The Equal Justice Society today announced that Eva Paterson, Co-founder and President, plans to retire on June 16, 2022, after more than four decades as a civil rights champion, community leader, and litigator, including 21 years leading EJS and 13 years as Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco … Continue reading EJS President Eva Paterson to Retire in June 2022
Tomorrow: Action at Sen. Feinstein’s SF Office by Indivisible East Bay and Black Voters Matter
EJS is proud to support an in-person action tomorrow morning organized by Indivisible East Bay and Black Voters Matter as part of a 10-state series of demonstrations across the country coordinated by Black Voters Matter and Declaration for American Democracy. Thursday, December 910 – 11:30am PST333 Bush Street & then One Post at ~10:25San FranciscoRSVP not … Continue reading Tomorrow: Action at Sen. Feinstein’s SF Office by Indivisible East Bay and Black Voters Matter
Dec. 7-8: California Reparations Task Force Continues Hearing from Experts
The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans meets this week, December 7-8, starting at 9:00 a.m. Pacific on each day. Lisa Holder, EJS Of Counsel, is a member of the task force as an appointee of Governor Gavin Newsom. Complete information on the task force can be found at https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121. … Continue reading Dec. 7-8: California Reparations Task Force Continues Hearing from Experts
Updated: Ninth Circuit Decision in Yu v. Idaho State and the Role of Implicit Bias Evidence
Nov. 15, 2021, Update Following the Ninth Circuit's October amended opinion, Appellant Mr. Jun Yu filed a petition for panel rehearing on November 14, supported by an amicus brief filed by EJS and Strindberg Scholnick Birch Hallam Harstad Thorne. Amici are Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Legal Aid … Continue reading Updated: Ninth Circuit Decision in Yu v. Idaho State and the Role of Implicit Bias Evidence