Join Our Team: Now Accepting 2022–23 Fellowship Proposals
2022–23 Post-Graduate Legal Fellow About People’s Parity Project: 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...
June 2021 Board Transitions
Saint Paul, MN — On June 30th, 2021, the People’s Parity Project announced a number of changes to their Board of Directors in advance of the 2022 fiscal year, beginning July 1st. PPP co-founder and Board Chair Emma Janger and PPP co-founder and Board Vice-Chair Sejal...
Pushing the CFPB to Take on Big Banks
The People’s Parity Project joined a coalition of nearly 20 progressive advocacy organizations in urging acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau David Uejio to swiftly approve a rule allowing bank customers to more readily access their...
Request for Proposals: Development Consultant
The People’s Parity Project seeks an experienced Development Consultant for up to one year to lead our Executive Director and Board of Directors in designing a strategy, building an infrastructure, and operationalizing a plan to achieve greater financial stability....
#LawJournalStrike: Why Our Work Isn’t Finished
Last summer, law students at NYU led the effort to reform journal practices, pushing for more equitable processes and a more equitable legal profession. The #LawJournalStrike kicked off a long-overdue conversation about the racially discriminatory gatekeeping role...
The North Carolina Supreme Court has taken the unprecedented step of agreeing to rehear two crucial voting rights cases they decided recently (43 days ago, in one case). Justice Earls calls it a “display of raw partisanship” and a “power grab.” https://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/412855.pdf
Another day, another #SCOTUS ethics scandal. 👀 "The chief justice’s wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, has made millions in her career recruiting lawyers to prominent law firms, some of which have business before the court." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/us/john-roberts-jane-sullivan-roberts.html
81% of Californians support just cause employment standards to protect workers from unfair and arbitrary firings.
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! https://twitter.com/CaWorkerpower/status/1620864965992415232
"CA needs to fund education to help workers understand their rights and give workers a meaningful chance to have their cases resolved once they’ve risked coming forward." Alexandra Suh, https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/02/workplace-retaliation-policy-research/….
The @PeoplesParity Project released a report assessing the first two years’ of President Biden’s judicial nominations. We’re STILL FIGHTING to see a federal judiciary that works for the people! Check out the report here: https://seiu.co/40julwG
.@TowardsJustice is committed to helping workers fight employer-driven debt that strips them of their bargaining power and shifts the costs of doing business from corporations onto workers. Read this piece about our most recent case:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ameriflight-pilot-training-repayment-provisions_n_63a2214ee4b04414304bc464