Report From the Field: A Conversation With Orrick’s 2022 Racial Justice Fellows
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November.14.2022
- We launched the Racial Justice Fellowships in 2021 to use our skills as lawyers to help create a more just and equitable world.
- The program enables experienced lawyers to serve for a year with leading justice organizations – without missing a beat in career advancement or compensation.
- Our 2022 Racial Justice Fellows shared learnings from their work on the front line to make our communities more equitable and inclusive.
- They also talked about the impact all of us can make by integrating pro bono into our practice.
- We heard from:
- Ben Aiken on challenging the criminalization of poverty with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights.
- Nathelie Ashby – on deploying capital to entrepreneurs in underserved communities with Common Future.
- Natasha Harper – on advocating for people with disabilities with the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley.
- Paul Meyer – on making policing more accountable with NYU School of Law’s Policing Project.
