by Press | Mar 12, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Damon Hewitt, the president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued this statement in response to the news that the Department of Education will cut its staff by nearly fifty percent: ...
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 | Nov 10, 2021 | Press Releases
RALEIGH – After waiting nearly two decades for a court ruling that would finally fix the state’s inadequate public education system for underserved students, Wake County Superior Court Judge David Lee delivered on his promise with an order requiring the State of North...
by Press | Sep 2, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — Prohibiting critical race theory and anti-racism education in Texas schools would suppress educational efforts that are critically needed to confront and address racism and discrimination, according to a letter brief sent Thursday to Texas...
