by Press | May 3, 2023 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, in support for the Freedom to Learn Campaign’s nationwide day of collective action, Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement: “Across the country, a...
by Press | Nov 4, 2022 | Press Releases
RALEIGH– Today, the North Carolina Supreme Court ordered the state to provide sufficient funding for schools to satisfy the constitutional mandate to provide all children with a sound education–a critical victory for the plaintiffs and plaintiff-intervenors in Leandro...
by Press | May 2, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public and private universities have instituted race-conscious admissions policies to combat the race-based barriers that continue to pervade our society. Civil rights organizations Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, North Carolina...
by Press | Apr 28, 2022 | Press Releases
RALEIGH – On April 26, 2022, a North Carolina court held that the state General Assembly’s 2021 Budget Act failed to fulfill the state’s obligations to support an education funding plan designed to ensure that all schoolchildren can access a sound basic education. The...
by Press | Jan 24, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington D.C.) – The U.S. Supreme Court has granted review of two federal court decisions upholding race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC). The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law...
