2019 Father Drinan Recipient
Washington, D.C., social justice activist Mark D. Agrast to receive the Robert F. Drinan Award for Distinguished Service at the ABA Midyear Meeting
Civil Rights and Social Justice
Join Us. Whatever your area of specialization, CRSJ has a place for you. The Section fulfills our role by: Raising and addressing often complex and difficult civil rights and civil liberties issues in a changing and diverse society ; and Ensuring that protection of individual rights remains a focus of legal and policy decisions.
Section Initiatives
In the 2017-18 bar year, the Section partnered with the Presidential Task Force on Building Public Trust in the American Justice System, appointed by Hilarie Bass, past President of the ABA (2017-2018) and chaired by Robert N. Weiner, former Chair of the Section, to prepare these guidelines, which were adopted by the ABA House of Delegates in August 2018.
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Human Rights Magazine
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FROM OUR MEMBERS
Chair's Column
2018-19 Section Chair Wilson A. Schooley pens his introductory column. Wilson Adam Schooley is Chair of the ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, member of the ABA Journal Board of Editors and House of Delegates, and a civil rights and indigent defense attorney, author, adjunct professor, photographer, and actor.
Member Op-Ed
Melanie Bates is a newly elected Council Member of the Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice and an attorney based in Washington, D.C.
Advocating for Justice: The Obligation of Lawyers to Prevent Police Brutality.
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Committee participation allows members of CRSJ to become more deeply involved with the issues they care most about. Each year the Section committees organize CLE and community programs, draft letters to government officials, and help shape official ABA policy.