Public Interest
Oct. 26, 1999
Standard Bearer
By Jennifer Byrd In June 1963, President John F. Kennedy called a group of more than 200 attorneys to a White House meeting to encourage the legal profession to get involved in the civil-rights movement. That meeting resulted in the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that encourages pro bono service and ethnic diversification of law firms.
In June 1963, President John F. Kennedy called a group of more than 200 attorneys to a White House meeting to encourage the legal profession to get involved in the civil-rights movement. That meeting resulted in the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that encourages pro bono service and...
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