Newsroom
Welcome to the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Newsroom. This page contains our press releases, news clips and blog posts.
We have subject matter experts on civil rights issues ready to handle inquiries from journalists on such issues as voting rights, criminal justice, economic justice, fair housing, educational opportunity, racial justice matters and more.
Looking to arrange an interview or book a speaker? Contact press@lawyerscommittee.org
Search our Newsroom:
Trump’s move to end humanitarian program exposes Liberian UCLA student to deportation
After the end of this month, Yatta Kiazolu will be eligible for deportation to a country where she never has lived. The 28-year-old PhD candidate in history at UCLA was born in Botswana to Liberian parents. She has lived in the U.S. since she was 7 and since 2002 has...
Civil and Voting Rights Organizations Oppose Tennessee’s Proposed Restrictions to Voter Registration Drives
Proposed new rules are confusing and vague and would deter groups from helping others register to vote through harsh criminal and civil penalties WASHINGTON, DC – A collective of national civil and voting rights organizations sent a letter to the Tennessee General...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Supports Comprehensive Privacy Bill Prohibiting Data Discrimination
Washington, D.C. - The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law applauds the “Privacy Bill of Rights Act” proposed today by Senator Ed Markey (MA), a comprehensive privacy bill that prioritizes consumer protection and the disparate impacts of commercial data...
Hate Crimes in the Trump Era
Rev. Al Sharpton talks with Frank Figliuzzi and Kristen Clarke about the recent rise of hate crimes towards people of color, and how Trump’s rhetoric has directly influenced it.
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Condemns Racially Charged Church Burnings in Louisiana
Washington, D.C. – Following reports that a suspect has been arrested and charged in connection to three recent church fires in Louisiana, Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyer’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law made the following...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Opposes Agreement by Texas Tech University Health Science Center to Abandon Race Conscious Admissions
Washington, D.C. – In response to reports that Texas Tech University Health Science Center has agreed to end its consideration of race in selecting candidates for admission to its medical school, Brenda Shum Director of the Educational Opportunities Project at the...
Kristen Clarke on PBS News Hour
House Judiciary Committee Full Hearing On Hate Crimes
There Were Also Serious People at That Hearing on White Nationalism
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Tuesday on “Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism.” Despite the inherent magnitude of that topic, it is one that hasn’t much interested Republicans. That’s easy to understand. President Trump, whom they seem...
Coalition of National and State Organizations Condemns Proposed Voter Suppression Measure in Tennessee
Third-Party Voter Registration Would Chill Voter Registration Drives By Imposing a Series of Criminal and Civil Penalties NASHVILLE, TN — This week, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and state partners—the Tennessee State Conference of the...
Law Enforcement and Civil Rights Organizations Team Up to Address Hate Crimes
Alexandria, VA – The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) today released an Action Agenda for Enhancing the Response to Hate Crimes. The IACP and Lawyers’ Committee encourage...
Kristen Clarke President and Executive Director of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee About Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism
Washington, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee at tomorrow’s hearing “Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism” on Tuesday, April 9, 2019...
Georgia Largely Abandons Its Broken “Exact Match” Voter Registration Process
Georgia voters inaccurately flagged as non-citizens will still face problems when registering to vote ATLANTA, GA – On Tuesday, after three federal lawsuits in 2008, 2016 and 2018, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 316, largely ending the onerous ‘exact...
In Remembrance of King
By: Sarah Gibson Today marks 51 years since the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was supporting a strike by African-American sanitation workers who were paid significantly less than their white...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Opposes Historic Senate Rule Change
Washington, D.C. – In response to the U.S. Senate changing the time allowed for post-cloture debate of nominees for the federal judiciary, Erinn Martin Policy Counsel at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement: “Yesterday,...