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RECENT NEWS
April 24, 2008 — LCCR and allies file suit to protect healthcare for working poor women and their children. Click here to read the press release.
April 11, 2008 — Two Lawyers' Committee pro bono attorneys featured in The Recorder. Click here to read the article.
April 4, 2008 — Lawyers' Committee urges community to reflect upon the continuing importance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on the 40th anniversary of his assassination.
March 27, 2008 — Lawyers' Committee launches new website, thanks to a generous grant from The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation.
March 24, 2008 — U.S. Government
releases watchlist documents to LCCR. Click here
to read New York Times, USA Today and Washington Post press pieces.
“Injustice anywhere
is a threat to
justice everywhere.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
OUR MISSION
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights champions the legal rights of people of color, poor people, immigrants and refugees, with a special commitment to African-Americans.
OUR HISTORY
The Committee is affiliated with the national Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, begun in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy. Leading members of the San Francisco Bar established the San Francisco office in 1968--shortly after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.--to advance civil rights. Towards this end, the Lawyers' Committee staff--with the assistance of hundreds of pro bono attorneys--provides free legal assistance and representation to individuals on civil legal matters. In addition, the Lawyers' Committee handles policy impact cases that focus on important civil rights issues.