Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Caltrans Equal Opportunity Program

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today in the case of Associated General Contractors, San Diego Chapter v. Caltrans (AGC v. Caltrans), affirming the California Department of Transportation’s outreach program to promote fairness and equity in its federal contracting. Download the opinion AGC brought suit in 2009 challenging Caltrans’ Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program,ContinueContinue reading “Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Caltrans Equal Opportunity Program”

EJS Welcomes New Board Members Priscilla Ocen, Jayashri Srikantiah

EJS President Eva Paterson, EJS Board Chair Kate Kendell, and our board of directors welcome two new board members: Priscilla Ocen, Associate Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, and Jayashri Srikantiah, Professor of Law and Director of Stanford Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic. Professor Priscilla Ocen’s work examines the relationship between race and gender identities andContinueContinue reading “EJS Welcomes New Board Members Priscilla Ocen, Jayashri Srikantiah”