Former U.S. Senator Bob Casey will receive the 2025 Thaddeus Stevens Award at the Law Center’s annual celebration, A Night of Impact, on October 9, 2025.
The Public Interest Law Center has joined three amicus briefs—filed on April 11 and April 25, 2025—in cases challenging Executive Orders that target law firms WilmerHale, Jenner & Block, and Susman Godfrey LLP for their work. These Executive Orders represent a dangerous attempt to intimidate the legal community and silence advocacy for vulnerable communities. The […]
Voting rights advocacy groups filed a new lawsuit today in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, asking the court to stop county election boards from disqualifying mail ballots submitted by voters who did not include a “correct” handwritten date on the return envelope.
June 7, 2024 – The nonprofit Columbus Property Management, part of the larger housing nonprofit Mission First Housing Group, manages 34 apartment complexes in Philadelphia, primarily serving low-income tenants and tenants with disabilities. In a city with a dearth of affordable housing, Columbus plays a critical role: Supported by public subsidies, Columbus allegedly provides “decent, […]
June 3, 2024 – If your child turns 22 during the 2024-25 school year, and you have questions about their right to continue receiving special education services until their 22nd birthday, please contact attorneys with the Public Interest Law Center to learn more. Caroline Ramsey, cramsey@pubintlaw.org, 267-546-1314 Claudia De Palma, cdepalma@pubintlaw.org, 267-546-1313 Federal law is […]
On April 24, we submitted public comments urging the PA Supreme Court Criminal Procedure Rules Committee to ensure that the Committee’s proposed revisions to the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure protect low-income defendants who default on their fines, fees, or restitution payments.
In a letter and public testimony, our senior attorney Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg urges Philadelphia City Council to confirm Joyce Wilkerson and Reginald Streater to the city’s Board of Education. Both candidates have been strong advocates for educational resources in the school district and have provided effective oversight of charter schools. “We do not always agree with […]
March 1, 2024 – Last year, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed legislation stripping prosecutorial authority over crimes on SEPTA property from elected District Attorney Larry Krasner and installing a state-appointed prosecutor in Philadelphia County. Today, community organizations representing Philadelphia voters and their interests—POWER Interfaith, Pennsylvania Policy Center, Abolitionist Law Center, Common Cause Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State […]
An initiative of the Jeffrey Golan & Frances Vilella-Vélez Voting Justice Project January 12, 2024 – In the 2022 General Election, more than 10,000 voters who timely returned their mail-in ballots were disenfranchised because they had made a harmless clerical mistake: writing an incorrect date, or no date at all, on their ballot envelope. In […]
