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...
Lack of Diversity in Public Employment in Boston and Across the Commonwealth Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) will join Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia and other prominent leaders, including the leadership of the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers (MAMLEO), in a press conference at City Hall Plaza to call for greater diversity...
Advocate for English Language Learners Sues Boston Public Schools For Discrimination, Retaliation Long-Time Employee Forced Out After Objecting To BPS’s Mistreatment of English Language Learners Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) and Pontikes Law, LLC, filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court on behalf of Ms. Aketa Narang Kapur,...
No Path to Justice for Victims of Discrimination in the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Escalating long-simmering concerns over deficiencies at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (“MCAD”), the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (“ULEM”) and Lawyers for Civil Rights (“LCR”) have issued a demand...
Multi-Million Dollar Settlement Announced In Discrimination Case By Black Police Officers Against City Of Boston Over Discredited “Hair Test” City Abandoned The Flawed Drug Test In 2021, Now Pays Damages To Individuals Harmed The City of Boston has paid $2.6 million to settle a longstanding federal discrimination lawsuit alleging that a “hair test”...
Resolution Creates Forward-Looking Workplace Reforms Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) and Justice at Work, attorneys for Paula Fortes, a Black Cape Verdean woman, announced a settlement today to resolve an employment discrimination case alleging years of pervasive sexual harassment and identity-based harassment at a New Bedford fishery. The settlement...
Brian Cummings Joins Lawyers for Civil Rights as the 2023 Brown Rudnick Summer Fellow Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) is pleased to welcome Brian Cummings as the 2023 Brown Rudnick Summer Fellow. Launched in 2022, the Fellowship provides a $10,000 stipend to law students who want to gain civil rights experience through a summer internship at LCR but are...
Pervasive Hostile Work Environment at Large Fishery in New Bedford, MA Female Worker Subjected to Sexual Harassment and Identity-Based Harassment at Eastern Fisheries In a classic David versus Goliath scenario, a Black immigrant woman challenges one of New Bedford’s largest seafood processors, Eastern Fisheries, after enduring years of pervasive...
