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In this role, Ms. Menza will develop and execute SJLF’s Impact Litigation Fellowship Program, which aims to build a pipeline of tenacious public interest litigators

In a ruling Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Jesus G. Bernal of the Central District of California granted the plaintiffs leave to

In 2019, Leroy Butts, an elderly Black resident of Lancaster, was handing out know-your-rights pamphlets to unhoused people in a Lancaster park when he was

United States District Judge Brian A. Jackson held in two orders on November 21, 2024 that the West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office and its officers

The lawsuit, filed in March 2023, was brought by seven individuals on behalf of themselves and more than 1,300 detained people harmed by GEO’s reckless

For instance, one nonbinary 44-year-old individual asked to be addressed by name, rather than any pronoun, but the commissioners pushed the parole seeker to choose

Plaintiff Cesar Hernandez explains: “My eyes, nose, and throat, started to burn and the smell was so strong I was often too nauseous to eat.”

REDWOOD CITY, CA—The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Social Justice Legal Foundation today filed a complaint challenging

Courts often impose these fees without any consideration of a person’s ability to pay, so individuals who cannot afford to pay their original fines are

SJLF Senior Attorney Claire Simonich (along with assistance from SJLF fellows Alyssa Martinez and Amelia Piazza) presented the results and “lessons learned” to a range