Oct 11, 2014 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
BAKERSFIELD, CA – A coalition of civil rights legal advocates, including MALDEF, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., Equal Justice Society, and Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc., today filed suit in Kern County Superior Court to compel Kern High...
Oct 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
PHOENIX, AZ – The Latino Victory Foundation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Education Association, and Labor Council For Latin American Advancement/National Hispanic Leadership Agenda gathered today to mobilize Latino voters across...
Oct 9, 2014 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – MALDEF, together with co-counsel from the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) and the Immigrant Rights Clinic at the University of California at Irvine School of Law, today filed a lawsuit, Flores v. City of Baldwin Park, alleging...
Oct 7, 2014 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – MALDEF and the Wage Justice Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of two car wash workers — “Carwasheros” as they identify themselves — who were fired after participating in a wage class action suit against their employers....
Oct 3, 2014 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Attorneys from MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), the Immigration Rights and Civil Rights Clinics at the University of Texas Law School, Human Rights First, and the Law Office of Javier N. Maldonado, filed a complaint...
