by Ian Weiner | Jan 15, 2021 | Press Releases
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, along with pro bono counsel Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Bernabei & Kabat PLLC, have received an order from a federal district court, to intervene in SFFA v. UT Austin on behalf of three organizations and a...
by Ian Weiner | Jan 11, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – To ensure that students who are learning the English language are not forced into schools for the sole purpose of testing their proficiency, and that parents be provided an option in their native language, and to withdraw from testing if...
by Ian Weiner | Dec 17, 2020 | Press Releases
(Austin, Texas) – To defend the limited, but meaningful inclusion of race in the University of Texas at Austin’s admissions process, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, along with pro bono counsel Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Bernabei &...
by Ian Weiner | Nov 12, 2020 | Press Releases
(Cambridge, Mass.) – The U.S. Circuit Court for the First Circuit in Massachusetts ruled in a 2-0 decision today in SFFA v. Harvard that Harvard University’s race-conscious admissions policy must be upheld. The court found that Harvard’s policy is consistent...
by Ian Weiner | Nov 9, 2020 | Press Releases
(Charlotte, N.C.) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law presented opening statements today in SFFA v. UNC, a federal lawsuit challenging the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s limited consideration of race in admissions to promote...