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.
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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!
2018 CRSJ Fall Council Meeting
The Section recently traveled south to Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma, Alabama for it's annual Section Fall Council Meeting. Council members, Committee leaders, and Section members were all able to take part of this powerful, informative, and inspiring meeting.
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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.
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.
Publications
Tools for Schools
Second Edition e-Book A Handbook for Lawyer Engagement in Student Education
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