“The advice that led me into law school in the first place was that your vocation should lie at the intersection of your rage and your joy.” Jacquelyn Oesterblad is a Skadden Fellow in the Debtors’ Prison Project, where she litigates cases related to the criminalization of poverty and homelessness. Jacq’s work is particularly focused…
Tycko & Zavareei LLP’s Public Interest Fellowship is an incredible opportunity for recent law graduates to gain hands-on experience in public interest law. This May, one of the firm’s current fellows, Cort Carlson, embarks upon the non-profit externship portion of his Fellowship with the Debtors’ Prison Project at DC-based non-profit, Public Justice. A Passion…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 13, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTS: Nicole Funaro, Public Justice, Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Veronica Lorson Fowler, ACLU of Iowa communications director, veronica.fowler@aclu-ia.org; cell: 515-451-1777 View an online press packet with head shots, logos, and legal documents here. Lawsuit Filed to Block Sheriff Extracting Money from People Being Released from Jail to…
Public Justice Media Contact: Nicole Funaro nfunaro@publicjustice.net Public Justice Partner Media Contact: Chris Herring cherring@soc.ucla.edu 703-380-3870 Public Justice Joins Law Enforcement Associations, Faith-Based Organizations, Medical Professionals, Legal Experts, Academic Leaders, Advocates, and Members of Congress to Urge an End to the Criminalization of Homelessness Washington, D.C. , April 3, 2024 — Public Justice proudly…
March 21, 2024 Media Contact Civil Rights Corps | Cheryl Bonacci (818) 339-6928 | cheryl@civilrightscorps.org Public Justice | Steve Ralls (292) 679-0362 | sralls@publicjustice.net Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers | Robin Wagner (248) 658-0016 | rwagner@pittlawpc.com March 21, 2024 – Children in Flint and Port Huron, Michigan have filed two landmark civil rights lawsuits…
For Immediate Release: October 2, 2023 Press Contacts: Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Contact: Cheryl Bonacci (818) 339-6928 | cheryl@civilrightscorps.org Los Angeles, CA. — On Sunday, October 1, the Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) took an important step towards limiting the criminalization of poverty by implementing the Pre-Arraignment Release Protocol (PARP) in Los…
For Immediate Release: May 16, 2023 Press Contacts: Cheryl Bonnachi, Civil Rights Corps | 818-339-6928 | cheryl@civilrightscorps.org Sara Rosenblit, Munger, Tolles and Olson, LLP | press@mto.com Lucy Sears, Public Justice | (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lawrence Riff grants motion for preliminary injunction, halting enforcement of LA County’s cash bail schedule,…
For Immediate Release November 14, 2022 Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Contact: Cheryl Bonacci (818) 339-6928 | cheryl@civilrightscorps.org LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – On November 14, 2022, Public Justice’s Debtors’ Prison Project, in partnership with Civil Rights Corps, Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP, Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes, LLP, and Munger,…
The Public Justice and American Association for Justice Presidents’ Party and Reception on Feb. 14, 2022, at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, California offered Public Justice Board members and members of AAJ’s Minority and LGBT Caucuses an opportunity to mingle and network. But with Public Justice Executive Director…