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src="http://www.publicjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/for-legislatvie-report-1024x653.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1848" style="width:484px;height:308px" srcset="https://www.publicjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/for-legislatvie-report-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https://www.publicjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/for-legislatvie-report-300x191.jpg 300w, https://www.publicjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/for-legislatvie-report-768x490.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure></div> <p>It is our mission, our responsibility, to be a force that is “pursing systemic change to build a just society”, to use legal tools to help people confront legal and institutional barriers that keep them from thriving :</p> <p>Rent court favors landlords collecting the rent but makes it hard for tenants to enforce their rights to safe and stable housing.</p> <p>Employers too often fail to pay their employees what they have legally earned, depriving them of income that workers need to support their families.</p> <p>Schools are more likely to suspend or expel students of color, making it difficult to complete their education and pushing them into the school-to-prison pipeline.</p> <p>We challenge oppressive practices and policies like these through legal advocacy.</p> <p><strong>Current projects include:</strong></p> <h4><a href="http://www.publicjustice.org/en/human-right-to-housing/">Human Right to Housing Project</a></h4> <p>We defend renters facing eviction, demand repair of unsafe housing conditions, and represent renters seeking systemic relief from predatory landlord practices. We advocate to change the law regarding evictions and to demand the development of equitable and sustainable affordable housing.</p> <h4><a href="http://www.publicjustice.org/en/workplace-justice/">Workplace Justice Project</a></h4> <p>We represent workers in court, enabling them to stand up to wage theft, recover unpaid wages, and reform their employers’ payment practices. We advocate to strengthen laws that protect workers’ rights.</p> <h4><a href="http://www.publicjustice.org/en/education-stability/">Education Stability Project</a></h4> <p>We advance racial equity in public education by combatting the overuse of exclusionary school discipline practices, like suspension and expulsion, that disproportionately target Black and brown children and push students out of school. We also seek to eliminate barriers to school enrollment and success confronting homeless children and children in foster care.</p> <h4><a href="http://www.publicjustice.org/en/access-to-health-and-public-benefits/">Health and Benefits Equity Project</a></h4> <p>We advocate to protect and expand access to healthcare and safety net services for Marylanders struggling to make ends meet. We support policies and practices that are designed to eliminate economic and racial inequities and enable every Marylander to attain their highest level of health.</p> <h4><a href="http://www.publicjustice.org/en/national-coalition-for-a-civil-right-to-counsel/">National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel</a></h4> <p>We lead a national coalition that seeks to establish the right to an attorney for low-income people in civil cases when basic needs are at stake, such as housing, child custody, or physical safety.</p> <h4><a href="http://www.publicjustice.org/en/prisoners-rights/">Prisoners’ Rights Project</a></h4> <p>We aim to make pretrial detention rare, brief, and humane. We work in coalition to reform the money bail system in Maryland. We also advocate to ensure quality healthcare and sanitary conditions in pretrial detention in Baltimore City.</p> <h4><a href="http://www.publicjustice.org/en/appellate-advocacy/">Appellate Advocacy Project</a></h4> <p>We advocate in appellate courts to influence the development of civil rights and poverty law. This advocacy offers the potential to reform law that affects many thousands of people.</p> <p> </p> <p><em>Please note that our process for providing legal advice or representation begins with an intake conducted over the phone. Please call us at (410) 625-9409 if you are seeking legal assistance. You are also welcome to contact us by mail at 201 N Charles Street, Suite 1200, Baltimore, MD 21201. 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