March 31, 2026
The Legal Aid Society defeated a Black former staff attorney's lawsuit claiming she was fired for complaining that white colleagues disrespected and sidelined Black employees, with a New York federal judge saying Tuesday that her allegations were too flimsy to stay in court.
October 15, 2024
The New York City nonprofit Legal Aid Society did nothing to address complaints that white employees regularly treated Black colleagues disrespectfully, including by excluding them from professional opportunities and using offensive language, a Black former staff attorney told a federal court.