by Devon Sullivan | Jul 13, 2015
The Access Campaign is a campaign of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law designed to examine and dismantle barriers to gainful employment for persons with arrest and conviction records and negative credit histories. Increasingly, employers conduct...
by Devon Sullivan | Jul 12, 2015
Lawyers’ Committee Joins Other Advocacy Groups in Filing Amicus Brief with National Labor Relations Board On July 27, 2011, the Lawyers Committee joined with 26 advocacy groups in filing a friend-of-the-court brief with the National Labor Relations Board in the case...
by Devon Sullivan | Jul 12, 2015
Employment Project Filed Fourth Circuit Brief Supporting Verdict Against Government Contractor for Racial Animus in Contracting – Appeals Court Confirms Compensory Damages Award The Employment Discrimination Project filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court...
by Devon Sullivan | Jul 12, 2015
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church v. EEOC On August 9, 2011, the Lawyers Committee joined seven other civil rights organizations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in the Supreme Court case of Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church v. EEOC, No. 10-553....
by Devon Sullivan | Jul 11, 2015
This case involves two related challenges by the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus and the Alabama Democratic Conference to the post-2010 State House and State Senate redistricting plans for the State of Alabama. The plaintiffs claim that the challenged redistricting...