Projects
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is structured around a number of projects that it operates on an ongoing basis:
- The Community Development Project provides pro bono legal assistance to community organizations engaged in connecting minority and low-income communities with economic opportunities, affordable housing, and healthier living.
- The Educational Opportunities Project has the goal that all students receive equal educational opportunities in public schools and institutions of higher learning. It does this by promoting school integration, supporting the mission of the No Child Left Behind Act, and challenging discriminatory discipline and classroom assignment practices.
- The Employment Discrimination Project strives to dismantle systemic barriers faced by women and minorities in hiring and promotion and challenges all forms of racial, national origin, and sexual discrimination in the workplace, both private and governmental, through high-impact class action litigation and public policy advocacy.
- The Fair Housing Project challenges discrimination in rental and private markets and public and assisted housing in lawsuits under the Fair Housing Act. It trains local private attorneys to manage fair housing cases and cases referred from fair housing councils.
- The Legal Mobilization Project provides legal expertise and support to the Committee's other projects.
- The Public Policy Department leads the organizational policy agenda through the development and support of all Committee projects by providing policy leadership, advocacy, visibility and materials for interaction with the United States Congress and on substantive priorities arising on the legislative calendar.
- The Voting Rights Project aims to protect advances in voting rights for racial and ethnic minorities and other traditionally disenfranchised groups through a combined agenda of litigation, voter protection, research, advocacy, and education. This includes being active in redistricting battles.
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