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WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) reflecting data from the 2020-21 school year:
WASHINGTON — Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on several judicial nominees, including the nomination of Sara Hill to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma:
WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the White House announced President Biden’s nomination of Nicole Berner to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Maryland), Adeel Mangi to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (New Jersey), Judge Cristal Brisco to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Judge Gretchen Lund to the U.S. District for the Northern District of Indiana, and Judge Amy Baggio to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.
WASHINGTON — Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Judge Ana de Alba to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit:
WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court adopted a code of conduct:
WASHINGTON — Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Mónica Ramírez Almadani to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California:
WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the 2023 election results:
WASHINGTON — With the confirmation today of Judge Kenly Kato and Julia Kobick to federal district courts in California and Massachusetts, respectively, the Senate has confirmed 150 lifetime federal judges during the Biden administration.
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