Our Legal System is Rigged, &
Working People Pay the Price
Conservative and corporate interests have spent decades building a legal system that works for the wealthy and the powerful, not the people. It’s going to take deep, hard organizing work—a true movement dedicated to real justice, within and outside of our legal system—in order to build a better future. Will you join us?
About Us
People’s Parity Project is a movement of attorneys and law students organizing for a democratized legal system which values people over profits, builds the power of working people, and opposes subordination of anyform.
Together, we are dismantling a profession that upholds corporate power and building a legal system that is a force for justice and equity.
Our work focuses on building power for working people in the civil legal system through organizing, policy innovation, political education, and solidarity.
COMMUNITY
Bringing together lawyers and law students from around the country to unrig the law.
ORGANIZING
Doing the organizing and strategic short- and long-term advocacy needed to build a legal system that works for the people.
POWER
Building the power of the people at all levels of our democracy.
Upcoming Events
People’s Parity Project 2025 Convening
This summer, law students, attorneys, and legal advocates from around the country are joining together to unf*ck the law. From June 27–29, 2025, People’s Parity Project (PPP) will convene our […]
The Latest
Working Groups: Defending Democracy and the Rule of Law
A constitutional crisis. An attack on the rule of law. Ascendant authoritarianism. However you want to describe this moment, it is clear that American democracy is under threat. Lawyers will be critical to stopping this assault and building forward to a truly...
‘Emhoff Must Resign,’ Willke Farr Capitulation is New Low for Big Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2025 'Emhoff Must Resign': Willke Farr Capitulation is a New Low for Big Law The following statement is attributable to Molly Coleman, executive director of the People's Parity Project:"Willke Farr's capitulation to Trump is absolutely...
PPP in the News: The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers
. Trump and his allies realize that undermining the legal infrastructure of the nation is critical to their plan to build an authoritarian regime in the United States. Whether it succeeds or not will depend on whether the nation’s leading lawyers have the fortitude and moral clarity to stand up for democracy, justice and the rule of law.
Report: Imbalanced Justice in California
People's Parity Project Report Shows that California Judiciary is Mostly Former Prosecutors and Corporate Lawyers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 23, 2024 Los Angeles, CA—Today the People’s Parity Project and Isabella Lee, a recent graduate of UCLA Law, released...
Class of 2026 Leadership Fellows
The legal profession has long been captured by corporate interests. As a result, we have a legal system built to serve those same interests, rather than the everyday people most in need of justice. This corporate capture begins as soon as law students arrive on...
State Courts Fellowship
The legal profession has long been captured by powerful interests, favoring corporate and state power over ordinary people. As a result, we have a legal system built to serve those same interests, rather than the everyday people most in need of justice. This capture...
Time for a Pro-People CT Supreme Court
The People's Parity Project and a coalition of twenty organizations, including the Alliance for Justice, American Constitution Society, League of Conservation Voters, Lambda Legal, and the CT Pro-People Judiciary Coalition recently sent an open letter calling on...
Report: Imbalanced Justice in Massachusetts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2024 Raleigh, NC—Today, the People’s Parity Project released “Imbalanced Justice: Massachusetts,” the most recent installment in a series of reports on professional diversity on state benches across the country. This new report examines...