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LAJC’s priorities at the end of the 2024 General Assembly Session
That’s a wrap! The 2024 Regular General Assembly Session officially ended on Friday, March 9. There were 3,594 bills introduced this session; 2,280 of those… Read More
LAJC Priority Bills Update
We have reached the halfway point for the 2024 General Assembly Session. For the past month, LAJC and our community partners have been actively… Read More
Big Win at the Fourth Circuit
For nearly eight years, we have been fighting on behalf of four families who were eventually forced to leave their homes in a Fairfax… Read More
Welcome Rohmah Javed as the new Legal Director of our Immigrant Justice Program!
We are very excited to announce Rohmah Javed as the new Legal Director of our Immigrant Justice Program! Our immigration team works… Read More
Amanda Elliott
Amanda Elliott is a Richmond, VA native and a US Navy Veteran. While in the Navy, Amanda served as a Career Counselor and Training Officer. While serving in… Read More
Rohmah Javed
Rohmah Javed is an immigration attorney and advocate whose passion for immigrant and social justice is rooted in her life experiences as the daughter… Read More
Hank Bostwick
Hank has been advocating for kids and youth facing juvenile justice and education access issues since he started practicing law in 2003. In 2008,… Read More
Elizabeth Hernandez-Lopez
Elizabeth (Ely) Hernandez Lopez is originally from Tepic, Nayarit Mexico and as of October 2023 is a member of LAJC as an ACA Navigator-… Read More
Elizabeth Schmelzel
Elizabeth Schmelzel was raised in southern Illinois and moved to Washington, DC for college. She lived abroad for most of her 20s, learning about… Read More
Ruby Cherian
Ruby Cherian joined LAJC in 2023 as an Equal Justice America Fellow. She works in the Decarceral Justice Program. She received a B.S.A. in Biology… Read More
