by Press | Jul 5, 2024 | Press Releases
NEW ORLEANS— This weekend will mark the launch of a new, intergenerational voting rights campaign at EssenceFest 2024 called Ojo Asé: Black Women Answering the Call. Recognizing the ongoing central role that Black women play in defending our democracy, the campaign is...
by Press | Jun 29, 2024 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON—June 29th marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in SFFA v. Harvard/ UNC-Chapel Hill undermining the use of race in college admissions. The Lawyers’ Committee litigated both cases from the beginning and argued the UNC case before the...
by Press | May 24, 2024 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON–On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, reversing a federal court’s finding that ruled South Carolina’s redistricting of Congressional District 1...
by Press | May 15, 2024 | Press Releases
Legislation Needed Now to Prevent Discrimination and Other Harms, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Urges Congress to Use its Model AI Bill as Blueprint WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Todd Young (R-IN),...
by Press | Apr 18, 2024 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON—On Thursday, former President Donald Trump was unsuccessful in his attempt to halt a series of lawsuits that accuse him of instigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection. In 2021 the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sued the former president, his...
