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Staff Attorney’s Areas of Law & Policy Expertise
- Sari Bernstein
Housing, evictions, source of income discrimination - Michael Churchill
Education funding, education in state constitutions, racial discrimination, civil rights law, urban policing, housing discrimination, employment discrimination - Claudia De Palma
Employment discrimination for ex-offenders and people with disabilities, education funding, special education - Benjamin Geffen
Gerrymandering, voting rights, employment discrimination for ex-offenders, Medicaid access, gun control - 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
- To attract and retain teachers, we must address the underlying causes of burnout – Philadelphia Inquirer, 8/29/2022
- Pittsburgh Orgs Want In On City ‘Inclusionary Zoning’ Battle – Law360, 8/17/2022
- Pittsburgh urges judge to toss lawsuit challenging effort to expand affordable housing – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 8/17/2022
- Justices uphold Pennsylvania’s 2019 mail voting expansion – AP & WHYY, 8/2/2022
- Landmark PA School Funding Case May Spur — or Chill — Similar Suits Nationwide – The 74, 7/28/2022
- Pa. school funding is ‘inadequate,’ ‘inequitable,’ and ‘illogical,’ court hears as landmark trial closes – Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/26/2022
- Judge hears impassioned closing arguments in Pennsylvania school funding case – Chalkbeat Philadelphia, 7/26/2022
- Judge to decide if Pennsylvania sufficiently funds education – AP, 7/26/2022
- Commonwealth Court hears final arguments in historic months-long fair funding trial – CBS21, 7/26/2022
- What kind of education does Pa. owe its public school students? A judge will now decide – WHYY, 7/26/2022
- Advocates Rally as Post-Trial Arguments Conclude in PA School Funding Case – Erie News Now, 7/26/2022
- Voting rights lawyers say latest Pa. GOP mail-voting challenge is ‘fueling the big lie’ – WHYY, 7/21/2022
- Advocacy fueled regions’ school funding windfall – Daily Local News, 7/15/2022
- School funding lawsuits are long, frustrating, and crucial for fighting inequality – Vox, 7/11/2022
- Schools Need Adequate Funding, Not Vouchers – Wall Street Journal, 6/30/2022
- Pennsylvania’s highest court could give cities the go-ahead to craft their own gun laws – Spotlight PA, 6/1/2022
- Pa. Commonwealth Court: Case Law Leaves Gun Control at State Level, Rejecting Cities’ Power to Legislate – Legal Intelligencer, 5/27/2022
Recent Press Releases
- Pittsburgh Neighborhood Organizations Head to Court to Defend Inclusionary Zoning, Affordable Housing, and Diverse Neighborhoods – 8/16/2022
- Advisory: Court to Hear Final Oral Argument on Tuesday, July 26 in Pa. School Funding Case – 7/25/2022
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