Forward-Looking Settlement Reached in Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit →

The Town of Needham and lawyers for Mr. Marvin Henry announced that they have reached a settlement agreement with Mr. Henry, an employee of a local Needham business who was detained by local police in January 2020.  The Needham Police Department (NPD) takes seriously its responsibility to perform its duties...

Supporting Boston’s New City Council District Map →

Civil Rights Groups File Brief in Federal Court Supporting Boston’s New City Council District Map Amicus Brief Reclaims the Civil Rights Mantle Seven community-based civil rights groups filed an amicus brief in the federal court case brought by opponents to the new Boston City Council district map. The brief, supporting...

Some White Towns Resistant to Change, MBTA Zoning Law Action Plans Show →

MBTA Zoning Law “Action Plans” Raise Concern that Some Predominantly White Towns Remain Resistant to Change  Lawyers for Civil Rights (“LCR”) has demanded that seven municipalities rectify their failure to submit mandatory “action plans” for Massachusetts’ new MBTA Zoning Law.  Towns are starting to comply.  On a parallel track, LCR is conducting a statewide...

Martha’s Vineyard Migrants Respond to New Florida Legislation →

Florida lawmakers last week approved Governor Ron DeSantis’ request to change the program under which he fraudulently induced 49 migrants to fly to Martha’s Vineyard last Fall. Among other alterations, the new law would remove the restriction in the original law that required migrants to be relocated "from this state."...

Lawyers for Civil Rights Demands Compliance with MBTA Zoning Law →

Lawyers for Civil Rights Demands Compliance with MBTA Zoning Law in Seven Massachusetts Towns  Lawyers for Civil Rights (“LCR”) issued demand letters to seven Massachusetts towns that are currently violating the MBTA Zoning Law: Berkley, Carver, Holden, Marshfield, Middleborough, Raynham, and Seekonk.  Non-compliance with the MBTA Zoning Law harms Commonwealth residents—particularly communities of...

Federal Response to Haitian Migrants Held in Squalor Under Border Bridge →

Haitian Migrants Held in Squalid Conditions Under Border Bridge See Progress in Federal Investigation Haitian Americans United and forty-eight Haitian migrants who were unlawfully confined by federal immigration officials under a bridge near Del Rio, Texas, have received a formal response to their civil rights complaint from the U.S. Department...

Diversifying Vocational Schools in Massachusetts →

Students, Civil Rights Groups File Federal Discrimination Complaint Challenging Exclusionary Admissions in Vocational Education Schools State Currently Allows Vocational High Schools to Use Criteria That Disproportionately Exclude Students of Color, English Learners, And Students with Disabilities Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) and the Center for Law and Education (CLE) filed a...

Black Muslim Man Deserves New Trial →

Black Muslim Man Represented By Racist, Islamophobic Attorney Deserves New Trial  Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), the Commonwealth's highest court, on behalf of eight racial justice organizations, urging the SJC to order a new trial for a Black Muslim man whose court-appointed attorney expressed...

Tyre Nichols, Terrence Coleman & Reina Morales →

The images of police brutality in Memphis are harrowing. Nearly three years after George Floyd's murder, we are still living with unmitigated structural and institutionalized violence against Black people. In Boston, we are not immune. In our own backyard, we have unchecked violence and neglect affecting people of color. At Lawyers for...

Boston Police Denies Right to Counsel →

Boston Police Denies Right to Counsel to Community Group Concerned About Disappeared Latina  January 26, 2023 Since the disappearance of Reina Carolina Morales Rojas, Latinos Unidos en Massachusetts (LUMA) has been urging law enforcement officials to investigate the matter with immediacy. Reina has been missing since November 26, 2022, but...

Botched Police Investigation in East Boston Reinforces Racial Disparities →

Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) urges the City of Boston and the Boston Police Department (BPD) to investigate the disappearance of Reina Carolina Morales Rojas. To provide zealous police protection to all residents regardless of race, class, or national origin, the City needs to conduct an independent audit surrounding issues of diversity,...

Brown Rudnick Summer Fellowship at Lawyers for Civil Rights →

Brown Rudnick Summer Fellowship at Lawyers for Civil Rights Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) is currently accepting applications for the 2023 Brown Rudnick Civil Rights Summer Fellowship. The Fellowship is funded through a generous gift by Brown Rudnick LLP of legal fees awarded as part of the settlement of a landmark voting rights case brought...

Facing Lawsuit, Barnstable County’s New Sheriff Ends Contract With ICE →

Facing Lawsuit, Barnstable County’s New Sheriff Ends Contract With ICE  Move Eliminates Last “287g Agreement” By Sheriffs In New England Incoming Barnstable County Sheriff Donna Buckley fulfilled her campaign promise to end the Sheriff’s Office’s “287(g) agreement” with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  The move follows a lawsuit filed by Lawyers...

Free Legal Support to Close Health Disparities →

FREE LEGAL SUPPORT IS PART-AND-PARCEL OF ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES  Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBS) announced that it has negotiated contracts with Steward Healthcare Network, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Boston Accountable Care Organization (part of Boston Medical Center), and Mass General Brigham to take proactive steps to reduce health...

BizGrow Holiday Gift Guide →

Check out these twenty amazing minority, immigrant, and women-owned small businesses! Access the full clickable version of the gift guide here.  

Martha’s Vineyard Migrants Go After Plane Company, Perla & Top Florida Officials →

Martha’s Vineyard Immigrants Add Plane Company, Its CEO, and  High-Level Florida Officials As Defendants In Federal Class Action Lawsuit Amended Complaint Details Orchestrated Plan To Deceive Immigrants  Attorneys from Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) filed an amended complaint in the federal class action challenging the scheme perpetrated by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and...

Federal Investigation Into Discriminatory Business Practices At Logan Airport →

Civil Rights Advocates Demand Federal Investigation Into Discriminatory Business Practices At Boston’s Logan Airport Massport and JCDecaux Depriving Minority-Owned Businesses of Equal Contracting Opportunity Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to launch an investigation into discriminatory business practices at Logan Airport.  The federal complaint outlines Massachusetts Port...

LCR’s Civil Rights Summit →

LCR’s Civil Rights Summit November 4, 2022 Lawyers for Civil Rights held a Civil Rights Summit on November 4, 2022, convening powerful attorneys and community partners for strategic and catalytic thought partnership to advance civil rights in the current legal landscape, including changes in the composition of the Supreme Court....

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