Our success is driven by our clients’ courage and their personal commitment to equal justice for all.
Each year, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee works side by side with community members and organizations on scores of cases to combat discrimination based on race, gender, disability, family size, history of criminal conviction, and more. Our theory of change includes partnering with individuals and community groups to express their own power and connecting them with the highest quality lawyers in town
Inequality in D.C. Today
Unemployment
70%
of people who are blind are unemployed
poverty
1 in 3
children live in poverty
prison
94%
of the prison population is African American or Latino
Client Stories
In the early 1990s, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee exposed rampant discrimination against African American patrons at Denny’s restaurants. Black patrons were denied seating, required to pay first, or made to sit in the back of the restaurant.
