by Press | 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...
by Press | Sep 16, 2020 | Press Releases
(Cambridge, Mass.) – The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Massachusetts heard arguments from civil rights groups today in SFFA v. Harvard, regarding Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policy. The groups argued that the policy must be...
by Press | Sep 16, 2020 | Press Releases
Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policy rightly acknowledges race-based barriers continue to pervade our society and affirmative action must be upheld to ensure selective colleges do not overlook remarkable, well-rounded underrepresented students of color the...
by Press | Mar 20, 2020 | Letters from Others
Washington, DC (March 20, 2020) : The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law joined a sign-on letter to Congress urging equitable protections and relief for student loan borrowers in Covid-19-related stimulus packages to ensure borrowers from marginalized...
by Press | Oct 3, 2019 | Newsclips
The bitter fight over Harvard’s race-conscious admissions process — and affirmative action nationwide — is far from done. The university won the first round on Tuesday, when a federal judge ruled there was no evidence of explicit bias in Harvard’s treatment of...
