On Sept. 25, the three local bar associations — The Monroe County Bar Association (MCBA), The Rochester Black Bar Association (RBBA) and The Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys (GRAWA) — hosted a CLE program titled “Diversity, Inclusion and Retention: ...

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Attorney General Eric Holder vowed last week to fully enforce civil rights protections in next year’s elections amid a flurry of activity by states to redraw political boundaries and impose requirements that could reduce voting by minorities who enthusiastically supported ...

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is moving at a historic pace to try to diversify the nation’s federal judiciary: Nearly three of every four people he has gotten confirmed to the federal bench are women or minorities. He is the first president who hasn’t selected a majority of white males for lifetime judgeships.

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A report released by the Empire Justice Center last week indicates members of “communities of color” in Rochester and six other cities across the country were denied access to conventional home refinancing far more than members of predominantly white neighborhoods.

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Officials from the Empire State Development Corporation are looking for small community banks and credit unions to help them loan out $50 million to minority and women-owned businesses and other small businesses.

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A report released Wednesday by the Empire Justice Center shows prime mortgage lending decreased between 2006 and 2008, and documents that low-income and minority neighborhoods were hardest hit by the slowdown.

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The Jury Pool Fair Representation Act was included among a package of 18 bills signed by Gov. David A. Paterson earlier this month. The legislation “will help provide us with the information ...

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A report released May 13 says the number of low-cost home loans made between 2006 and 2008 dropped significantly and that minorities were affected most by the decline in lending.

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In a unanimous opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that a defendant had not shown that a jury selection process that allegedly drained minorities from the jury pool before jurors in felony trials could be chosen was unconstitutional.

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Between 2007 and 2009, 310 businesses owned by minorities and women became state contractors for the first time.

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