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“DC Street Vendors Win Support of Chairman Mendelson after Years of Organizing”
- PoPville
Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs: Securing Employment Justice
- DC Bar Foundation
California Attorney General Clears LAPD Officer in Shooting Using Controversial ‘Expert’
- Los Angeles Times
Groups Ask High Court to Bar ‘Exorbitant’ Fees for Government Documents
- Maryland Matters
Opinion: Running from the Police Is Not a Crime
- Maryland Matters
Catching Up with UDC Law Alumni: Jonathan Smith ’84
- UDC Law YouTube
Scandal-Plagued DC Housing Agency Faces Reform Demands
- Law360
D.C. Council Approves Series Of Significant Criminal Justice Reforms
- DCist
D.C. Made a Mess of Housing the Poor. Mayor’s Latest Move Won’t Help.
- Washington Post
Court Asked to Reject Immunity for Officers Who ‘Attacked’ DC George Floyd Protesters
- Washington Examiner
“Dr. King said, ‘the moral arc of the universe bends toward justice.’ But only when people pull it toward justice. The Washington Lawyers’ Committee is doing the pulling, and our city and the nation are better for it.”
Eric Holder, former Attorney General of the United States

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