COURT GIVES FINAL APPROVAL TO SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE SHACKLING OF IMMIGRANTS IN COURT
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com SAN FRANCISCO – The final approval hearing for Uelian de Abadia-Peixoto, et al. vs. United States Department …
Lawyers’ Committee Applauds SF Supervisors’ Unanimous Passage of Fair Chance Ordinance
Law removes automatic barriers to jobs and housing, allowing people with prior criminal records a chance to compete based on their individual merits FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Candice Francis / …
ACLU and LCCR Charge State with Illegally Denying the Right to Vote to Tens of Thousands of Voters
People of Color Are Disproportionately Affected by State’s Action FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Jess Jollett / San Diego ACLU / 619.203.0959 / jjollett@aclusandiego.org Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / …
California Voters of Color, Language Minority Communities, and Persons with Disabilities Still Face Obstacles to Voting
National Commission on Voting Rights Hears from Voters at Public Hearing in San Francisco Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com WASHINGTON, D.C., February 4, 2014 – On …
Public Hearing: State of Voting Rights in California
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com San Francisco, CA – On Thursday, January 30th, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the …
Historic Settlement Reached in Class Action Lawsuit Challenging the Shackling of Immigrants in Court
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com SAN FRANCISCO – An historic settlement was reached Thursday in a class action lawsuit between immigration …
National Settlement Reached to Preclude the Government’s Categorical Withholding of Asylum Interview Notes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com (San Francisco, CA) – The Lawyers’ Committee of the San Francisco Bay Area, with co-counsel Davis …
Governor Brown Signs AB 651 (Bradford), the Reentry & Employment Opportunities Act!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Candice Francis / Communications Director, LCCR / 415.543.9697 x216 / cfrancis@lccr.com (San Francisco, CA) – The Lawyers’ Committee is pleased to report that AB 651, the Reentry …