Watch Now: PPP Op-Ed Training
There’s a lot going on when it comes to the American judiciary. In less than two weeks, confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, will begin. It’s an incredible moment, and it’s critical that we show...
PPP Convening: Coming Summer 2022
In February 2020, we hosted the first-ever PPP Convening. We hoped to make it an annual event…but COVID got in the way. Now, as we prepare for what we hope will be a return to in-person events, we want to hear from you. Are you a law student or lawyer interested...
PPP Learning Series: Our Courts and Why They Matter
The People’s Parity Project is excited to launch an ongoing learning series of educational events for our organizers, other advocates and the general public on a wide range of topics. Our first event, “Our Courts & Why They Matter,” will...
New Yorkers! Stop the Legislature from Siding with Uber & Lyft and Swindling New York Workers
Big corporations like Uber and Lyft have a long history of mistreating and cheating their workers. Now these same companies are behind a bill in New York that would roll back rights that have been fought for by gig workers and advocates. The worst part is that these...
Recording: Unpacking Public Interest Law Panel
On April 14th at 6:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. PT, PPP held a panel aimed at unpacking “public interest” lawyering. Too often, we see that law students are told that there are two paths as an attorney: corporate practice, or public interest work. Rarely is the...
Just learned that one of our major local law firms that is prominently featured as a sponsor of bar association events and legal aid organizations spends its days defending major corporations against veterans' mesothelioma claims. Love this for us
It bears repeating over and over and over again that forced arbitration is central to abuses of corporate power. It squelches private enforcement, and we're left with public enforcement agencies that don't have anywhere near the resources to attack these issues alone. https://twitter.com/leah_nylen/status/1600173553420099589
@FTC Chair Khan speaking at the WSJ CEO Council this AM on taking on the biggest companies: The FTC is “entirely outgunned, especially when we are up against some of the most formidable and wealthiest and most powerful companies in America."
Funding for the NLRB has been static since 2014, even as petitions to form a union are up 58% in 2022 compared with 2021.
If we don't fully fund the NLRB, the laws that protect unionizing workers go unenforced. Tell your senators that's unacceptable: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/fund-the-nlrb/
No serious person can believe that firms that make their money by defending corporations who destroy the environment and exploit workers are hostile to conservatism - they are its main defenders.
"What the Court of Appeals does affects the same sweep of life and law that the Supreme Court does. Courts like this need diversity of experience. They need judges in their collective who come in with different sensitivities and appreciations." https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/ny-state-of-politics/2022/11/29/hochul-s-chief-judge-pick-will-be-closely-watched