act of Virginia today, a key step in ensuring equal access to the ballot box for all communities in the commonwealth. Gov. Northam is expected to sign the bill soon. The following is...
Civil Rights Laws Will Significantly Benefit From Hirono, Warner, Klobuchar Section 230 Communications Decency Act Reform Proposals
(Washington, D.C.) - The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law endorsed the ‘Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism and Consumer Harms (SAFE TECH) Act’ today, citing numerous provisions in...
States Fail COVID Vaccine Data Reporting Requirements On Race
(Washington, D.C.) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law along with 145 medical professionals issued letters to 29 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, calling for the collection and publication of race and ethnic demographic data related to...
Justice Department Reversal on Yale Lawsuit is A Key Victory for Affirmative Action and Diversity
(Washington, D.C.) - The Department of Justice announced today that it will be dropping its lawsuit against Yale University, which had alleged the university was discriminating against white and certain Asian American applicants in its admissions process. The...
Note to Reporters: Maryland Officials Must Address COVID Outbreak at Chesapeake Detention Facility
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) has failed to properly prepare for and respond to an avoidable coronavirus crisis at the Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF) in downtown Baltimore, according to a letter sent today from the...
Dept. of Justice Rescinds Cruel Trump-Era Charging and Sentencing Policy
(Washington, D.C.) – Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson rescinded former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ 2017 charging policy which required federal prosecutors to “charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense” in a memo today to all federal...
Blog: Delaying the Rezoning of the Gowanus Neighborhood Would Perpetuate Segregation
To ensure affordable housing units can be built and expand opportunities to promote a thriving, inclusive community in the Gowanus neighborhood of New York City, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amicus brief today on behalf of three...
President Biden’s Executive Orders on Racial Equity Are a Welcome Change
(Washington, D.C.) - President Joseph R. Biden is expected to sign executive orders Tuesday on what the White House is calling his racial equity agenda. Executive actions will address housing, voting and police...
Strong Voting Rights Provisions in H.R.1 Are Cause for Endorsement
(Washington, D.C.) - The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law formally endorsed H.R.1, the ‘For the People Act,’ today, citing numerous provisions in the bill that expand voting rights and provide protection to communities historically targeted by voter...
White West Va. Officers Violently Attack Black Man
(Washington, D.C.) - Two white police officers pulled a Black West Virginian man from his home and beat him for half a minute causing serious and permanent injuries in the early morning of New Year’s Day 2019, according to a lawsuit the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil...
Victory: Census Numbers Won’t be Released Before Next Administration Arrives
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh issued an order on Friday night in National Urban League v. Ross which will help ensure that the 2020 census adheres to the U.S. Constitution and counts every resident of the United States. Civil rights,...