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PPI kicked off in 2018 and is a quid pro quo of sorts. Formerly incarcerated people work alongside Columbia Law students. The students learn about the criminal justice system from someone with “lived experience,” and the former incarcerated sharpen their legal and professional skills.
Paralegal Pathways Initiative (PPI) is extending the arm of law into a helping hand for formerly incarcerated New Yorkers. Housed in Columbia Law School, the program fosters participants’ experience navigating the criminal legal justice system into potential careers in the law field.
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has named Columbia Law School's Center for Institutional and Social Change as the winner of its Racial Justice Award. The organisation, which is based in New York, will receive a £50,000 (US$70,000) donation and 500 hours of pro bono support over an 18 month period supporting its Paralegal Pathways Initiative, responding to the persistent racial injustice in the United States' criminal legal system.
Read about what Columbia Law students and our own center is doing for pro bono efforts in the wake of COVID-19. To access the full article, click here.
Broadway World's coverage on the collaboration between The 24 Hour Plays, The Broadway Advocacy Coalition, The Confined Arts, RAPP, Zealous and The Center for Institutional and Social Change at Columbia Law School.
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The official press release for the Leading With Conviction in the Era of Trump event can be found online.
Center Director Susan Sturm was interviewed with JLUSA leader Glenn Martin on ABC's Here and Now. They discussed the Leading With Conviction report and their findings.