Press Release

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 Jamal Whitehead to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington:

WASHINGTON — Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement ahead of the anniversary of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 25:

WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference Education Fund (The Education Fund) and the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) released a new report, “A Matter of Life and Death: The Importance of the Death in Custody Reporting Act,” which analyzes past efforts to implement the Death in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA) and how key aspects of requirements have changed with each reauthorization. This report makes specific recommendations about how the Department of Justice can fully implement DCRA with the administrative tools currently available.

WASHINGTON - Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on President Biden’s Executive Order on Racial Equity:

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 Daniel Calabretta to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

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 Justice Adrienne Nelson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.