Latinojustice Prldef

Advocacy, community outreach and communications: we played a critical role in supporting legislative advocacy efforts to enact state voting rights acts in nj, md and mi. We also championed language access efforts in fl. Our criminal legal team focused on ending gangs databases in nyc and li and on eliminating the use of solitary confinement in fl and va. We are working to close the slavery loophole for the 13th amendment and to ensure voting access for returning citizens from incarceration. We are actively opposing operation lone star in texas, engaging with community-based immigrant rights organizations to identify priorities aligned with our criminal legal work, and monitoring immigration courts for due process violations. We continued our formerly incarcerated persons (fip) academy, providing leadership and pilot cohort of the advocacy training to those seeking employment in social justice organizations and have graduated nearly 40 individuals across the country.

Legal education: our cap leadership institute (cap) provided critical pre-law services for 1,740 students across the country. This included over 100 students for our annual law day fair, which drew more than 85 law schools and organizations; 75 students who attended intensive weeklong law school admissions boot camps; fifteen law students we placed in paid summer internships through our corporate law firm alliance summer program (clasp); and hundreds of students who attended workshops, received one-on-one counseling and other services. Eight clasp fellows were offered post-graduation positions at their respective law firms, continuing our record of 100% post-fellowship employment rate. And our lideres board comprised of 30 young professional leaders actively supported, volunteered and recruited peer volunteers for programs serving hundreds of students pursuing professional pathways and also raised awareness about ljp's social justice advocacy programs.