Become an Equal Justice Works Fellow! Applications are now open to design your own project and join the Class of 2025. 3Ls and recent graduates, visit our website to learn more about how you can apply for a two-year postgraduate Fellowship at a nonprofit organization of your choice. https://bit.ly/DYO2025
Equal Justice Works
Non-profit Organizations
Washington, DC 17,586 followers
Mobilizing Passionate Public Service Leaders
About us
At Equal Justice Works, we believe that a community of lawyers committed to public service can fulfill our nation’s promise of equal justice for all. Since 1986, we have been facilitating opportunities for law students and lawyers to engage in public service and bring lasting change to underserved communities across our country.
- Website
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http://www.equaljusticeworks.org
External link for Equal Justice Works
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1986
- Specialties
- Public Interest Law Fellowships, Educational Debt Resources, Law School Public Interest Internships, and Law School Engagement & Advocacy
Locations
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Primary
1730 M Street NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036, US
Employees at Equal Justice Works
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Michele Crosby
Building Donor-Nonprofit Relationships to Help Communities Thrive | Grant Writer | Strategist |Seven-Figure Corporate and Foundation Fundraiser
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Jamie R. Odle
Senior Manager of Philanthropy at Equal Justice Works
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Verna Williams
CEO @ Equal Justice Works | Nonprofit Leadership
Updates
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Reminder to all prospective Fellows: Equal Justice Works does not match candidates and their host organizations; instead, both parties collaborate closely to design a project and apply for the Fellowship together! If you are a 2025 Fellowship candidate who does not yet have a host, check out our round-up below for organizations seeking partners.
Looking for a 2025 Host Organization? We're here to help.
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Prospective Fellows, did you know that all of this year's Design-Your-Own Fellowship informational webinars are available to watch from the resources page on our website? Get to know the Fellowships team as they share location-specific information, multilingual resources, and more ahead of the September 10 application deadline.
Design-Your-Own Fellowship - Equal Justice Works
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We're excited to share that 2000 Fellow Ahilan Arulanantham, Professor from Practice and Faculty Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law, has been named the next recipient of the Equal Justice Works Distinguished Alumni Award. A longtime leader in the public interest field and MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" recipient, Ahilan has distinguished himself as a passionate access-to-justice advocate all throughout his career and we are thrilled to celebrate his work and impact. "I will always be grateful to Equal Justice Works for giving me the opportunity to start my career doing immigrants' rights advocacy," said Ahilan. "The Fellowship truly changed my life, opening up new vistas that would have been impossible without it." Ahilan will be honored on October 15, 2024, at the Scales of Justice in Washington, D.C. Visit our website to learn more about Ahilan's career, the award, and the Scales of Justice.
Equal Justice Works Announces Ahilan T. Arulanantham as the Recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award
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Law students, registration for the 2024 Career Fair opens soon: Read up on this year's programming on our website, and we'll see you in October!
For Law Students & Recent Graduates - Equal Justice Works
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The Equal Justice Works Design-Your-Own Fellowship empowers 3Ls, recent law school graduates, and lawyers with a passion for public interest law to create their dream job at a nonprofit legal services organization, advocating for a community or cause of their choice. Interested in jumpstarting your public service career by becoming an Equal Justice Works Fellow? Applications for the 2025 Design-Your-Own Fellowship close on September 10, 2024. From the Fellowships team, here's what prospective Fellows need to know before applying:
How to Apply for a 2025 Design-Your-Own Fellowship through Equal Justice Works
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2025 Design-Your-Own Fellowship applications are due on September 10, 2024, less than two months from today! Rising 3Ls and recent law school grads, don't wait to apply: visit our website now to learn more about how Equal Justice Works can fund your dream job in the public interest field.
Design-Your-Own Fellowship - Equal Justice Works
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Communities across the country are experiencing more and more unprecedented and extreme weather events. And, according to the United Nations, individuals with disabilities are more likely to die as the result of a natural disaster than those without disabilities. This statistic highlights the ways that government organizations are unprepared to meet the needs of those with disabilities during and after disasters. As 2022 Fellow Sarah Bacot with Disability Rights Louisiana wrote in our blog: "When government organizations at the federal and local level begin to assess their preparedness and recovery plans, creating a seat at the table for community members and disability-led organizations is a clear starting point on the journey to creating equity for disabled individuals in disaster resilience." #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisasterResilience
Creating Equity for People with Disabilities in Disaster Resilience
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Student Fellows in the Crime Victims Advocacy Program play an important role in our mission to increase access to legal aid for survivors of crime, especially in underserved communities. Get to know our 18 new Crime Victims Advocacy Program Student Fellows and learn more about how they will be supporting a wide range of legal issues survivors of crime often face—from domestic violence and financial crime to immigration issues.
Meet the 2024 Equal Justice Works Student Fellows in the Crime Victims Advocacy Program
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Law school professionals play a critical role in guiding students throughout the Equal Justice Works Fellowship application process. To learn more about the resources available to support prospective Fellows from your law school, be sure to register for our next free information session led by Law School Engagement and Advocacy team member Charleen Hutson and Fellowships team member Leila M. Stehlik-Barry on Thursday, July 18 at 2:30 pm ET.
Equal Justice Works Fellowships- Supporting Students to Apply for a Design-Your-Own Fellowship - Equal Justice Works
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