The Mississippi Center for Justice Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Vangela M. Wade, a leading attorney and educator, will become its next president and CEO, effective January 15th, 2020. Reilly Morse, who has held the position for the past six years, will...
Mississippi plaintiffs in the Barber v. Bryant case, led by civil rights attorney Rob McDuff, along with Mississippi Center for Justice and Lambda Legal, today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Mississippi House Bill 1523, the discriminatory anti-LGBT legislation that takes effect today. Joining in...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Dana Thomas, Communications Director (c) 601.506.9156 dthomas@mscenterforjustice.org Barber Plaintiffs Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Anti-LGBT Mississippi Law Supreme Court petitioned to review one of the most aggressive and sweeping anti-LGBT measures in the nation. (Jackson, October 10, 2017) —Mississippi plaintiffs in the Barber v. Bryant case, led by civil...
Mississippi civil rights attorney Rob McDuff, along with Mississippi Center for Justice and Lambda Legal, today announced they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied their en banc petition asking the full court to...
Mississippi civil rights attorney Rob McDuff, along with Mississippi Center for Justice and Lambda Legal, today announced they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied their en banc petition asking the full court to...
(Jackson, July 6, 2017) —Mississippi civil rights attorney Rob McDuff, along with the Mississippi Center for Justice and Lambda Legal, today filed a petition seeking rehearing en banc by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit after a three-judge panel reversed the...
(Jackson, June 22, 2017) — Today, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the injunction against Mississippi House Bill 1523, the discriminatory anti-LGBT legislation challenged in Barber v. Bryant, the federal lawsuit brought by Mississippi civil rights attorney Robert McDuff, the Mississippi Center for...
The Mississippi Center for Justice announces a major impact litigation initiative in honor of its distinguished former Board member and supporter, the late George Riley. MCJ launches this work by strengthening ties with long-time Mississippi civil rights attorney Rob McDuff of the law firm, McDuff...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nonprofits Call Upon Governor Bryant to Address Recent Race-Based Incidents in Mississippi (Jackson, Miss.) - Over the past month, a spate of race-based violence has spread across Mississippi. First, the memorial plaque marking the site where Emmett Till’s mutilated body was recovered from the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Dana Thomas, Communications Director Mississippi Center for Justice Dthomas@mscenterforjustice.org (O) 769.230.2841 (C) 601.506.9156 MINISTERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND ACTIVISTS APPLAUD COURT DECISION STRIKING DOWN H.B. 1523 (JACKSON, Miss.) – June 30, 2016. A group of Mississippi ministers, community leaders, civic activists, and a Hattiesburg church who filed the first...
