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Laws that undermine reproductive health, rights, and justice deprive people of moral agency, rob us of control over our bodies, and compound other forms of oppression including racism, sexism, and poverty.The Lawyering Project uses the law to improve abortion access and uphold the rights and dignity of people seeking, providing, and supporting reproductive health care.

PJI works to create positive change for people in the criminal legal system at the intersection of impact litigation, direct services, and community engagement. Managed special projects, such as the End Plantation Prisons Project and PJI’s policy work, and litigated prison conditions.

Built and managed a project that sought to heal the injuries to Louisiana caused by more than 120 years of Jim Crow jury verdicts, in part through the mass representation of 1,049 men and women in prison despite the U.S. Supreme Court in Ramos v. Louisiana holding they never had a constitutional determination of their guilt or innocence.

The SPLC is a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people. Supervised Louisiana criminal systems litigation and policy. Litigated state and immigration prison conditions, 6th Amendment deficiencies in public defense, and police surveillance. Served on the steering committee of the Unanimous Jury Coalition through constitutional amendment and kitchen cabinet for Louisianans for Prison Alternatives.

Schwabe is a law firm that offers a new type of client experience based ‎on deep industry focus. It provides a wide range of legal services to clients through ‎‎‎comprehensive, ‎proactive, and industry-specific advice to help them achieve their goals. With ‎more ‎‎than ‎‎175 attorneys, Schwabe is one of the largest Pacific Northwest ‎regional law firms. Practice involved eminent domain, scope of government powers, environmental law, tribal law, open government and other complex litigation.