EJS submitted the following commentary by Anthony Solana, Jr. and Sara Jackson in response to an opinion piece written by Peter Scheer of the California First Amendment Coalition. CFAC has joined UCLA Law professor Richard Sander in a lawsuit demanding that the State Bar of California turn over confidential data on state bar exam takers … Continue reading Privacy, Not Political Correctness: Ideology, Not Science, Behind Richard Sander Request for Confidential Bar Exam Data
Author: Keith Kamisugi
Julian Bond Introduces Ben Jealous, New President of the NAACP
Next week a new chapter will begin at the NAACP when Benjamin Todd Jealous, 35, becomes only the 17th President of the NAACP in its 99-year history, wrote NAACP chairman Julian Bond in an email today.Ben has been an ally of the Equal Justice Society since our founding and all of us here are proud … Continue reading Julian Bond Introduces Ben Jealous, New President of the NAACP
James Rucker: Are we finally ready to help rebuild the Gulf Coast?
James Rucker of ColorOfChange.org today sent out an email promoting a bill in Congress that will give Katrina survivors a fair chance to rebuild their lives. But it won't become law if enough representatives don't stand up to support it.Three years after Hurricane Katrina, there's finally legislation.The Gulf Coast Civic Works Act would hire 100,000 … Continue reading James Rucker: Are we finally ready to help rebuild the Gulf Coast?
ACS Criticizes Attorney General’s Inaction On Justice Department Hiring Scandal
Our friends at the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy today criticized Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey's lack of response to the actions of several former top Justice Department officials who improperly used political criteria to fill career positions at the Department."Attorney General Mukasey has abdicated his responsibility to ensure that the Department of … Continue reading ACS Criticizes Attorney General’s Inaction On Justice Department Hiring Scandal
Christopher Punongbayan Appointed Deputy Director at Asian Law Caucus
The Asian Law Caucus today announced that Christopher Punongbayan will be joining the Asian Law Caucus as Deputy Director in September. Chris is currently Staff Attorney at Positive Resource Center and was previously a 2004 recipient of the Ford Foundation New Voices Fellowship, serving as Advocacy Director for Filipinos for Affirmative Action.He is Vice-Chair of … Continue reading Christopher Punongbayan Appointed Deputy Director at Asian Law Caucus
Apply for the 2009-2010 Fellowship
The Equal Justice Society is accepting applications for its 2009-2010 Judge Constance Baker Motley 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 zero to five years of work experience after law school. The application deadline is December … Continue reading Apply for the 2009-2010 Fellowship
Learn More, Discuss Panel on Unconscious Bias and Media Coverage
Thank you to those UNITY convention participants who attended our panel today on unconscious bias and media coverage featuring panelists Carole Simpson, Eva Paterson, Jack Dovidio and Roosevelt Thomas. Please post comments here with your feedback on the panel, any questions and other thoughts. Here's some additional reading on the topic if you'd like to … Continue reading Learn More, Discuss Panel on Unconscious Bias and Media Coverage
Panelists Announced for Obama Speech at UNITY
Sen. Barack Obama will speak tomorrow, Sunday, July 27 to attendees of UNITY '08, here for the quadrennial convention of UNITY Journalists of Color, Inc. Obama's speech will be the final event of a five-day conference that attracted nearly 7,000 journalists from across the country and will be televised live at 11 a.m. (CDT) from … Continue reading Panelists Announced for Obama Speech at UNITY