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Black History Month: Doing the urgent work of justice today, while striving to build a more inclusive tomorrow.

02.2.2026February 9, 2026

Washington Lawyers’ Committee Statement Regarding Illegal Immigration Arrests in DC

12.3.2025February 23, 2026

U.S. District Judge ordered a halt to the Trump administration’s unlawful deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C.

11.20.2025December 4, 2025

Federal Judge Finds That Forcing High School Students to Convey Confederate School Names Violates Their Constitutional Rights

09.9.2025September 10, 2025

A Rotten Foundation: Wage Theft in the District of Columbia’s Affordable Housing Construction

08.26.2025August 26, 2025

Executive Director’s Statement on Deployment of the National Guard to DC and Federal Takeover of MPD

08.11.2025August 11, 2025

AAJC, WLC, and OCA Condemn SCOTUS Decision to Limit Courts’ Ability to Address Administration’s Unlawful Executive Orders, Including Attacks to Birthright Citizenship

06.27.2025June 27, 2025

Committee Testifies Before D.C. Committee of the Whole on D.C. Council’s Access to Justice Initiative

06.18.2025June 18, 2025

Committee Testifies on DC Council’s Access to Justice Initiative

06.10.2025June 10, 2025

Defending D.C. Home Rule: Statement from our Executive Director

03.28.2025March 28, 2025

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