Her Justice

During Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re celebrating an important part of our Her Justice community – the vibrant, resilient Hispanic and Latina women who make up over half of our clients.    Earlier this year, our client Emilia shared the story of what work authorization has meant for her with policymakers in Washington, DC as part of Her Justice’s congressional briefing tour.     We invite you to stand in solidarity with women like Emilia and explore our original policy report “Stories from Immigrant Survivors of Gender-Based Violence: The Impact of Work Authorization.” There you can read about real women whose stories illustrate how reform is both urgent and possible. Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/gHTJWn4J

Three weeks into their time with Her Justice, Executive Director Alexia Korberg sat down with Law360 to speak about their pivot to nonprofit leadership, the through line connecting all of their work, and transforming systems.    Read the story to hear from Alexia about why they came to Her Justice, our unique pro bono model, and how they plan to bring impact litigation strategies into what we do: https://lnkd.in/e7k3hgSH 

Join us! Tomorrow at 1 pm ET, Her Justice's Hamra Ahmad (Head of Legal Programs and Policy) co-chairs an exciting program with Practising Law Institute (PLI): "Lawyering From a Trauma-Informed Perspective 2024: Best Practices for Nonprofit and Pro Bono Legal Service Providers". At 3 pm, she'll be joined by Susanna Saul (Program Director, Immigration), Eamon P. Joyce of Sidley Austin LLP, Dr. Shobana Powell, DSW, LCSW, and Cristian Eduardo to discuss vicarious trauma and service provider wellness. Learn more and reserve your seat here: https://lnkd.in/eQ8jJuQ9

Her Justice is excited to welcome Laura Baer, CPA, CFF, CFE, CAMS of FTI Consulting, Sarah Hague of Pair Eyewear, S. Yasir Latifi of American Museum of Natural History and Sara P. of SeatGeek to our Junior Advisory Board! We're thrilled to have you aboard — your advocacy paves the way for safer, stronger futures for women and families in New York City.

We are thrilled to welcome Greg Starner of White & Case LLP to the Her Justice Board of Directors. We're honored to be partners in this work!

We are thrilled to welcome Sunny Singh of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to the Her Justice Board of Directors. We're honored to be partners in this work!

We are thrilled to welcome Brent Herlihy of PJT Partners to the Her Justice Board of Directors. We're honored to be partners in this work!

We are thrilled to welcome Adrienne Filipov of Warburg Pincus LLC to the Her Justice Board of Directors. We're honored to be partners in this work! 

We all deserve to be safe in our relationships – and we know the civil justice system plays an important role in making that a reality for Her Justice clients.   It can look like a client receiving an order of protection to keep her and her children safe while the courts work on a custody decision. Like being freed from coerced debt as part of a divorce proceeding. Or like receiving a work permit so she no longer has to rely on her abusive partner.    This month, we’re reminded of our clients’ resilience and courage, and we’re celebrating policy wins like the 30-year legacy of the Violence Against Women Act!     Explore Her Justice’s intimate partner violence policy agenda and learn more about VAWA: https://lnkd.in/eFPjBVN7

Three weeks ago I became the Executive Director of Her Justice, a remarkable organization that helps women and families living in poverty in New York City—the majority of whom are escaping intimate partner violence—to build new beginnings through our civil justice system.   I felt called to join Her Justice because I believe deeply in both its mission and its model, which was designed with BigLaw pro bono as its animating core. Most non-profit legal services organizations do the bulk of the work with staff attorneys and supplement with firm support—but Her Justice deploys firm attorneys on every case, leveraging their talents and resources to serve vastly more clients than would otherwise be possible.  Last year 13 Her Justice attorneys mentored 1,641 volunteer attorneys who represented 4,131 women and children. They donated approximately 52,000 hours of service. That represents more than $43 MILLION invested into our civil justice system, for the New Yorkers who need it most.   I have been so privileged to witness time and again the transformative power of pro bono representation to fundamentally shift not just our clients’ life trajectories, but also our own.  For volunteer attorneys, this work is a pathway to greater commitment to our communities and to empathy and understanding for radically different life experiences. My former colleagues at Paul, Weiss and the countless attorneys at other firms I’ve appeared alongside and against are excellent lawyers, and I am eager to grow an organization that brings their tremendous talents to some of our most marginalized neighbors.     So I knew I would be inspired by the work and the clients.  But nothing could have prepared me for just how extraordinary the Her Justice staff are.  The 41 people who also felt called to this organization do difficult, complicated work every single day, and they do it with compassion, brilliance, tenacity, and a profound sense of humanity—our clients’, their own, and ours collectively—while confronting unjust and dehumanizing systems.  While there is an undeniable heaviness to what the team does, there is also deep joy.  They are kind and they are *fun*.   Three weeks into the job, I am feeling so honored and grateful to be working alongside these lovely people and the broader Her Justice community of partners and supporters to drive towards a civil justice system that better serves all New Yorkers.