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Fanny Brisker

Fanny Brisker joined the Legal Aid Justice Center as Human Resources Director in July 2022. She has over 15 years of experience in human resources and is passionate about supporting organizations through hyper-growth while building their people and culture processes. She received her bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and a master’s degree in Human Resources Development […]

Bullying: Know Your Rights

Farmville ICE Detention Center Lawsuit – Settlement

Federal Court Settlement Places Strict Limits on ICE Detention at ICA-Farmville WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, a settlement agreement on claims for injunctive relief was reached in Santos Garcia et al. v. Wolf et al., a case filed by the National Immigration Project (NIPNLG), Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC), and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP on […]

The Fight to Prevent Presumptions Against Bail

When the Governor recently introduced a budget amendment that would reinstate presumptions against bail, we fought back. The Pretrial Justice Coalition (which LAJC is a founding member of) helped to repeal the presumptions in 2021 and knew defending the victory was key to continuing to make our pretrial system more just. We asked for the […]

Who We Are

The Legal Aid Justice Center partners with communities and clients to fight for racial, social, and economic justice by dismantling systems that create and perpetuate poverty. We believe that the individual legal problems of our clients are linked to systems of injustice and oppression. We believe that legal and organizing strategies can dismantle the social, […]

Presumptions Against Bail

Presumptions against bail were a betrayal of a central American tenet: innocent until proven guilty Imagine that you are arrested and taken before a magistrate.  Your mind swells with concerns over your alleged crime, your family, and your financial situation. As you work to gather your emotions and fears, you are then instructed that you […]

LAJC Strategic Plan 2022 – 2026

INDEX Letter from our Executive Director Our Process Strategic Plan Impact Area A: Partnership with Communities Impact Area B: Multi-Strategy Approach Impact Area C: Sharing Power and Resources Impact Area D: Internal Culture PDF version LETTER FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear fellow lover of justice, When Jean Cahn, a Black woman lawyer from Baltimore, set […]

Necesita Ayuda Legal?

El Centro de Justicia de Ayuda Legal brinda ayuda legal gratuita para las personas que viven en nuestras áreas de servicio (o que tienen problemas legales que surgen en nuestra área de servicio) que cumplen con nuestros parámetros de elegibilidad y tienen problemas legales que podemos abordar (consulte “Con Que Podemos Ayudar” abajo). ¿CON QUÉ […]