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Lawyers’ Committee Announces Carlita Salazar as its Inaugural Vice President of Communications
WASHINGTON, August 14, 2023 – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, announced that Carlita Salazar has been named as the organization’s inaugural Vice President of Communications. This newly created leadership position will lead efforts...
Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Block Racially Discriminatory Tennessee Redistricting
Nashville, TN (August 9, 2023) — The Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, the African American Clergy Collective of Tennessee, the Equity Alliance, the Memphis A. Philip Randolph Institute, the League of Women Voters of Tennessee and several individual...
Lawyers’ Committee Mourns the Passing of Professor Charles Ogletree
WASHINGTON– Legendary defense attorney and Harvard Law School professor Charles Ogletree died on Friday at the age of 70 following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Renowned and beloved throughout the legal community, especially in the civil rights community,...
Trump Indicted for Attempting to Overturn 2020 Election
WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday on four counts tied to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. This indictment has undeniable parallels to a federal civil rights lawsuit the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law...
Case Against Racially Gerrymandered Cobb County School Board Map to Move Forward
ATLANTA, Ga. — A federal court on Friday agreed with voting rights groups representing a variety of impacted individuals and organizations in Cobb County that a lawsuit challenging the racially discriminatory Cobb County School Board map should continue, despite...
Lawyers’ Committee Calls on 150+ Higher Education Leaders to Prioritize Diversity and Opportunity Following Supreme Court Decision
“We are counting on you to have the will to strive for this goal,” said David Hinojosa WASHINGTON – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) is providing more than 150 colleges, universities and higher...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Stands with Democratic Attorneys General in Defending Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Efforts
WASHINGTON - Today, in response to a letter sent by Republican Attorneys General to Fortune 100 companies which stated that engaging in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs could be a form of discrimination, Democratic Attorneys General appropriately sent...
Lawyers’ Committee Lauds Senate Confirmation of Kalpana Kotagal as EEOC Commissioner
WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed Kalpana Kotagal today to serve as a commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Born in Ohio to parents who immigrated from India, Kotagal has practiced law for more...
Proud Boys Ordered To Pay More Than $1 Million for Racially-Motivated Attack on Historically Black Church
Metropolitan A.M.E. Church v. Proud Boys is one of the first civil rights cases finding a violation of the D.C. Bias Related Crimes Act. WASHINGTON– Today, a judge ordered the Proud Boys and several of its leaders to pay more than $1 million for a...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Condemns Supreme Court’s Harmful Ruling in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis, granting businesses that offer to produce custom artistic works and are engaged in expressive conduct a seemingly unprecedented license to discriminate under the First...
Lawyers’ Committee Condemns Supreme Court Decision Dismantling Student Debt Relief
WASHINGTON– Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Biden v. Nebraska that overturns the Biden-Harris Administration’s student debt relief program that stood to benefit millions of borrowers. While the Supreme Court simultaneously dismissed a...
Supreme Court Sets Back Progress by Invalidating Harvard’s and UNC’s Specific Affirmative Action Programs
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court undermined equal opportunity in higher education by holding that the affirmative action plans of Harvard College and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill violate the Equal Protection Clause. In Students...
Civil Rights Community Vows to Advance Racial Equity Despite Supreme Court Rulings Invalidating Harvard and UNC’s Specific Affirmative Action Plans
WASHINGTON–Today, the U.S. Supreme Court undermined equal opportunity in higher education by holding that the affirmative action plans of Harvard College and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill violate the Equal Protection Clause. In Students for...
Lawyers’ Committee Expresses Disappointment with EPA Decision to Close Louisiana Civil Rights Investigations
WASHINGTON– The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) closed its investigations into two Louisiana state agencies regarding pollution from a petrochemical plant and potential violations of the Civil Rights Act. The investigations were initiated in response...
Supreme Court Upholds State Courts’ Authority to Safeguard Voting Rights, Rejects Fringe Legal Theory
WASHINGTON–In a significant victory for voting rights, the Supreme Court upheld the long-established authority of state courts to protect against voting barriers that violate state constitutions. In an opinion issued in the case of Moore v. Harper the...