Today, MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, released a statement in response to President Obama’s decision to provide relief to undocumented youth who have lived in the United States for most of their lives. According to a memo from Secretary Napolitano, on a case-by-case basis, undocumented youth shall be immune from deportation through … Continue reading Thomas A. Saenz Statement on President’s Decision to Provide Relief for Undocumented Youth
Author: Keith Kamisugi
EJS Files Letter Brief in Case Related to Voting Rights
On June 12, 2012, EJS filed a letter brief with the California Supreme Court urging the Court to grant the petition for review and issue a prompt decision in All of Us or None, an important case that involves the voting rights of 85,000 Californians. In December 2011, California Secretary of State Deborah Bowen issued … Continue reading EJS Files Letter Brief in Case Related to Voting Rights
EJS Welcomes Summer Law Clerks: Sonja Tonnesen, Pedro Hernandez
Sonja Tonnesen, a rising 3L at UC Berkeley School of Law, and Pedro Hernandez, a rising 2L at UC Hastings College of the Law, started their EJS summer clerkships this week. Sonja was the 2011 Coblentz Civil Rights Research Fellow at Berkeley Law's Henderson Center for Social Justice; she also received two public interest fellowships … Continue reading EJS Welcomes Summer Law Clerks: Sonja Tonnesen, Pedro Hernandez
EJS Welcomes Summer Law Clerks: Sonja Tonnesen, Pedro Hernandez
Sonja Tonnesen, a rising 3L at UC Berkeley School of Law, and Pedro Hernandez, a rising 2L at UC Hastings College of the Law, started their EJS summer clerkships this week. Sonja was the 2011 Coblentz Civil Rights Research Fellow at Berkeley Law's Henderson Center for Social Justice; she also received two public interest fellowships … Continue reading EJS Welcomes Summer Law Clerks: Sonja Tonnesen, Pedro Hernandez
EJS Joins LSNC in Opposing Natural Gas Storage Project in Sacramento Neighborhood
EJS Legal Director Allison Elgart provided public comment on May 24 before the California Public Utilities Commission in opposition to a natural gas storage project proposed for Sacramento's Avondale/Glen Elder neighborhoods, which are largely African American. Legal Services of Northern California (LSNC), which is advocating for the community, is helping coordinate efforts to ensure that … Continue reading EJS Joins LSNC in Opposing Natural Gas Storage Project in Sacramento Neighborhood
EJS to Present at ‘Implicit Bias Across the Law’ Book Conference at Harvard Law School on June 14
EJS President Eva Paterson will join many of the country's leading minds on implicit bias theory at the "Implicit Bias and the Law" book conference on June 14 at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School. Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., the founding board chair of EJS, established the … Continue reading EJS to Present at ‘Implicit Bias Across the Law’ Book Conference at Harvard Law School on June 14
EJS Legal Director Allison Elgart at White House Briefing on Judicial Nominations by Alliance for Justice
EJS Legal Director Allison Elgart and EJS Board Member Tobias Barrington Wolff, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, were among 150 leaders who went to the White House this week to share their experiences and concerns about judicial nominations with administration officials, including Attorney General Eric Holder and the president’s judicial selection team. … Continue reading EJS Legal Director Allison Elgart at White House Briefing on Judicial Nominations by Alliance for Justice
EJS Among Calif. Group Meeting with White House About Judicial Nominations
EJS Legal Director Allison Elgart is among a group of California community leaders traveling to Washington, D.C., on Monday, May 7, to meet with White House officials about the vacancy crisis in America's federal courts, including the eight "emergency" vacancies and three upcoming retirements in California. Nearly one out of every ten federal judgeships remains … Continue reading EJS Among Calif. Group Meeting with White House About Judicial Nominations