Dear Friend,

This year, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ) proudly celebrates our 60th year anniversary.

From the very founding of our organization at the height of the Civil Rights Era, the lawyers of NCLEJ have been on the frontlines in the fight to advance economic justice for low-income people. In 1970, we won the landmark Supreme Court case Goldberg v. Kelly, which established the right to due process for benefits recipients.

In the decades since, NCLEJ has guaranteed access to benefits for hundreds of thousands of people—providing a baseline of economic security to stabilize low-income families and individuals, holding agencies accountable to comply with the law, and safeguarding necessary legal and constitutional rights.

We believe that everyone deserves to thrive, not just survive, which is why we litigate, advocate, and organize to create structural change for a better future.

Our recent landmark victories include ending debt-based driver’s license suspension in New York, forcing the New York State Housing Authority to clean up toxic mold that sickened residents, launching a groundbreaking partnership with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to advance human rights protections in modern global supply chains, and securing over $100 million in additional spending for Michiganders with developmental disabilities.

As we celebrate this major anniversary and look ahead to the future, I am asking for your support to ensure that our mission can continue. The work of NCLEJ’s lawyers – to defend access to public benefits, combat racist policing practices, and empower people with disabilities – is more important than ever. Click here to donate in honor of NCLEJ’s 60th anniversary.

Thank you,

Dennis Parker
Executive Director, NCLEJ