Basic Organization Information
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Also Known As:
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LCCRUL
- Physical Address:
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Washington, DC
20005 2001
- EIN:
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52-0799246
- Web URL:
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www.lawyerscommittee.org
- NTEE Category:
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R Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy
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R99 Civil Rights, Social Action, and Advocacy N.E.C.
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R Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy
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R20 Civil Rights, Advocacy for Specific Groups
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R Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy
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R22 Minority Rights
- Year Founded:
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1963
- Ruling Year:
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1963
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Mission Statement
<p>The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, was formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination. The principal mission of the Lawyers' Committee is to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice under law.</p>
<p>The Committee's major objective is to use the skills and resources of the bar to obtain equal opportunity for minorities by addressing factors that contribute to racial justice and economic opportunity. Given our nation's history of racial discrimination, de jure segregation, and the de facto inequities that persist, the Lawyers' Committee's primary focus is to represent the interest of African Americans in particular, other racial and ethnic minorities, and other victims of discrimination, where doing so can help to secure justice for all racial and ethnic minorities.</p>
<p>The Lawyers' Committee implements its mission and objectives by marshaling the pro bono resources of the bar for litigation, public policy advocacy, and other forms of service by lawyers to the cause of civil rights.</p>
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Leadership
Barbara R. Arnwine, Esq.
Term:
Since
Jan
1989
Profile:
Barbara R. Arnwine is a native Californian. A graduate of Scripps College in Claremont, California, Ms. Arnwine received her law degree from Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina. She has been the recipient of numerous scholastic awards including being a Danford Scholar, a Davison-Foreman Graduate Fellow, and a Regionald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellow. She is a member of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and the State Bar of North Carolina. Ms Arnwine is an activist renowned for her work in the areas of poverty law, civil and human rights law, and environmental law. For the last twenty years, Ms. Arnwine's work has been carried forth throughout the United States and in the international arena.
<p>Ms. Arnwine is the Executive Director of the national Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
<p>Ms. Arnwine has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Equal Justice Award of the National Bar Association and the Most Distinguished Alumna Award of Scripps College.
<p>She is a frequent commentator on civil rights and women rights matters in the national press. In April 1997, she was featured in Essence Magazine in an article entitled: "She Has The Power".
<p>A speaker at numerous conferences and forums, Ms Arnwine is also the author of "Upholding The Sky: Perspectives on African American Women and the Law", and an article in Voices of Vision: African American Women On The Issues. </p>
Leadership Statement:
<h1>Excluded From Democracy: The Impact of Recent Voting Law Changes</h1>
<p>"The right to vote and choose our leaders is at the heart of what it means to be American and participate in our democracy. Right now, state legislatures are actively trying to make it harder for certain segments of our citizenry to vote and have their voices heard. By quickly passing laws requiring photo voter identification that are a solution in search of a problem, state lawmakers are actively ignoring the real problems that plague our voting system and threatening the fundamental right to vote for many eligible voters. In addition to requiring photo voter identification, states are drastically reducing early and absentee voting days, attacking election day registration, putting onerous restrictions on groups attempting to register voters, and enacting other restrictive measures."</p>
<p>On November 14, 2011, Barbara Arnwine shared these sentiments and more as she delivered oral and written testimony before the House Democrats' panel on the impact of recent voter ID laws. </p>
<p>To view the panel discussion, please click <a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/StateVo" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>To read Ms. Arnwine's testimony in full, please click <a href="http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/admin/voting_rights/documents/files/Testimony-Barbara-Arnwine-House-Voting-Forum.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
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Program:
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- Budget:
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$7,495,790
- Category:
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Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
- Population Served:
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Ethnic/Racial Minorities -- General
Program Description:
The Lawyers' Committee continues to make a lasting impact on civil rights jurisprudence in America. It operates five major projects: voting rights, fair housing and community development, employment discrimination, environmental health and justice, and education.
<p>The Employment Discrimination Project challenges all forms of racial, national origin, and sexual discrimination in the workplace, both private and governmental, including discrimination by federal, state and local agencies. The Project handles numerous cases and is acclaimed for litigating complex and often protracted class action lawsuits on behalf of women and minorities.
<p>Voting Rights Project. The Lawyers' Committee has been at the forefront of the legal struggle to secure racial justice in the electoral arena for more than three decades, and that tradition continues. With the indispensable assistance of private law firms, the Voting Rights Project litigates voting rights cases, monitors U.S. Justice Department enforcement efforts, and enforces the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 through legal representation, advocacy and public education.
<p>Fair Housing and Community Development Project. Housing discrimination is a painful, stubborn reality for people of color in the United States. All too often substandard segregated housing in minority communities exacerbates economic, political and educational disparities. In an effort to overcome these problems, the Fair Housing and Community Development Project litigates lawsuits under the Fair Housing Act to challenge discrimination in rental and private markets as well as in public and assisted housing.
<p>Environmental Justice Project. Many low-income communities and people of color suffer a disproportionate burden of environmental pollution and the myriad health problems associated with poor quality air, water, and toxic exposure. The Lawyers' Committee provides legal and technical assistance to assist grassroots groups in their efforts to stave off, clean up, and address environmental health problems in their communities.
<p>Education Project. Consistent with the historic mission of the Lawyers' Committee, the Education Project vigorously advocates equal educational opportunities for minority and poor youth within our nation's public schools and institutions of higher education. </p>
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