by Press | Jul 27, 2021 | Press Releases
(BALTIMORE) —The Daily Record has named Erinn D. Martin, policy counsel with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, to the 2021 VIP List – Very Important Professionals Successful by 40 awards. The Daily Record created the VIP List in 2010 to...
by Press | May 28, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Decriminalizing marijuana would begin to address the harms caused by America’s War on Drugs and communities, according to legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and several others Friday. Passage of the Marijuana...
by Press | Mar 30, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – President Joseph R. Biden announced his first nominees to the federal judiciary on Tuesday, including four Black women – three of whom for the court of appeals – and several former public defenders. The following is a statement...
by Press | Dec 4, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – In a historic vote, the House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act 228-164 Friday, the first comprehensive marijuana reform legislation to pass a chamber of Congress that would...
by Press | Nov 19, 2020 | Press Releases
Federal and state courts have historically failed to reflect the racial, ethnic and gender diversity of the United States, with a significantly higher proportion of white and male judges on the federal bench than the reflected population, a new brief released by...
