The following op-ed by EJS President Eva Paterson appears in Huffington Post. Protecting the 14th Amendment By Eva Paterson Huffington Post For almost 150 years, the 14th Amendment has been the backbone of civil rights law in America. Its protection of individual rights for all — from freed slaves to immigrants to workers fighting againstContinue reading “Eva Paterson in Huffington Post – Protecting the 14th Amendment”
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EJS Joins Other Organizations in Court Brief Supporting Judge Walker’s Decision on Prop. 8
The Equal Justice Society and more than forty public interest organizations represented pro bono by the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP today filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals arguing on behalf of gay and lesbian plaintiffs in Perry v. Schwarzenegger. In August, Judge Vaughn Walker, of the U.S.Continue reading “EJS Joins Other Organizations in Court Brief Supporting Judge Walker’s Decision on Prop. 8”
Reggie Shuford Remarks at GGU for National Lawyers Guild’s Progressive Lawyering Day
EJS Director of Law and Policy Reggie Shuford delivered these remarks for National Lawyers Guild’s Progressive Lawyering Day at Golden Gate University on October 9, 2010. Conferences such as today’s are important. I just returned last night from the Airlie Civil Rights Conference in Virginia sponsored every year by the NAACP Legal Defense and EducationalContinue reading “Reggie Shuford Remarks at GGU for National Lawyers Guild’s Progressive Lawyering Day”