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Sep07

EJS Accepting Applications for 2011-2012 Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellowship

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: fellow, Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellowship, Reggie Shuford

The Equal Justice Society is now accepting applications for its 2011-2012 Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellowship, named after the first African-American woman to serve on the federal bench. Applicants for the one-year, paid fellowship should be recent law school graduates with up to five years of work experience after law school. Applications must [...]

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Jun22

EJS, Others File Brief on Prelim. Injunction Against Ariz. Anti-Immigrant Statute

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: amicus brief, Arizona, Asian American Institute, Covington & Burling LLP, discrimination, First Amendment, Friendly House v. Whiting, immigrants, Immigration, public safety, SB 1070

The Equal Justice Society, the Asian American Institute and thirty-six other public interest organizations, represented pro bono by the law firm Covington & Burling LLP, have filed an amicus brief in Friendly House v. Whiting, supporting the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction against SB 1070, Arizona’s disturbing new immigration statute. The lawsuit, a class [...]

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Jun15

EJS and Other Organizations File Amicus Brief Supporting Application of Voting Rights Act and Protection of Minority Voting Rights

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 1 Comment Tags: 1965 Voting Rights Act, 9th Circuit, American Parole and Probation Association, amicus brief, Cooley LLP, Farrakhan v. Gregoire, felon disenfranchisement law, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Protection of Minority Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act, Washington State

The Equal Justice Society (EJS), the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, and American Parole and Probation Association submitted an Amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit case Farrakhan v. Gregoire, which will determine whether Washington State’s felon disenfranchisement law violates the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA). (Download a PDF of [...]

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Mar24

We Have an Opening for a Communications Associate

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: communications associate, contract, job, position opening, san francisco

The Equal Justice Society is seeking a communications generalist with strong writing, event management and online social media skills for a short-term contract position compensated at $10,000 for a minimum of three months. (Share this on Facebook and Twitter.) EJS is a national strategy group heightening consciousness on race in the law and popular discourse. Using [...]

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Mar02

Reggie Shuford to Join EJS as Director of Law and Policy

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: ACLU, affirmative action, American Civil Liberties Union, Ballot Initiatives, death penalty, Director of Law and Policy, educational adequacy and equity, Equal Protection Clause, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Harvard Law School, Hon. Henry E. Frye, Intent Doctrine, litigator, No-Fly List, prop 209, racial discrimination, Racial Justice Program, racial profiling, racism, Reggie Shuford, Richard Schwartz & Associates, right to counsel for indigents, school to prison pipeline, u.s. supreme court, University of North Carolina School of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law Distinguished Alumnus Award, violence in the African American community, war on terror, Ward Connerly, Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow

After an extensive search process, the Equal Justice Society today announced that we’ve hired Reggie Shuford as our new Director of Law and Policy. He’ll be joining us in mid-May. EJS has long wanted to engage in the next level of overturning the Intent Doctrine. Finding just the right Director of Law and Policy was [...]

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Jan15

LDF: ‘King’s Legacy Serve as a Call to Arms on Crisis in Haiti’

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: Dr. Martin Luther King, Haiti, Jr., ldf, MLK, NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Got this today from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund: Today provides a moment for reflection on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – born 81 years ago on this day. It is also a moment of intense anguish for the survivors and those continuing to suffer in the wake of the [...]

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Jan15

Informational Forums on California Citizens Redistricting Commission

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 1 Comment Tags: apalc, Assembly, Bingham McCutchen, Board of Equalization, CaCCR, California, California Bureau of State Audits, California State Auditor, citizens redistricting commission, districts, Elaine Howle, eva paterson, Janis Hirohama, League of Women Voters, League of Women Voters of California, legislature, maldef, Martin Munoz, naacp, Nancy Ramirez, Proposition 11, Samuel Walton, senate, Sharon Reilly, thomas saenz, Trudy Schafer

On Jan. 25 in San Francisco and Jan. 26 in Sacramento, learn how you can apply to serve on the commission and ensure the commission reflects the diversity of our state at forums sponsored by MALDEF, EJS, CaCCR, APALC and NAACP California. In 2008, California voters passed Proposition 11, creating California’s first-ever citizens redistricting commission. [...]

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Dec14

Court Rules Defunding of ACORN Unconstitutional

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: ACORN, Bertha Lewis, Bill of Attainder, Center for Constitutional Rights, congress, defunding, Fifth Amendment, nina gershon

EJS has throughout the fall joined many other organizations in supporting ACORN against attacks from the Right and also supported the lawsuit challenging Congress’s unconstitutional defunding of the organization. The court agreed. On December 11, 2009, the Honorable Nina Gershon, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, granted a preliminary injunction [...]

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Archive for the ‘Announcements’ Category

EJS Accepting Applications for 2011-2012 Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellowship

EJS, Others File Brief on Prelim. Injunction Against Ariz. Anti-Immigrant Statute

EJS and Other Organizations File Amicus Brief Supporting Application of Voting Rights Act and Protection of Minority Voting Rights

We Have an Opening for a Communications Associate

Reggie Shuford to Join EJS as Director of Law and Policy

LDF: ‘King’s Legacy Serve as a Call to Arms on Crisis in Haiti’

Informational Forums on California Citizens Redistricting Commission

Court Rules Defunding of ACORN Unconstitutional

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