Statement from Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, the Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Rights, a legal organization in Boston providing free legal support to people of color, immigrants, and low-income people: At Lawyers for Civil Rights, our commitment to...
Applauding California’s Ban on Legacy Admissions The Governor of California signed a bill that will prohibit legacy admissions preferences in California’s private colleges and universities. The bill eliminates these unfair and undeserved preferences — which are based solely on familial ties, overwhelmingly benefiting white...
Civil Rights Groups Sue Saugus Public Schools Over Exclusionary Admissions Policy Lawsuit Seeks Documents Showing Why Policy Was Created And How It Is Used To Harm Vulnerable Schoolchildren Lawyers for Civil Rights (“LCR”) and Massachusetts Advocates for Children (“MAC”) filed a lawsuit in Essex Superior Court against Saugus Public Schools,...
“Black as fuck,” “ugly,” and “too dark”— Black Sisters Speak Out About Racial Bullying in Millbury Federal Intervention Needed to Address Pervasive Use of Racial Slurs and Unfair Discipline in Millbury Public Schools Following months of escalating racial bullying, threats of violence, and disproportionate surveillance and punishment targeting Black...
Harvard’s Black Student Enrollment Dips While Legacy Admissions Remain in Place As Harvard joins the ranks of elite colleges and universities reporting declining enrollment of Black students following the U.S. Supreme Court’s anti-affirmative action decision, a key question remains: Why does Harvard continue to cling to unfair donor and legacy...
Lawyers for Civil Rights has created a toolkit of resources to help families through the process of navigating and responding to racial bullying, including a self-advocacy guide for students, a roadmap for parents, and an email template for reporting. These tools and resources are available here: Click here for the fact-sheet. Click here for the roadmap....
Escalating the battle over exclusionary student admissions policies, Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) and Massachusetts Advocates for Children (MAC) formally requested that the Massachusetts Attorney General open an investigation into Saugus Public Schools’ policies. LCR and MAC sent a letter to the Saugus School Committee, urging it to revise its Student...
Federal Civil Rights Probe Launched Against Brookline Public Schools The U.S. Department of Education confirmed that it has launched a federal investigation in response to the civil rights complaint filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights (“LCR”) on behalf of MC, a Black student who experienced racial bullying at Amos A. Lawrence School in...
