Equal Justice Under Law (civil rights organization)

Equal Justice Under Law is an American civil rights impact litigation nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., which accepts cases on a national basis.

[1] Equal Justice Under Law and its small team of lawyers seek to drive change in the legal system through impact litigation and class action lawsuits.

[14] To support its continued operations, the organization is funded by individual donors and various grants for nonprofits fighting inequality in the legal system.

[16] As of the end of 2020, it had filed 10 cases across multiple states, and the early successes led to further litigation by the ACLU and other major legal nonprofits.

[16][17] Equal Justice Under Law has been active in cases where poor criminal defendants have been jailed due to inability to post bond or pay fines.