Our Decoteau case challenging the lack of outdoor exercise for inmates in solitary confinement at the Colorado State Penitentiary was the focus of an article on clinical legal education in The National Jurist. We love working with Civil Rights Clinic students…
CREEC resolves CCRD charge alleging harassment based on sexual orientation and religion.
Crystal Rea and IntelliTec Colleges Reach Agreement College Reaffirms Importance of Non-Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Religion GRAND JUNCTION, CO – Crystal Rea and IntelliTec Colleges have reached an agreement that will continue to ensure that IntelliTec students receive…
Court Grants Final Approval of Hotel Transportation Settlement — CREEC v. Ashford Hospitality Trust
On March 22, 2016, Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval to a class action settlement in CREEC et al. v. Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. Ashford owns approximately…
CREECster Julie Wilensky Presents at PELA Brown Bag
Julie Wilensky, Director of CREEC’s California office, and Jacob Richards of Keller Rohrback, LLP presented at a brown bag sponsored by Colorado’s Plaintiff Employment Lawyer Association on the subject of Advocating for the Rights of LGBT Employees. The lunch was…
Presenting at Access and Ability’s Northern Colorado Leadership Gathering
I got to do one of my favorite things today: teach about disability rights and enforcement to a group of enthusiastic advocates and future disability rights leaders. Under the leadership of Menda Ide, the nonprofit group Access and Ability holds…
In U.S. v. Texas, CREEC Joins 325 Civil Rights, Immigration, and Community Groups Urging the Supreme Court to Let Immigration Relief Programs Go Forward
Brief features profiles of families whose lives would improve if immigration directives were allowed to take effect WASHINGTON — A diverse coalition of 326 immigration, civil rights, labor, and social service groups has filed an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief with the…
UPDATE: SF Gay Widower’s Pension Lawsuit Resolved
CREEC and co-counsel National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and Feinberg Jackson Worthman & Wasow LLP resolved a lawsuit brought by San Francisco gay widower Robert Pritchard against the IUOE Stationary Engineers Local 39 Pension Plan. The pension plan is now…