NCLEJ works with low-income families, individuals, communities, and a wide range of organizations to advance the cause of economic justice through ground-breaking, successful litigation, policy work, and support of grassroots organizing around the country. We have provided legal representation, support, and advice to people living in poverty and their advocates since 1965.
Learn More →In our efforts to make economic justice a reality, NCLEJ focuses on a number of issues critical to the fight for fairness:
NCLEJ has joined more than 150 other organizations in an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court” brief in the lawsuit brought by the State of New York against the U.S. Department of Commerce challenging the inclusion of…
Read More →On Wednesday June 13, 2018, Senior Attorney Claudia Wilner was honored at the New York City Bar’s annual Legal Services Awards. The Legal Services Awards recognize the efforts of lawyers and non-lawyers who have directly provided free legal…
Read More →Kyla is a 3L at Northwestern University Law School and a summer clerk at White & Case.
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