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  Testimony of Alvin Bragg Regarding The Jurisdiction Of The Civilian Complaint Review Board

  Alvin Bragg

  January 13, 2021

  Alvin Bragg, on behalf of the New York Law School Racial Justice Project, respectfully submits the following testimony in support of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board’s (“CCRB”) authority to investigate allegations of untruthful testimony and written statements made by members of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) as well as allegations of sexual misconduct by NYPD officers.

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  Brief Of Amici Curiae: Former Prosecutors In Support Of Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant And Urging Affirmance

  DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Former Prosecutors

  November 5, 2020

  Amici are former prosecutors who worked in the federal or state criminal justice systems (or both).

  Amicus Alvin Bragg was the Chief Deputy Attorney General of New York, where he oversaw a wide array of criminal matters, including investigations of deaths of unarmed persons caused by police officers. He also served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted, among other matters, law enforcement misconduct.

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  Testimony of Alvin Bragg Regarding the Repeal of New York Civil Rights Law Section 50-a

  Alvin Bragg

  October 17, 2019

  Alvin Bragg, on behalf of the New York Law School Racial Justice Project, respectfully submits the following testimony today regarding the repeal of N.Y. CIV. RIGHTS LAW § 50-a.

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  BRIEF FOR THE NATIONAL BLACK LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT

  Deborah N. Archer, Erika L. Wood, NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL RACIAL JUSTICE PROJECT, and IMPACT CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LAW

  December 2014

  The National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA), submits this brief as amicus curiae in support of Respondents, urging this Court to affirm the ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upholding the recognition of disparate impact claims under the Fair Housing Act.1 NBLSA is a membership organization formed in 1968 to promote the educational, professional, political, and social objectives of Black law students. Today, NBLSA is the largest student-­run organization in the United States, with nearly 6,000 members, over 200 chapters in our nation's law schools, a growing pre-­law division, and six international chapters or affiliates. NBLSA has an interest in this case because it is dedicated to advancing racial equality and challenging all forms of segregation.

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  BRIEF FOR THE HONORABLE CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS AND INTERVENORRESPONDENTS

  Deborah N. Archer, Tamara Belinfanti, Erika L. Wood, and NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL RACIAL JUSTICE PROJECT

  JANUARY 2013

  Amicus Curiae, Congressman John Lewis, is the United States Representative of Georgia's Fifth Congressional District, which includes the entire city of Atlanta, Georgia and parts of Fulton, DeKalb and Clayton counties.1 He has served in this capacity since January 1987. Congressman Lewis has a continued interest in the development and protection of laws that guard against racial discrimination and promote social and political equality for all Americans. Today, political historians and constitutional scholars acknowledge that the main impetus for President Lyndon Johnson submitting the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to Congress on March 15, 1965, and its passage by both Houses of Congress a mere five months later, was the brutal attacks on nonviolent civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Congressman Lewis was one of the marchers on that day and, like many of his fellow nonviolent civil rights demonstrators, was beaten with bullwhips, choked with toxic tear gas, and nearly trampled by horses simply because he wished to exercise his constitutional right to vote. In submitting this brief, Congressman Lewis hopes to attest personally to the high price many paid for the enactment of the Voting Rights Act and the still higher cost we might yet bear if we prematurely discard one of the most vital tools of our democracy.

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  BRIEF FOR THE NATIONAL BLACK LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS

  Deborah N. Archer, Aderson Francois, Susan Abraham, and NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL RACIAL JUSTICE PROJECT

  August 2012

  The National Black Law Students Association (―NBLSA‖) submits this brief as amicus curiae in support of Respondents, urging this Court to affirm the ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upholding the race-conscious admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin (―UT Austin‖).1 NBLSA is a membership organization formed in 1968 to promote the educational, professional, political, and social objectives of Black law students. Today, NBLSA is the largest student-run organization in the United States, with nearly 6,000 members, over 200 chapters in our nation‘s law schools, a growing prelaw division, and 6 international chapters or affiliates. NBLSA has an interest in this case because it is dedicated to protecting the racial diversity in legal education and the legal profession made possible by race-conscious college and university admissions programs.

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  BRIEF FOR THE NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL RACIAL JUSTICE PROJECT AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES

  Racial Justice Project

  ABIGAIL NOEL FISHER and RACHEL MULTER MICHALEWICZ, PlaintiffsAppellants V. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, ET AL., Defendants-Appellees

  ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS