Election Day is approaching, which means that we at the Lawyers’ Committee in the San Francisco Bay Area are gearing up our Election Protection efforts again. Election Protection is a nonpartisan volunteer legal effort that is aimed at protecting the vote. We coordinate it every two years, in conjunction with our national office. I recall … Continue reading The Battle We Keep Fighting
By Sarah Rubin, Boston University Public Service Fellow, LCCR When the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous Brown v. Board of Education decision sixty years ago, the decision marked a major milestone on the path towards racial equity. On May 13, 2014, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area and … Continue reading Brown v. Board of Education at 60: The pursuit of equity in a changing landscape
Today the Lawyers’ Committee joins fellow civil rights advocates and others throughout the nation as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. As we mark this significant milestone, we pause for a moment of reflection to remember the iconic legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the … Continue reading In Pursuit of a 21st Century Dream
After being denied housing following a flawed background check, a homeless client came to our Second Chance Legal Clinic at the West Bay Community Center. The background report was extremely prejudicial, listing pages of court reference or document numbers with no identifying information or any indication that these court records were at all relevant to … Continue reading LCCR Partner Firm Gets Big Results for Second Chance Clinic and Donates $45,000 Attorney’s Fee Award to LCCR
A team of Latham & Watkins attorneys including associates Vanessa Reid and Evangeline Burbidge, partner Tim Crudo, and former Latham lawyers, Laura Vartain Horn and Darius Ogloza, with assistance from Susan Hope, successfully had a Second Chance pro bono client’s 2009 arrest reclassified as a detention, which will increase his employment opportunities and allow him … Continue reading Latham & Watkins Pro Bono Team Wins Case for Second Chance Client
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