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| Submission declined on 3 July 2023 by Tutwakhamoe (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:
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| Submission declined on 16 March 2023 by CNMall41 (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:
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| Submission declined on 30 January 2023 by I dream of horses (talk). This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject. | |
Comment: No new sources since last review. Perhaps you could help by identifying the three best sources, it is difficult to thoroughly check 37 sources. Cerebellum (talk) 23:35, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: Not much has changed from the last declined version. Most of the citations are the organizations' involvements in cases, while they are useful citations, they didn't cover the organization in depth and thus did not prove its notability. Massachusetts Law Review is written by a member of the org, so that source's neutrality is disputed. The senate bill, while certainly significant, lacks neutral tone as well. Although not every citation need to be replaced, this draft need to have some sources passing WP:ORGCRIT in order to be qualified as a suitable article. If none can be found, it should be merged into Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law as the last reviewer has recommended. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 14:19, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: If references are not found to demonstrate notability, there is a possibility that some of this information could be included at Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. CNMall41 (talk) 08:24, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: There are a lot of references about cases it has been involved with; however, it needs to meet WP:NCORP and I currently only see one reference here which could possibly meet that criteria. CNMall41 (talk) 08:20, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: Would need a significant rewrite to become published in mainspace. I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 01:42, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) is a non-profit organization founded in 1968 as the Boston-based independent affiliate of the national Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The organization maintains ties with the national office, but it is independently governed and funded with its own non-profit 501(c)(3) status. It provides free legal support to low-income communities. The organization is best known for responding to the flights organized by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to move nearly 50 migrants from the U.S. border to Martha's Vineyard, and for filing a civil rights complaint against Harvard University challenging legacy and donor preferences in the college admissions process.
Known originally as "Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association,"[1][2][3] and subsequently as "Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice,"[4][5][6] the organization changed its name on its 50th anniversary in 2015.[7][8] Civil rights attorney, Barbara Ruth Arnwine, served as executive director of the organization in the 1980s before heading up the national office in Washington, DC.
LCR is affiliated with Massachusetts-based[9] professional associations, including the Boston Bar Association.[10]
The organization helped to desegregate Boston Public Schools in 1974.[11] Early in its history, the organization also published an influential report, "The Quality of Justice in the Lower Criminal Courts of Metropolitan Boston,"[12] that helped to reform Massachusetts' criminal justice system.
The organization has worked with police departments to close racial disparities in law enforcement,[13][14][15] represented students in education equity cases, monitored elections,[16] and supported immigrants in high-profile immigration cases,[17] including lawsuits to reunite children separated from their parents at the U.S. border,[18] and in response to the Martha's Vineyard migrant crisis in September 2022.[19][20][21] The organization has raised awareness of immigration issues by monitoring conditions in the U.S. border with Mexico,[22] and visiting Central American countries with elected official.[23]
LCR has worked with government and law enforcement officials on anti-discrimination matters, including investigations into Boston Latin School[24] and the Museum of Fine Arts.[25][26] LCR has helped with hate crime investigations,[27] and missing persons.[28]
LCR also supports small businesses in low-income communities.[29][30][31] The organization has published reports focusing on legal challenges to diversifying municipal contractors in Massachusetts.[32] LCR organizes an annual small business conference known as the BizGrow Conference.[33][34]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization helped to shut-down the immigration detention facility housed at the Bristol Country House of Corrections,[35] and has worked to address health disparities.[36][37]
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- ^ Brodin, Mark (June 2020). "The Boston Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: The First Fifty Years" (PDF). Massachusetts Law Review. 101 (3): 43. Retrieved 2023-12-03 – via Massachusetts Law Review and Boston College Law School.
- ^ "Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law of the Boston Bar Association". Justia. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Brodin, Mark. "The Boston Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: The First Fifty Years". Boston College Law School and Massachusetts Law Review. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ "S. Res. 646 (IS) - Recognizing the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice on its 50th anniversary. 115th Congress". U.S. Senate and U.S. Government Publishing Office. September 25, 2018. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "H.Res.1078 - Recognizing the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice on its 50th anniversary. 115th Congress (2017-2018)". U.S. Congress and Library of Congress. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Mass. Lawmakers Introduce Resolution Honoring Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice. Bicameral Resolution Marks 50th Anniversary of the Lawyers' Committee's Boston Affiliate". United States Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Stephen F. Lynch. September 25, 2018. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Lawyers for Civil Rights". Libretto. October 17, 2018. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ "Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR)". OverUnder. October 17, 2018. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Top Boston law firms to offer free advice to small businesses". Boston Business Journal. 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Civil Rights and Civil Liberties". Boston Bar Association. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Complaint in Tallulah Morgan et al. v. James W. Hennigan et al. (Morgan v. Hennigan)". Records of District Courts of the United States. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Rosenfeld, S. Stephen (1970). "The Quality of Justice in the Lower Criminal Courts of Metropolitan Boston : A Report of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law to the Governor's Committee on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice". Stanford University. Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law (January 1, 1970). Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Aitken, Madeleine (2022-08-03). "Civil rights lawsuit filed against Arlington police over alleged racial profiling incident". Boston.com. Boston.com. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Rios, Simón (2018-04-04). "Mother Whose Son Was Fatally Shot By A Boston Cop Files A Civil Rights Lawsuit". WBUR. WBUR. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Walpole police implement new training in wake of bias suit". Bay State Banner. 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Dooling, Shannon (2016-04-04). "Hundreds Of Mass. Volunteer Poll Monitors Ready For Election Day". WBUR. WBUR. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Dooling, Shannon (2018-07-12). "U.S. Decision To End Temporary Immigration Protections Was Racist, Attorneys Argue". WBUR. WBUR. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Brazilian Woman Reunited With 9-Year-Old Son In Boston After 45 Days Apart". WBUR. WBUR. 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Tumin, Remy (2022-09-16). "Migrants Flown to Martha's Vineyard Say They Were Misled". New York Times. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Kanno-Youngs, Zolan (2022-09-16). "Is That Legal? How Scores of Migrants Came to Be Shipped North". New York Times. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Medina, Eduardo (2022-09-20). "Migrants Who Were Flown to Martha's Vineyard Sue Florida Governor". New York Times. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Guerra, Cristela (2022-10-20). "Boston attorneys travel to U.S.-Mexico border on fact-finding mission for federal lawsuit". WBUR. WBUR. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Dooling, Shannon (2018-08-13). "Why Mass. Politicians Are Traveling To Central America". WBUR. WBUR. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "U.S. Attorney Ortiz Concludes Investigation into Civil Rights Allegations at Boston Latin School". U.S. Attorney District of Massachusetts. September 26, 2016. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Jenny, Gross (2020-05-05). "After Racism Claims, Boston Museum Creates Diversity Fund". New York Times. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "AG's Office and Museum of Fine Arts Reach Historic Agreement to Support Diversity and Inclusivity". Attorney General of Massachusetts. May 5, 2020. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Vasquez, Sara (2022-12-05). "I'm the victim of a hate crime. Why didn't the legal system do more?". WBUR.
- ^ "Advocates blocked from having lawyers at police meeting about missing East Boston woman". CommonWealth Magazine. 2023-01-27.
- ^ "Boston Impact Initiative, Lawyers for Civil Rights Launch Small Business Coaching for Entrepreneurs of Color". Boston Impact Initiative (BII).
- ^ "Worcester is seeing a resurgence of minority-owned small businesses". Worcester Business Journal. 2021-12-06.
- ^ "In turbulent times, nonprofit helps answer small business, legal questions". Boston Business Journal. 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Empowering Cities to Accelerate Equitable Growth: A State Policy Blueprint for Inclusive Municipal Contracting (July 12, 2022)". MassInc. MassInc & Lawyers for Civil Rights. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ "Lawyers for Civil Rights hosts 3rd annual small business event". Bay State Banner. 2019-07-24.
- ^ "BizGrow draws hundreds". Bay State Banner. 2018-06-27.
- ^ Sacchetti, Maria (2021-05-20). "ICE to stop detaining immigrants at two county jails under federal investigation". Washington Post.
- ^ "How A Community Center In Boston Got More Shots Into Arms". WBUR. 2021-05-13.
- ^ "Assessment of COVID-19–Related Immigration Concerns Among Latinx Immigrants in the US". Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 4 (7). July 19, 2021.