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Staff Attorney’s Areas of Law & Policy Expertise
- Michael Churchill
Education funding, education in state constitutions, racial discrimination, civil rights law, urban policing, housing discrimination, employment discrimination - Jennifer Clarke – Executive Director
Voting rights, employment for ex-offenders, Medicaid access - Claudia De Palma
Employment discrimination for ex-offenders and people with disabilities - George Donnelly
Housing, evictions, source of income discrimination - Benjamin Geffen
Gerrymandering, voting rights, employment discrimination for ex-offenders, Medicaid access, gun control - Ebony Griffin
Urban agriculture, community gardens, food access, vacant land reclamation, community organizing, community lawyering - Darlene Hemerka
Special education, services for students with disabilities preparing for life after school, workplace reasonable accommodations - Mimi McKenzie – Legal Director
Gerrymandering, voting rights, gun control - Mary Beth Schluckebier
Housing, community lawyering - Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg
Education, housing, consumer protection
How to Contact Law Center Attorneys
Law Center attorneys are experts in their fields of practice, with many years of experience as civil rights litigators and advocates. They are available to comment on their cases and areas of policy expertise for members of the press.
You can call our front desk at 215-627-7100 to be connected with any of our attorneys, and staff email addresses follow the format of first initial, last name [at] pubintlaw.org. (ex. John Doe: jdoe@pubintlaw.org)
Recent Press Coverage
- Are landlords required to accept Section 8 vouchers? Philly lawyers think so, according to discrimination complaint. — Philadelphia Inquirer, August 15, 2019
- Philly’s environmental justice disparity point of hearing — Philadelphia Tribune, August 14, 2019
- Chris Kelly: Teaching a lesson in civics — Scranton Times-Tribune, August 14, 2019
- Legal battle on for school funding — Scranton Times-Tribune, August 14, 2019
- Philly jails extend cashier hours, but most inmates still would be released without IDs, cash, or phones — Philadelphia Inquirer, August 13, 2019
- Each night, Philly jails release scores of inmates without returning their IDs, cash, or phones — Philadelphia Inquirer, August 12, 2019
- LETTER: Unequal school funding persists in Pennsylvania — Pottstown Mercury. August 9, 2019
- Opinion-Experts shine light on need for district reform — Pocono Record, July 27, 2019
- How tight are Pa.’s absentee-ballot deadlines? The rate of late ballots is 11 times’ the nation’s — Philadelphia Inquirer, July 25, 2019
- Guest Oped: A decade after the 2008 foreclosure crisis, Northwest Philadelphia is fighting back — Germantown Courier, July 24, 2019
Recent Press Releases
- Two Philadelphia tenants file complaints against landlords who turned them away for using Housing Choice Vouchers — 8/12/2019
- Philadelphia City Council honors the Public Interest Law Center with a resolution marking the Law Center’s 50th Anniversary — 6/13/2019
- State Court Hears First Arguments in Challenge to Pa.’s Absentee Voting Deadline — 6/05/2019
- Life sentence without parole vacated for man with an intellectual disability in a case involving indicted detective Philip Nordo — 5/30/2019
- New Grounded in Philly online resource ecosystem will help more Philadelphians turn vacant lots into community spaces — 4/10/2019
- Trial in Pa. School Funding Lawsuit Scheduled for Summer 2020 — 12/6/2018
- Low-income Philadelphia couple forced to flee squalid conditions sues ABC Capital, one of the city’s largest landlords, for constructive eviction — 11/28/2018
- Plaintiffs Oppose Legislative Leaders’ Third Request to SCOTUS to Reinstate Pennsylvania’s Gerrymandered Map — 9/24/2018
- In victory for students, Court rules that Pa. school funding lawsuit is not moot — 8/21/2018
- In new school funding lawsuit filings, Governor Wolf says more funding is needed, while Senator Scarnati fails to dispute growing disparities — 8/07/2018
- Petitioners in Pa. school funding lawsuit report decreased classroom spending and widening inequities, leaving schools starved for resources — 7/06/2018
- In Positive Shift, Philadelphia City Agencies Transfer Land to Community Garden — 5/11/2018
- School Funding Lawsuit Will Proceed, Commonwealth Court Rules — 5/7/2018
- While Community Gardeners Conclude Legal Actions to Secure Land, Promise of Philadelphia Land Bank Remains Unfulfilled — 3/16/18
- Philadelphia Families Assert their Rights to Quality Housing in Court in Efforts to Benefit Hundreds of Low-income Tenants — 3/14/18
- U.S. Supreme Court Will Not Intervene in Pa. Redistricting Lawsuit — 2/5/18
- Petitioners File Opposition to Legislators’ Request for Stay from U.S. Supreme Court — 2/2/18
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Denies Legislators’ Request for Stay in Redistricting Lawsuit — 1/25/18
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Congressional Map Violates PA Constitution — 1/22/18
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