Do you know an exceptional individual who has dedicated him/herself to the fight for civil and human rights? Nominations for the 2020 Thurgood Marshall Award are now open. Submissions are open until Tuesday, October 1, 2019.
For hundreds of legal professionals, the Section held various governance meetings; offered seven hot-topic programs; hosted a Leadership Luncheon, where elections were held and the gavel passed to new leadership; and hosted a successful Award Dinner honoring Congressman John Lewis, featuring a performance by Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens.
During the 2019 ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Congressman John Lewis received the Section's annual Thurgood Marshall Award. The first non-lawyer to receive the award, which honors those who contribute to the advancement of civil rights, civil liberties and human rights, the U.S. representative from Georgia’s 5th congressional district said he had been arrested 40 times during the 1960s, plus another five times as a member of Congress.
About - the AwardThe ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, the ABA Criminal Justice Section and the ABA Section on Civil Rights and Social Justice join together to mourn the passing of Norman Lefstein, who died in Indianapolis, IN on August 29, 2019.
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On the Docket: Previewing the 2019 Supreme Court Term
CLE 90 min
Join Supreme Court scholars and experts in a discussion of the important topics that will come before the Court this year including immigration law, LBGTQ rights, guns, and health care!
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Employee Well-Being: What Can and Can’t Employers Ask?
CLE 90 min
Do you know when and how much medical information employers may ask of their employees? Or how much medical information employees need to disclose to their employers?
Yesterday we lost a beacon of justice who sadly seems almost an anachronism today: learned and committed to learning and growing on the job, kind and courteous to all, classy, nuanced and non-partisan in expression, and ever thoughtful and principled.
Read - onBlack to the Future in an America Still in the Shadow of its Shameful Past. The current political context presents us with a promising opportunity. That premise may seem remarkable, even ridiculous. But the fortuity is real. We are at a very American racial crossroads, yet again.
Read - the latest issueWhatever your area of specialization, CRSJ has a place for you. By joining us today, you can help ensure that the world’s largest voluntary professional association continues to uphold the Bill of Rights and the ideals it embodies.
The Civil Rights and Social Justice Section’s flagship publication, Human Rights magazine, is seeking editorial board members.
If you are interested in helping shape future issues of Human Rights magazine, please contact Editor Melissa Hodek at Melissa.hodek@americanbar.org for details.
The Latest Issue:
The Ongoing Challenge to Define Free Speech
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.
Over the past five decades, the Section and its members have worked on hundreds of issues addressing a broad range of civil rights, civil liberties, and international human rights. Today, the Section continues to promote policies affecting religious freedom, LGBT rights, gender equity, and other significant civil rights issues. Your gift will help make our efforts possible for the next fifty years!
