The Institute’s Legal Program deploys a range of tools in support of the entirety of the Institute’s program including: legislative and regulatory research and advocacy; policy research and advocacy (including model program development); judicial process improvement efforts; consulting to government; serving on state and local commissions; collaborating with other state and national advocacy organizations, private law firms, law schools and law students; serving as in-house counsel to the Institute and engaging in strategic litigation.

Some of our important past and current efforts include:

• Community Court
• Juvenile Justice
• Driver’s License Restoration
• Legal Barriers to Prisoner Reentry
• Minimum Wage Campaign
• Mortgage Foreclosure