The Palm Beach County Courthouse law library has been renamed to honor Judge Edward Rodgers, a prominent civil rights figure ...

The New York State Education Department shot back forcefully Friday, calling the federal action a "sham" and "political ...

She was a longtime paralegal in Charlotte, North Carolina, working for a consulting company that helps law firms with project ... all striving to democratize civil legal services by suing states ...

A reorganization and shift in enforcement focuses within the DOJ's Civil Division is causing an exodus of attorneys. While some may land in Big Law, their skill set may be better suited for other ...

When former attorney and civil rights pioneer Rita Geier received an honorary doctorate ... At the time, she was both a law student at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University and a part-time history ...

A federal court ruled that President Trump’s removals were illegal and arbitrary and ordered two board members reinstated. By Charlie Savage Charlie Savage, reporting from Washington, has ...

"The law will prevent misuse of power, internal disorder, and ensure that civil servants remain focused on service delivery," he told The Business Standard. The move comes in the wake of recent unrest ...

Washington passed a law becoming one of just a few states that not only requires clergy to report child abuse — but make no exemption in religious settings where clergy are bound to confidentiality.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party submitted a controversial bill to parliament Wednesday in what critics see as an attack on civil society ... It also echoes Russia’s “foreign agent ...

The ACLU argues HB 4156 disrupts established federal immigration processes. Civil rights groups are renewing their attempt to block a controversial Oklahoma law that allows state prosecutors to charge ...

Fear and ignorance are the demagogue’s favorite tools, and when deployed effectively, they create laws that violate civil rights ... If signed into law, people holding Chinese, Russian, Iranian ...

Sponsors for Education Opportunity describes itself as a group founded during the civil rights movement that aims to “close educational and career opportunity gaps” for young people. Its law ...