Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Expands Client Intake and Community Outreach Staff  The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice (“Lawyers’ Committee”) fosters equal opportunity and fights discrimination on behalf of people of color and immigrants. We engage in creative and courageous legal action, education and advocacy in collaboration with law firms and community

Superior Court Faults Boston Police Department’s Decision Not To Hire Black Applicant Rules That A CWOF Is “Not A Reasonable Justification” For Bypass Boston, MA – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice and our Board Member David Godkin from Birnbaum & Godkin LLP, received a favorable decision from the Suffolk Superior Court

Civil Rights Groups Charge Police And Fire Department Hiring Practices Illegally Harm Boston’s Minority Veterans Call For Civil Service Investigation Into Unauthorized Use Of Residence Preference Boston, MA – Today, on behalf of the Boston Society of Vulcans (Vulcans), the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers (MAMLEO), and numerous concerned citizens, the Lawyers’ Committee

Today, on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we kick off our 50th Anniversary.  The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice was founded in 1968 in the midst of the assassination of Dr. King, and the findings of the Kerner Commission (which concluded that the nation was “moving toward two societies, one black, one white –

Strega Waterfront Restaurant Found Liable For Sexual Harassment Of Latina Employee Low-Wage Worker Subjected To Sexual Proposals, Offensive Comments From Her Supervisor In the latest in a string of sexual harassment incidents involving prominent restaurants, a former kitchen employee announced today that she was sexually harassed at Strega Waterfront Restaurant in Boston, and that the

Black Court Officer Called “N-Word” By Supreme Judicial Court Supervisor Files Discrimination Complaint Courts Under Federal Scrutiny For Toxic Racial Environment Boston, MA – A Black court officer today filed a discrimination complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), alleging that the Chief Court Officer for the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) called her a “nigger”

Five Latina Kitchen Workers File Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Prominent National Restaurant Chain In the flood of recent stories of sexual misconduct in white-collar industries, it is easy to overlook the most vulnerable women. Today at noon, the Lawyers’ Committee will announce a new sexual harassment lawsuit against a prominent national restaurant chain, highlighting the

Standing Up for Firefighters of Color Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice filed a friend-of-the-court (amicus curiae) brief in Superior Court in Hampden County in support of Black firefighters who are holding the City of Springfield accountable for not enforcing its own residency requirements for public employees. The case, Savage v.

Diversity and Racial Justice Must Be A Priority for Mayor Walsh’s Second Term in Boston The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice calls upon newly re-elected Mayor Marty Walsh to take concrete action in the first 100 days of his new administration to tackle critical diversity and racial justice issues that were largely

Supreme Judicial Court Declines To Hold Trial Court Accountable On Employment Practices Under Public Records Law U.S. Attorney’s Office Reportedly Seeking Same Records In Ongoing Civil Rights Probe In a decision issued today, Massachusetts’ highest court, the Supreme Judicial Court, declined a request by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice to rule