Public Justice & our co-counsel argue that requiring families to pay for video calls —in the absence of free in-person visitation— violates state law, excessively burdens low-income families & offends “basic principles of human connection and dignity.” Read More: www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Thank you to Sens. Dick Durbin and Alex Padilla for demanding accountability and standing up for immigrants nationwide. Read the letter here: buff.ly/o06YMSF @padilla.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

We're hiring! We are looking for four Summer 2027 Law Clerks to join our teams. If you want to spend your summer fighting forced arbitration clauses, upholding environmental law, helping incarcerated people access basic human rights, and taking on Title IX cases — this is your sign. Apply now!

For 50+ years, the Endangered Species Act protected threatened species' habitats from destruction. On July 10, the administration gutted that protection — destroying threatened species' habitats is no longer illegal. Public Justice has always fought for wildlife. We won't stop now.

📣 Tune in live! Today at 9:30AM PT/12:30 ET, Public Justice attorney Shelby Leighton will present oral arguments in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in our Dawson v. Target Corp. case. www.ca9.uscourts.gov/cases/stream...

Victory! Public Justice fights to make sure the courthouse doors are open for everyone. We are proud of the victory in our Espinosa v. Gittere qualified immunity appeal alongside our partners Rights Behind Bars. Benjamin Espinosa was incarcerated at Ely State Prison between 2019 and 2021.

It’s official! We are thrilled to announce that Lauren Barnes, our Acting CEO for the past seven months, will take the reins as our permanent CEO.

Time is running out to join us in Chicago as a sponsor! We're proud to recognize the generous sponsors who make the work of Public Justice possible. Their commitment and dedication make this annual celebration especially meaningful for our guests, honorees and the entire Public Justice family.

Victory! The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in the Wright v. Portfolio Recovery Associates case that debt buyers seeking to collect debt from consumers must, in fact, present the statutorily required evidence demonstrating that the consumer owed the debt and that the buyer had the right to collect it.

Join Public Justice in celebrating Pride Month and fighting for LGBTQIA+ rights all year round. Learn more about our Students’ Civil Rights Project work combating gender- and race-based discrimination in schools, by visiting our website: public-justice.org

In 2017, Public Justice was proud to honor Barney Frank with our “Champion of Justice” award at our Annual Gala, where he spoke about the ongoing and critical need to hold the powerful accountable. @fpbland.bsky.social

Barney Frank was a trailblazer and a staunch defender of consumer rights and protection. As co-author of the landmark Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Frank worked tirelessly to curb abusive financial practices and helped create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The National Plaintiffs Law Association has grown at law schools across the country, now with 55 chapters. In the first year of its job fair, there were 41 plaintiffs’ law firms with around 200 attendees. NPLA’s most recent had 57 firms and the number of attendees more than quadrupled.

🌍️ This Earth Day, join Public Justice in supporting the case work of our Environmental Enforcement Project. Be a part of this important work. Learn more at publicjustice.net

Public Justice and Public Accountability are representing several media organizations to get records unsealed in Oregon v. Trump, a lawsuit stemming from the deployment of the National Guard in Oregon.

On this week’s Legal Lens podcast, our Acting CEO Lauren Barnes sat down with Angela Reddock-Wright to discuss Public Justice's mission and how real change happens when communities, advocates, and the courts all work together. 🎧 This episode is live now! Tune in: open.spotify.com/episode/5l5D...

“...As corporations feel more emboldened than ever… civil litigators, including those at Public Justice... represent workers and consumers in court. Our lawyers have successfully defeated many... corporate attempts to... lock the courthouse doors.” Read more: www.trialnewsonline.org/trialnews/li...

Public Justice fights to defend endangered species' habitats. One victory was our litigation blocking logging companies from ripping up the marbled murrelet's forest habitat in Oregon. www.publicjustice.net/article/nint...

Scientists estimate there are fewer than 50 Rice’s whales left in the world. We applaud @biologicaldiversity.org for filing an emergency lawsuit to stop this unlawful action. There’s no emergency reason or legal basis to convene the committee to effectively approve the extinction of Rice’s whales.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in San Diego for our Annual Public Justice Presidents' Party in partnership with the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Minority Caucus.

Today, Public Justice joined a letter to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights urging the agency to investigate sexual misconduct complaints and stop weaponizing Title IX against trans students. Read the full letter online here: tinyurl.com/3wuyfhtm #ProtectStudents

SCOTUS is hearing arguments today in two cases challenging anti-trans sports bans in women and girls’ sports. These laws claim to “protect women and girls,” but what they really do is turn Title IX on its head and ignore its true purpose: expanding access to education, including school sports.

Today is Giving Tuesday, and Public Justice needs your support. Your donation will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $50,000. Help fuel our mission so we can continue the fight to protect workers, consumers, students and others whose rights are under attack. act.publicjustice.net/a/gt2025

Public Justice's Access to Justice Team is proud to be at the NACA NCLC 2025 Consumer Rights Litigation Conference & Class Action Symposium in D.C. Leah Nicholls served on a panel about "Litigation Under an Anti-Consumer Administration: Coalition Building, and Public-Private-Non-Profit Partnerships"

This week we are at CRLC! A2J Director @lnicholls.bsky.social will be speaking on Friday at 3:45pm about Litigation Under an Anti-Consumer Administration & Hannah Kieschnick will be speaking during the Class Action Symposium. @nclc4consumers.bsky.social

Our CEO, Sharon McGowan, will be joining an incredible panel of justice-focused leaders for this timely webinar on how legal nonprofits and public interest firms can make the most of the giving season. 🗓️ Nov 5, 2025 | 🕐 1:00pm ET | 💻 Virtual Register here 🔗 event.on24.com/wcc/r/510258...

Catch CEO @sharon-mcgowan.bsky.social on the @rebuttalpr.bsky.social "Raising The Bar" Podcast as she shares her journey from litigator to nonprofit leader at Public Justice. 🔗 Apple: buff.ly/NYxCbhT 🔗 Spotify: buff.ly/Cg9a55N 🔗 YouTube: buff.ly/M3q7sVu

It's time to fix the fine print. It's time to stop allowing a fundamental right be taken away in boilerplate, take-it-or-leave-it terms. Some companies haven't had to answer for their actions in a lonnnnnng time and it shows.

Don't be fooled by words like ✨streamlined efficient easy quick informal✨...in reality, bringing common claims in arbitration is so difficult almost nobody even tries. All the stuff that civil litigation is supposed to fix (wage theft, price gouging, JUNK FEES) just goes unchecked.

Fair fine print keeps big companies honest! But now almost every time you sign up for a service, work a job, make a purchase, take out a loan, download an app, or even visit a website, you are forced to accept Terms of Service that take away fundamental rights, including your access to court.