People’s Parity Project Statement on Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 7, 2022 CONTACT: Tristin Brown, press@peoplesparity.org Washington, D.C. — Following today’s announcement that the Senate has voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, People’s Parity Project’s Policy...
Imbalanced Justice: Professional Diversity of the Connecticut Judicial Bench
State courts hold incredible sway over the lives of Connecticut residents, deciding case s on topics ranging from child custody to land use, murder trials to car accidents. Despite this immense power, little attention has been paid to the professional backgrounds of...
In the News: Watching the Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearing as a Survivor of Childhood Sexual Assault
Our Organizing Director here at the People’s Parity Project, Steve Kennedy, wrote for Slate about watching Judge Jackson’s hearing as a survivor of childhood sexual assault: “I have rarely felt so seen by someone other than a fellow survivor as I did...
PPP Chapter Information Session
Considering starting a People’s Parity Project chapter on your campus? Interested in learning more about our chapters are doing in their communities? Join us for our spring chapter information session! PPP is the leading organizer of law students interested in...
KBJ Hearings: Virtual Watch Parties with PPP
Filled with rage as Ted Cruz rewrites history during the confirmation hearing for Judge Jackson? Wish you were with people who shared your excitement for *Justice* Jackson? Starting on Day Two of the confirmation hearing, you can be! We’ll be livestreaming &...
Watch Now: PPP Op-Ed Training
There’s a lot going on when it comes to the American judiciary. In less than two weeks, confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, will begin. It’s an incredible moment, and it’s critical that we show...
Pitch Perfect: PPP Op-Ed Training
Join us at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 12th for a training on how to write and place an effective op-ed. There’s a lot going on when it comes to the American judiciary. In less than two weeks, confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black...
Now Hiring: Summer 2022 Interns
Summer Legal Internship The People’s Parity Project seeks law students for our remote summer 2022 legal internship program. All interns are required to seek funding through their school or other programs; candidates for whom this is not an option should reach out to...
PPP Coffee Chats
Join a member of the PPP staff team for a coffee chat about progressive legal organizing, navigating the career search as a justice-centered law student, the state of the judiciary, or anything else that’s on your mind! Coffee’s on PPP — we’ll send...
This past week has seen a repudiation of the court-based theory of change that has defined legal liberalism for several decades in the US: a theory that elite lawyers will always be able to use elite reasoning to persuade elite judges not to let things get out of hand.
when we said we were ready for #HotLaborSummer, we were referring to workers’ rights, not forced childbirth 🫠
(thank you to @Shut_downAmazon for showing up & see you at @PeoplesParity soon!!) https://twitter.com/scottheins/status/1540752108340641793
.@Shut_downAmazon at last night's march for abortion rights in Manhattan
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Wherever you are in your career, whatever your skill set, and wherever you live, there’s a place for you in the fight for reproductive justice.
Ending Roe is no accident.
Conservatives spent decades plotting to pack the Supreme Court & seize a right-wing majority.
Congress can fight back. They've changed Court’s size 7 times & can do it again.
Get involved to rebalance & #ExpandTheCourt:
https://fourmore.us/?source=sp&referrer=group-stand-up-america
Please join our @importantmeagan, @WeDemandJustice’s @katieoconnoresq, @PeoplesParity’s @trisquire, @StandUpAmerica’s @Brettkins, @TakeBacktheCt’s @LiptonLubet, and more for a conversation about today’s horrific ruling and how we can fight back: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lPKqmLdAyeKb