Law4BlackLives (L4BL) is launching an online training series to support our national community of lawyers and legal advocates in their efforts to serve the Movement for Black Lives and the broader...
May 11, 2016, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights is sad to release the following statement on the occasion of the passing of the Center’s president emeritus Michael Ratner: From Attica...
It is with a very heavy heart that we write to tell you of a great loss to our family. Today, we lost one of the great social justice warriors of our time, Michael Ratner. In July 2015, Michael fell...
Please join us for an evening honoring the remarkable life and legacy of CCR President Emeritus Michael Ratner (1943–2016). Doors open at 6:30 PM. Please register : the event is free, but space may...
This week, CCR welcomed its 2016 Class of Ella Baker Summer Legal Interns. Each year, CCR receives hundreds of applications from students around the world interested in learning from us and growing...
“Mother Sister’s always watching.” This line, from the critically acclaimed film Do the Right Thing , fully embodies the feeling in Black and Latino communities. A need to protect oneself and...
Stephanie Llanes is a Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works in the Government Misconduct Racial Justice docket. Stephanie earned her J.D. from UC Berkeley...
Ruhan Nagra is a Bertha Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she focuses on corporate human rights abuses, LGBTQ persecution, Palestinian human rights violations, and torture and...
Britney Wilson is a Bertha Justice Fellow in the Government Misconduct Racial Justice docket. Prior to joining the Center for Constitutional Rights, Britney was a Karpatkin Fellow in the Racial...
Noor Zafar is a Bertha Justice Fellow in the Guantanamo docket at the Center for Constitutional Rights. Noor earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she served as co-president of the Muslim...
