PUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER INC
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Mission Statement
The Public Justice Center (PJC) pursues systemic change to build a just society in Maryland and beyond. We use legal advocacy tools to pursue social justice, economic and race equity, and fundamental human rights. The PJC is a civil legal aid office that provides advice and representation to low-income clients, advocates before legislatures and government agencies, and collaborates with community and advocacy organizations. The PJC chooses projects and cases that will make a significant impact on systems, laws, and policies.
About This Cause
The Public Justice Center is a leader in public interest law reform in Maryland and nationally. Our current projects include advocating on behalf of families needing healthcare and benefits, low-wage workers, low-income tenants, and students facing exclusionary school discipline and school policing; advocating to reform pretrial detention; using appellate cases to establish good law in poverty and civil rights cases; and coordinating a national coalition that works to establish a right to counsel in basic human needs civil cases. Our work primarily benefits low-income residents in Maryland, most of whom identify as Black and/or Latine. We apply a race equity lens in all of our projects.