#DiplomaPrivilegeNow – Sign Onto Public Rights Project’s Open Letter!
Justice Catalyst Law just signed on to an open letter led by Public Rights Project from public interest legal organizations supporting diploma privilege and invites you to do the same. We felt it was important to support law school graduates pursuing a career in the public interest, especially during this pandemic. The letter discusses the public health harms caused by in-person exams, the disparate impact of in-person and online exams on students of color, lower-income students, and disabled students, and the great need for licensed lawyers to serve the public.
Public Rights Project intends to transmit the letter to relevant state bar examiners next week.
Current signatories include the following organizations:
Public Rights Project
ACLU of Southern California
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Center for Constitutional Rights
Center for Popular Democracy
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Equal Justice Society
Family and Children’s Law Center
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Just Futures LawJustice Catalyst
LatinoJustice PRLDEF
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
Legal Aid at Work
Legal Aid of Marin
Legal Aid of Sonoma County
Legal Services for Children
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Movement Law Lab
NAACP LDF
National Disabled Law Students Association
National Lawyers Guild
National Women’s Law Center
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
People’s Parity Project
Public Justice
Skadden Fellowship Program
Social Justice Collaborative
Towards Justice