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Blog Archive : February 2010

Miguel Alvarez posted a blog on Feb 22, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Lewis vs. Chicago, Firefighters Case
On Monday, February 22, 2010 the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in the Lewis v. Chicago case, a case litigated by CLC since 1998. The plaintiffs challenged Chicago's 1995 written firefighter entrance exam. The lower court determined that the exam illegally discriminated against African American applicants. To read a transcript of the Supreme Court oral argument, pleas...
Miguel Alvarez posted a blog on Feb 22, 2010
CEDLP Receives Chicago Neighborhood Development Award
Special Recognition Award ($5,000): Community Economic Development Law Project (CEDLP) – Founded by the Chicago Lawyer’s Committee, the Legal Assistance Foundation and the Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association in 1985, CEDLP performs the essential function of linking individuals and organizations in neighborhoods throughout Chicago to needed legal assis...
Miguel Alvarez posted a blog on Feb 8, 2010
Supreme Court files Issue Brief in Lewis v. City of Chicago
.No. 08-974 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States ARTHUR L. LEWIS, JR., et al., Petitioners, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Respondent. On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit REPLY BRIEF FOR THE PETITIONERS CLYDE E. MURPHY CHICAGO LAWYERS’COMMITT...