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About Us
The People’s Parity Project is made up of law students and attorneys organizing nationwide to end how the legal profession—and the law itself—enables injustice.
We are committed to demystifying and dismantling the coercive legal tools that allow the powerful to get away with violating workers’ rights, ripping off consumers, and shielding corporations and the courts from accountability.
KNOWLEDGE
Collect information about how the legal system enables injustice to educate our communities.
SOLUTIONS
Identify and implement best practices to improve how we address pervasive problems.
POWER
Use our collective voice in the legal profession to make the law work for everyone, not just the powerful.
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The Latest
In the News: Why Clarence Thomas’ wife is a major problem for the Supreme Court
Jon Skolnik writes in Salon: Progressive advocacy groups are calling on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from cases relating to the activism of his wife, Ginni Thomas, a prominent conservative operative whose political activities, the groups...
In the News: On the Courts, the Battle to Confirm Jackson is Only the Beginning
Trip Brennan writes for Blue Tent: “...the right-wing takeover of the courts is also a story of liberal failure. Part of that failure was an inability to recognize key differences between the right and left when it comes to building power; groups that attempted to ape...
PPP Tells Congressional Progressive Caucus: Cosponsor and Advance SCOTUS Expansion Bill
As the Senate begins the process to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, progressive court reform leaders of the Unrig the Courts coalition are calling on every member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to cosponsor and help to advance the...
PPP Statement on the Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
Washington, D.C. — Following today's announcement that President Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, People's Parity Project's Policy & Program Director Tristin Brown released the following statement: "We applaud President Biden...
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 in...
In the News: The first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court will be extraordinary, but she can’t save the Supreme Court
PPP’s own Tristin Brown, with Tamara Brummer and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, writes for The Grio: Representation is important, but it is not enough when the institution that the first Black female justice is entering is broken. If we are to see the fullness of this historic...
In the News: Biden Supreme Court pick seems likely to make progressives happy
Hanna Trudo writes for the Hill: “There’s general agreement that we don’t need someone who’s been a management-side attorney on the Supreme Court,” said Molly Coleman, executive director of People’s Parity Project, without mentioning Childs by name. “That’s not an...
In the News: Progressives Urge Biden to Nominate Justice on Side of Workers, Not Corporations
Julia Conley writes for Common Dreams: Tristin Brown, policy and program director at People's Parity Project—a network of law students and lawyers "organizing to unrig the legal system and build a justice system that values people over profits"—told The Hill that...
🚨 Applications are due this Friday! 🚨
Learn more and apply: https://peoplesparity.org/leadershipfellows/
We know that dedicated law school organizers can effectively build a legal culture that is pro-people, not pro-corporate.
That's why we're launching our inaugural Leadership Fellows cohort of rising 2Ls!
Learn more and apply today: https://www.peoplesparity.org/leadershipfellows/
Every time a person gets a job, decides to ask for fair wages or better working conditions, buys something, pays rent, or gets sick and seeks healthcare, those economic interactions are shaped by the decisions of federal judges. More from @AFJustice: http://bit.ly/EJJudges
Join @PeoplesParity tonight and learn about different paths you can take to become a public interest lawyer. Register here: https://peoplesparity.org/event/no-ci-pathways-to-public-interest-law-careers/
Kansas is a story of judicial leadership, backlash, and reaffirmed rights. State constitutional development is messy and difficult but also holds tremendous promise. https://www.politico.com/amp/news/magazine/2022/06/28/supreme-court-rights-00042928
Feeling the pressure to do on-campus interviews with corporate law firms? Join us this Wednesday to hear from four people who did their legal careers differently! Register: https://peoplesparity.org/event/no-ci-pathways-to-public-interest-law-careers/