by Ian Weiner | Jun 2, 2021 | Press Releases
Transgender students deserve full inclusion in all educational opportunities, including extracurricular activities, and the bigoted, discriminatory policies being pushed by legislators in several states must be rejected, an open letter signed by 60 national civil and...
by Ian Weiner | May 12, 2021 | Press Releases
(Annapolis, Md.) – U.S. District Court Judge Catherine C. Blake entered an order Wednesday finding that legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly and the settlement agreement between the parties in The Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher...
by Ian Weiner | Mar 31, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – School districts must be able to address legitimately harmful speech such as bullying, harassment, and threats of violence- whether or not it occurs on school grounds – but must be very specific and distinct with their actions to not...
by Ian Weiner | Feb 10, 2021 | Press Releases
(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...
by Ian Weiner | Feb 3, 2021 | Press Releases
(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...