Court Cases
Civil Justice
North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) Complaint
The Brennan Center works to ensure access to legal representation and enforcement of labor rights for workers in the United States on H2-B visas.
– 08/13/08
Dobbins/Velazquez v. Legal Services Corporation
This lawsuit challenges restrictions on civil legal aid programs that receive some of their funding from the federal Legal Services Corporation (LSC).
– 10/01/07
Arbor Hill v. Albany Amicus Brief
The Brennan Center and allies filed an amicus brief emphasizing the importance of attorneys’ fee awards in enabling law firms to take cases benefiting low-income people.
– 05/22/07
King v. King Amicus Brief
The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief in this case is support of a right to counsel claim by an indigent parent seeking child custody.
– 03/21/07
United States v. Legal Services of New York City
The Brennan Center represented bar associations, legal services lawyers, and other advocates who intervened as amici in a lawsuit defending the ability of Legal Services for New York City to withhold confidential client information from the Inspector General of the Legal Services Corporation.
– 04/10/01
Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Louisiana Supreme Court
A coalition of community activists, students, and law professors - represented by the Brennan Center for Justice and local counsel - filed a lawsuit in federal district court against the Louisiana Supreme Court over the Court’s amendments to Rule XX, the Court’s rule governing the practice of law by law clinic students.
– 04/19/99