Roscoe Jones Jr. of Drake Law School has been elected co-chair of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
“We are honored to welcome Roscoe Jones as our new co-chair and Neil Steiner as our vice-chair," said President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee Damon Todd Hewitt in a press release. "They both have a distinguished record of pro bono service to the Lawyers’ Committee on important policy and litigation matters, respectively. We are also thrilled to add five outstanding attorneys to our board of directors, continuing in the proud tradition of leadership at the intersection of civil rights and the private bar. The Lawyers’ Committee has always drawn its strength from mobilizing the talent of the nation’s leading lawyers who choose to use their skills in service of justice, fairness, and equity. At a time when the promises of democracy are under grave threat, we eagerly welcome this influx of new energy and talent from the private bar.”
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to mobilize the nation’s leading lawyers as agents for change in the Civil Rights Movement. Today, the Lawyers’ Committee uses legal advocacy to achieve racial justice, fighting inside and outside the courts to ensure that Black people and other people of color have the voice, opportunity, and power to make the promises of our democracy real. The Lawyers’ Committee implements its mission and objectives by marshaling the pro bono resources of the bar for litigation, public policy, advocacy, and other forms of service by lawyers to the cause of civil rights.
Jones, who was rewarded the Presidential Excellence Award by the National Bar Association earlier this year, also serves on as chair of the American Constitution Society.