Board Meetings

Members of the Committee's Board of Directors meet quarterly. The next meeting will be:

Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Patton Boggs, 2550 M Street, NW, Patton Conference Center.
RSVP: Rob Boggs (202) 319-1000, ext. 103, or Rod_Boggs@washlaw.org

Firm Representative Quarterly Meetings

Firm Representatives represent their law firms and function as liaisons between their firms and the Washington Lawyers' Committee. They include associates, partners, and pro bono coordinators, and they attend quarterly meetings to keep their firms current on Committee activities. The next quarterly meeting will be:

Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Location: Crowell & Moring, 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Conference Center.
RSVP: Rod Boggs (202) 319-1000, ext. 103, or Rod_Boggs@washlaw.org

Advanced Political Asylum Training

The Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project will hold an advanced political asylum training under the auspices of the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program. The training is intended to prepare pro bono attorneys with more advanced issues than presented at the fall training. Topics include case development strategy, bars to asylum, appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals and alternative forms of fear-based immigration relief, such as withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture and new developments in case law. 

Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Time:  2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: D.C. Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street, NW, Level B-1 (Metro Center)
For registration questions, call D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program: (202) 737-4700, ext. 405
For information, call Washington Lawyers' Committee, (202) 319-1000, ext. 120

Próximo Entrenamiento en el Derecho del Asilo Político

El Proyecto de los Derechos de los Inmigrantes y Refugiados ofrecerá una capacitación avanzada de asilo político bajo los auspicios del Programa Pro Bono del Colegio de Abogados de D.C. La capacitación tiene como objetivo preparar a los abogados pro bono en temas más avanzados que aquellos que se presentaron durante la capacitación otoñal. Los temas incluyen estrategias para ganar casos, barreras al asilo, apelaciones ante la Junta de Apelaciones Migratorias y formas alternativas de reparación migratoria para aquellas personas que sufren miedo, tales como el aplazamiento de la expulsión y protección conforme a la Convención contra la Tortura, además de nuevos avances en la jurisprudencia.

Fecha: Martes, 24 de marzo del 2009
Hora: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Lugar: Centro de Convenciones del Colegio de Abogodos de D.C., 1250 H St., N.W., Planta B-1 (Metro Center)
Informes de Inscripción, llamar al Programa Pro Bono del Colegio de Abogados de D.C.: (202) 737-4700, extensión 405.
Para mayor información, llamar al Comité de Abogados de Washington: (202) 319-1000, extensión 120.

Group Lawsuits or Class Actions

From time to time, persons who have been discriminated against may join existing lawsuits. If you believe that you might be such a person, contact us as indicated below.

DEAF POSTAL WORKERS. Are you a deaf employee of the United States Postal Service?  Have you or anyone you know been denied interpreting services--either before or since the Anthrax incidents---for meetings or information sessions?  If so, then you might qualify as a potential class member of a planned class-action lawsuit.  Click this link for more information.  http://www.washlaw.org/news/deaf_postal_workers.htm.

Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
11 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 319-1000
Spanish: (202) 319-1011, ext. 222   TTY: (202) 319-1075    Fax: 202-319-1010