Equal Justice Works

Attention law students: You still have plenty of time to complete your 2025 Fellowship applications, due September 10! Have any outstanding questions? Register now for our webinar on August 28 where our team will cover tips for crafting a competitive project proposal.

The 2024 Career Fair is just over 2 weeks away! Join Equal Justice Works for an informational webinar on October 7 as we teach you how to navigate our career fair platform, participate in scheduled interviews, and access virtual table talk booths. Visit our website to register and explore all our Career Fair resources to make the most out of your experience.

School is back in session and no one knows the importance of protecting equal access to education quite like 2023 Fellows Makiah Lyons, Vanessa Aceves, Breanna Bollig, and Rachel Niegelberg. Their projects range from challenging discriminatory discipline and identity-based bullying in schools to helping students of all ages who have trouble talking or communicating at school by getting them access to communication devices. We spoke with each of them about their work and how public interest law can serve our educational systems. Read more on our blog: https://lnkd.in/e3FbASCf

“It’s long past time that we… address the obvious truth that we’re not delivering on the promise of equal justice," 2023 Scales of Justice honoree Jim Chosy shared at last year's event. "Equal Justice Works Fellows are the living embodiment of a better idea...Your idealism, your commitment, and your work give me faith in the future." Scales of Justice 2024 is right around the corner. Check out highlights from last year's event and find ticketing information for this year on our website.

Law students and recent graduates are invited to attend a webinar hosted by Equal Justice Works and public interest advisors to learn more about how to make a lasting impression during virtual interviews: Join us on October 1, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. ET as we share tips to prepare you for this year's Career Fair. Registration information and more is available on our website.

If you're an Equal Justice Works alumni, we want your input! Don't miss this opportunity to help us improve and grow our alumni engagement program by completing the affinity survey. Your responses allow us to better understand what you expect and are looking for from our alumni programming.

What a great morning at the Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. I ran into two Equal Justice Works alums, Willie Lyles III, Legislative Director for Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), and Demetria McCain, Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

2022 Fellow Kat Grant, hosted by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, recently spoke with South County Mail about a newly introduced school policy in the Francis Howell School District in Missouri that infringes upon the rights of LGBTQ+ students. Kat, whose project is focused on improving the legal landscape for LGBTQ+ people, scrutinized the policy as "an unjust injection of religious ideologies into school operations."

Scales of Justice 2024 is just over one month away! Join us at The Westin Washington, D.C. Downtown on October 15th as we bring together our community of Fellows, alumni, host organizations, and sponsors to celebrate honoree Susan H. Alexander, honor Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Ahilan T. Arulanantham, and raise funds to support our 2025 Text-To-Give Fellow. Don't miss this inspiring celebration of the public interest law community!

“When 92% of people's civil legal needs are going unmet, public interest lawyers play a critical role in representing intentionally marginalized communities and pursuing equal access to justice for all,” said Verna Williams, CEO of Equal Justice Works. “We are thrilled to support Charlotte's Fellowship at the Community Economic Defense Project and to continue working with the University of Colorado Law School to kickstart more careers in public interest law.” Read more about Charlotte's project ?? https://lnkd.in/eSbVzfkw