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UC Berkeley Publishes PJLC Analysis on Movement
Lawyering
The Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law has published an article by the Peace and Justice Law Center’s Executive Director examining how movement lawyering can be...
PJLC to Lead Joint Strategy Meetings on Alternatives
to Gang Policing
The Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC) is leading a series of joint strategy meetings to advance alternatives to punitive youth and gang policing by aligning...
PJLC Presents at UC Berkeley on Implementing the
RJA
The Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC) presented at UC Berkeley’s Racial Justice Act Symposium, the first statewide conference convened by the Berkeley Criminal...
Oxford University Publishes PJLC Chapter on Movement Lawyering
Oxford University Press has published a chapter by Peace and Justice Law Center founder Sean Garcia-Leys in the Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society, one of the...
PJLC Presents on Racial Justice Advocacy at UCI Law Teach-In
The Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC) presented on racial justice advocacy at UC Irvine School of Law’s 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Teach-In, joining...
Community Leaders Urge PJLC to Apply for Police Oversight Role
At the request of community leaders and civil rights advocates, Peace and Justice Law Center Executive Director Sean Garcia-Leys has formally applied to serve as...
PJLC Wins Data Release in Public Records Act Lawsuit
The Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC), alongside Chicanxs Unidxs and the ACLU Foundations of Southern and Northern California, has secured the release of the...
Two of LA's Juvenile Halls Closed Down; New Facility Not Better.
Due in part to the PJLC and Youth Law Center’s threats of legal action, the Los Angeles County Probation Department has closed down two of its unsuitable...
PJLC Launches Direct Legal Aid Program for People Targeted by Gang Units
The Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC) has launched a new direct legal aid program to support people targeted by gang suppression policing, marking a...
PJLC Files Legal Challenge to OCDA's Gang Injunction Program
The Peace and Justice Law Center has filed a state appellate challenge to Orange County’s gang injunction practices, asking the court to reverse an order that...
PJLC Files Appellate Brief Defining Limits of Gang Prosecutions
The Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC) filed an amicus brief in a California appellate court case that will shape when prosecutors are allowed to bring gang...
PJLC Urges California Supreme Court to Enforce Limits on Gang Enhancements
The Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC) has filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the California Supreme Court to enforce clear limits on the state’s gang...
PJLC Client First to Win Gang Injunction Hearing; Second Client to Appeal.
A client represented by the Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC) became the first person in Orange County to successfully block their placement under a gang...
The PJLC Wins Agreement from State Board to Hold Juvenile Halls Accountable
California’s Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) has agreed to begin enforcing minimum safety standards for juvenile halls after sustained legal...
Formerly Incarcerated Advocate Joins PJLC as First Legal Apprentice
The Peace and Justice Law Center has welcomed Eduardo Dumbrique as its first impacted-person legal apprentice. This marks a significant step in the...
PJLC Files Racial Justice Act Lawsuit Demanding
Prosecutorial Records
The Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC), together with Chicanxs Unidxs de Orange County and the ACLU Foundations of Southern California and Northern California,...
PJLC Defends Cultural Center’s Right to Refuse to Call Police
The Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC) has begun advocating on behalf of El Centro Cultural de Mexico, a cornerstone cultural institution in Santa Ana, after...
PJLC Petitions the CA Supreme Court to Hear OC Gang Injunction Case
The Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC) has petitioned the California Supreme Court to review a case that could determine the future of gang injunctions across...
PJLC Leads National Network Through Strategic Planning Process
The Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC) has been selected to lead a national network focused on developing and advancing alternatives to gang suppression...
PJLC Joins Panel Examining the Role of Law in Racial Inequality
The Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC) joined a statewide panel hosted by the San Francisco Bar Foundation examining how the legal system has contributed to...
Advocates Press CA DOJ to Investigate Racism in
OCDA’s Office
A coalition of civil rights advocates, including the Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC), met with officials from the California Department of Justice to press...
PJLC Presents on Gang Policing to
Anaheim Oversight Commission
The Peace and Justice Law Center (PJLC) presented a community-centered critique of gang policing to the Anaheim Police Department’s Civilian Oversight...
PJLC Represents the ACLU in Lawsuit Demanding Documents from Inglewood PD
The ACLU has retained the PJLC to represent the organization in seeking a temporary restraining order against the City of Inglewood, demanding that they stop...
Court Orders Inglewood Police to Preserve Records After PJLC Lawsuit
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered the Inglewood Police Department to stop destroying police misconduct records after legal action brought by the...