Oct 15, 2009 | News Releases
Judge Justice ruled on a number of historic civil rights cases including Plyler v. Doe “Judge Justice combined compassion and a keen social awareness with a brilliant legal mind to bring a new era of civil rights enforcement to Texas. His decisions in the area of...
Oct 6, 2009 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 72 to 22 to confirm Maryland Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez as the nation’s Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice. The confirmation is long overdue in light of the fact that our...
Oct 2, 2009 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Education
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) strongly criticized Texas school districts seeking to exclude students from enrollment based on allegations that the students do not reside...
Aug 27, 2009 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Education
MALDEF and National Women’s Law Center Uncover Series of Unique Challenges Latina Students Face, Offer Strategies to Maximize Success Washington DC- Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and MALDEF were joined by U.S. Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Chair...
Aug 26, 2009 | News Releases
MALDEF offers its sympathies to the Kennedy family on the passing of Senator Edward M. Kennedy Senator Ted Kennedy accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award from MALDEF at the 2008 Washington DC Awards Gala Los Angeles, CA – Today, Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF...
