John Brittain, William Robinson, and Kristen Clarke were honored during the anniversary celebration. Lloyd Cutler and Ernest N. Morial also were lauded posthumously for their transformative ...
Say I'm at a dinner party and receive the typical New York question: "What do you do?" If I say, "I'm a lawyer," I'll receive knowing responses, because everyone knows (or thinks they know) what a ...
For civil rights lawyers, attorneys' fees paid by the government play a critical role in funding work on behalf of indigent clients and in deterring unlawful conduct by government actors. In April, ...
Renowned US lawyer Jasmine Rand has spent much of her career fighting to get justice for the families of Black people who have died as a result of state violence. As a female lawyer trying to break ...
The new head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division is dramatically reshaping the office to propel President Donald Trump’s social agenda, prompting the departure of about half of the ...
The Trump administration is trying to slash access to lawyers who defend the rights of Americans with disabilities, advocates ...
The leader of the Department of Justice‘s Civil Rights Division issued a rallying cry this week for conservative lawyers to rethink their roles, not just within government but across the broader legal ...
Alan Barry Jacobson, a civil rights attorney who spent decades advancing desegregation and special education in government ...
The new head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division is dramatically reshaping the office to propel President Donald Trump’s social agenda, prompting the departure of about half of the ...