We are proud to announce that our Executive Director has been named one of the Boston Business Journal’s 2026 Power 50 Movement Makers.Over the past decade, Lawyers for Civil Rights has expanded its reach and impact, not in 3% or 5% increments, but by leaps and...
Federal Court Asked to Halt ICE’s Home Invasion Policy New Filings Include Whistleblower Declaration Against ICE Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) and a coalition of immigrant rights organizations asked the federal court in Boston to stop the implementation of ICE’s policy allowing immigration officers to forcibly enter private homes without a judicial...
Public School Students File Landmark Education Lawsuit Against Massachusetts Public school students and community organizations today filed a lawsuit charging that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is violating its own Constitution by maintaining racially segregated school districts that concentrate poverty, deny Black and Latino students an adequate and...
Lawyers for Civil Rights has released two new Rule of Law guides, one for adults and one for youth, to strengthen public understanding and engagement around civil rights, democratic institutions, and access to justice. Rule of Law Guide (Adult) Rule of Law Guide (Youth) The guides provide simple, digestible, and practical information to advance...
The Trial Court’s “Soft Diplomacy” With ICE Is Not a Strategy. It’s Surrender. By Brooke Simone and Joshua Dankoff The Massachusetts Trial Court recently suggested that the PROTECT Act — legislation that would protect against immigration arrests inside state courthouses without a judicial warrant — would disrupt the so-called “soft diplomacy” between state...
Car Wash Workers File Federal Claims Against ICE for Racial Profiling, Unlawful Arrests, and Physical Violence FTCA Complaint Filed After ICE Raid Swept Up Latino Workers at Boston-Area Car Wash In a startling show of force, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stormed Allston Car Wash in November with approximately 20 unmarked vehicles, sweeping...
At Lawyers for Civil Rights, we are seeing a disturbing pattern of escalating bullying incidents in schools. This is not a string of isolated incidents; it’s a bullying crisis — an epidemic taking hold in far too many schools. In Southwick, a girl was sold at a “slave auction.” In Brookline, a boy was pinned to the floor with a knee on his neck while...
Appraisal Discrimination Appeal Filed After Race-Based $100,000 Undervaluation Six-Figure Loss Sparks Appeal on Behalf of Interracial Couple in Franklin, Mass. Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) has appealed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) dismissal of an appraisal discrimination complaint filed on behalf of an interracial couple...
