In 1996, Proposition 209 eliminated affirmative action in public education, employment, and contracting. Recent research conducted by the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, and the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity will provide legislators and staff with information regarding the impact of … Continue reading Legislative Briefing on Impact of Prop 209
Author: Keith Kamisugi
Assemblyman Wants Prisons to Verify Immigration Status
Republican Assembymember Van Tran (Costa Mesa) wants to help the state's budget crisis by having Califorinia prisons verify the immigration status of new prisoners.Caroline B. Sanders of the California Immigrant Policy Center has written a letter to Assemblymember Jose Solorio, who chairs the Assembly Committee on Public Safety, in opposition to Tran's bill, AB 2141. … Continue reading Assemblyman Wants Prisons to Verify Immigration Status
Bush Nominee for District Court an Anti-Choice Zealot
President Bush has nominated Richard Honaker for a lifetime appointment as a federal judge to the District Court in Wyoming. Richard Honaker has worked tirelessly to ban abortion and has publically stated that abortion is “wrong, and no one should have the right to do what is wrong.” Richard Honaker is one of Bush’s most … Continue reading Bush Nominee for District Court an Anti-Choice Zealot
EJS in Community Spotlight on Monique Morris’ Blog
Monique Morris, the Senior Research Fellow at the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), mentioned EJS on her blog at moniquewmorris.net/blog. Thank you, Monique!Monique is an accomplished scholar and advocate (and author!) and an incredible ally.She featured EJS in her Community Spotlight:In just … Continue reading EJS in Community Spotlight on Monique Morris’ Blog
EJS in Community Spotlight on Monique Morris’ Blog
Monique Morris, the Senior Research Fellow at the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), mentioned EJS on her blog at moniquewmorris.net/blog. Thank you, Monique!Monique is an accomplished scholar and advocate (and author!) and an incredible ally.She featured EJS in her Community Spotlight:In just … Continue reading EJS in Community Spotlight on Monique Morris’ Blog
Prominent Bar Associations, Attorneys and Stanford Law Dean Oppose Sander’s Data Requests
Last fall, the California Bar Association again denied Professor Richard Sander and his research partners' request for private data on recent bar applicants. Sander and his research team seek to utilize this data to study the relationship between affirmative action and bar-passage rates for students of color. The data requested by Sander and his researchers … Continue reading Prominent Bar Associations, Attorneys and Stanford Law Dean Oppose Sander’s Data Requests
EJS Board of Directors Selects Anthony Solana, Jr. as New Chairperson
The Equal Justice Society today announced that its board has selected Anthony Solana, Jr. as its new chairperson, effective immediately.Solana, an attorney with the Los Angeles office of Winston & Strawn LLP, and an EJS board member since 2003, succeeds Harvard Law School Jesse Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. as chair."I'm delighted … Continue reading EJS Board of Directors Selects Anthony Solana, Jr. as New Chairperson
EJS Board of Directors Selects Anthony Solana, Jr. as New Chairperson
The Equal Justice Society today announced that its board has selected Anthony Solana, Jr. as its new chairperson, effective immediately.Solana, an attorney with the Los Angeles office of Winston & Strawn LLP, and an EJS board member since 2003, succeeds Harvard Law School Jesse Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. as chair."I'm delighted … Continue reading EJS Board of Directors Selects Anthony Solana, Jr. as New Chairperson