Public Justice Center

Public Justice Center The Public Justice Center pursues systemic change to build a just society. We work in coalition to reform the money bail system in Maryland.

The PJC is a civil legal aid office that provides advice and representation to low-income clients before legislatures and government agencies, and collaborates with community and advocacy organizations. The PJC chooses projects and cases that will make a significant impact on systems, laws, and policies. Find out more at www.publicjustice.org

Current projects include:

- Human Right to Housing Pr

oject: We defend renters facing eviction, demand repair of unsafe housing conditions, and represent renters seeking systemic relief from predatory landlord practices. We advocate to change the law regarding evictions and to demand the development of equitable and sustainable affordable housing.

- Workplace Justice Project: We represent workers in court, enabling them to stand up to wage theft, recover unpaid wages, and reform their employers' payment practices. We advocate to strengthen laws that project workers' rights.

- Education Stability Project: We advance racial equity in public education by combatting the overuse of exclusionary school discipline practices, like suspension and expulsion, that disproportionately target Black and brown children and push students out of school. We also seek to eliminate barriers to school enrollment and success confronting homeless children and children in foster care.

- Access to Health and Public Benefits Project: We advocate to protect and expand eligibility for healthcare coverage and access to appropriate, affordable, effective, and culturally competent healthcare. We seek to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes and access to benefits.

- National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel: We lead a national coalition that seeks to establish the right to an attorney for low-income people in civil cases when basic needs are at stake, such as housing, child custody, or physical safety.

- Prisoners' Rights Project: We aim to make pretrial detention rare, brief, and humane. We also advocate to ensure quality healthcare and sanitary conditions in pretrial detention in Baltimore City.

- Appellate Advocacy Project: We advocate in appellate courts to influence the development of civil rights and poverty law. This advocacy offers the potential to reform law that affects many thousands of people. Find out more at www.publicjustice.org

Meet Alison Domonoske, PJC's new Workplace Justice Project Attorney! We're excited to welcome Alison to the team and loo...
08/25/2026

Meet Alison Domonoske, PJC's new Workplace Justice Project Attorney! We're excited to welcome Alison to the team and look forward to the impact we'll make together in the fight for justice and equity.

Maryland Attorneys: Join Khalilah M. Harris, EdD, JD, and the team at PJC in advancing racial and economic justice when ...
08/25/2026

Maryland Attorneys: Join Khalilah M. Harris, EdD, JD, and the team at PJC in advancing racial and economic justice when you make a gift to the Public Justice Center while completing your pro bono / IOLTA report.

File your report: tinyurl.com/ProBonoIoltaReporting
Make your gift to PJC here: tinyurl.com/PJCProbonoIOLTA

Safe, healthy housing is a right, not a privilege.On August 25 at 5:15 PM, the Baltimore City Council's Housing & Econom...
08/21/2026

Safe, healthy housing is a right, not a privilege.

On August 25 at 5:15 PM, the Baltimore City Council's Housing & Economic Development Committee will vote on Bill 25-0141, the Safe Homes Now bill.

Join us in urging City Council to support safe, healthy homes for Baltimore families and neighborhoods.

Learn more and get involved: https://tinyurl.com/Bill-25-0141

Protect Renters. Build Justice.No family should lose their home and all of their possessions on the same day.Join us in ...
08/19/2026

Protect Renters. Build Justice.

No family should lose their home and all of their possessions on the same day.

Join us in urging the Baltimore City Council to support Bill 25-0087, which would provide critical protections for Baltimore tenants facing eviction.

August 25 at 5:15 PM
Attend the hearing and tell your Councilmember to support TPRA.

Learn more and take action: https://tinyurl.com/TPRABill-25-0087

Our Homes. Our Health. Our Rights. Together, we can help build a more just Baltimore.

Meet Ruby Ighekpe, PJC's new Development Assistant! We're excited to welcome Ruby to the team and look forward to the im...
08/19/2026

Meet Ruby Ighekpe, PJC's new Development Assistant! We're excited to welcome Ruby to the team and look forward to the impact we'll make together in the fight for justice and equity.

Join acclaimed historian Talitha L. LeFlouria TONIGHT for a powerful conversation about her groundbreaking book, Searchi...
08/18/2026

Join acclaimed historian Talitha L. LeFlouria TONIGHT for a powerful conversation about her groundbreaking book, Searching for Jane Crow: Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America from the Auction Block to the Cell Block, moderated by Khalilah M. Harris, Executive Director of the Public Justice Center.

Discover how the histories of slavery, family separation, forced labor, and incarceration intersect and continue to shape our society today.

Tuesday, August 18th 2026
7:00 pm
Red Emma’s
3128 Greenmount Avenue
Register now: https://tinyurl.com/PJCREBookTalk

📚 Did You Know?

For Black women, mass incarceration did not begin with the War on Drugs. Its roots can be traced back to slavery, when slave jails served as some of America's first for-profit detention institutions.

Join acclaimed historian Talitha L. LeFlouria for a powerful conversation about her groundbreaking book, Searching for Jane Crow: Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America from the Auction Block to the Cell Block, moderated by Khalilah M. Harris, Executive Director of the Public Justice Center.

Discover how the histories of slavery, family separation, forced labor, and incarceration intersect and continue to shape our society today.

Tuesday, August 18th 2026
7:00 pm
Red Emma’s
3128 Greenmount Avenue

Register now: https://tinyurl.com/PJCREBookTalk

Join acclaimed historian Talitha L. LeFlouria TOMORROW for a powerful conversation about her groundbreaking book, Search...
08/17/2026

Join acclaimed historian Talitha L. LeFlouria TOMORROW for a powerful conversation about her groundbreaking book, Searching for Jane Crow: Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America from the Auction Block to the Cell Block, moderated by Khalilah M. Harris, Executive Director of the Public Justice Center.

Discover how the histories of slavery, family separation, forced labor, and incarceration intersect and continue to shape our society today.

Tuesday, August 18th 2026
7:00 pm
Red Emma’s
3128 Greenmount Avenue
Register now: https://tinyurl.com/PJCREBookTalk

📚 Did You Know?

For Black women, mass incarceration did not begin with the War on Drugs. Its roots can be traced back to slavery, when slave jails served as some of America's first for-profit detention institutions.

Join acclaimed historian Talitha L. LeFlouria for a powerful conversation about her groundbreaking book, Searching for Jane Crow: Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America from the Auction Block to the Cell Block, moderated by Khalilah M. Harris, Executive Director of the Public Justice Center.

Discover how the histories of slavery, family separation, forced labor, and incarceration intersect and continue to shape our society today.

Tuesday, August 18th 2026
7:00 pm
Red Emma’s
3128 Greenmount Avenue

Register now: https://tinyurl.com/PJCREBookTalk

Are you an attorney in Maryland? Fuel advocacy to expand access to racial and economic justice by making a gift to the P...
08/17/2026

Are you an attorney in Maryland? Fuel advocacy to expand access to racial and economic justice by making a gift to the PJC when you file your pro bono / IOLTA report with the Maryland Judiciary this summer.

File your report: tinyurl.com/ProBonoIoltaReporting
Make your gift to PJC here: tinyurl.com/PJCProbonoIOLTA

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for our 2026 Annual Housing Justice Summit! More than 100 Marylanders join...
08/15/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for our 2026 Annual Housing Justice Summit!

More than 100 Marylanders joined us in person and virtually to learn, share, and build our movement for housing justice. We're grateful to everyone who made it such a powerful, inspiring day!

Missed it? Don't worry – there will be plenty of opportunities to get involved in our crucial work.

📚 Did You Know? For Black women, mass incarceration did not begin with the War on Drugs. Its roots can be traced back to...
08/12/2026

📚 Did You Know?

For Black women, mass incarceration did not begin with the War on Drugs. Its roots can be traced back to slavery, when slave jails served as some of America's first for-profit detention institutions.

Join acclaimed historian Talitha L. LeFlouria for a powerful conversation about her groundbreaking book, Searching for Jane Crow: Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America from the Auction Block to the Cell Block, moderated by Khalilah M. Harris, Executive Director of the Public Justice Center.

Discover how the histories of slavery, family separation, forced labor, and incarceration intersect and continue to shape our society today.

Tuesday, August 18th 2026
7:00 pm
Red Emma’s
3128 Greenmount Avenue

Register now: https://tinyurl.com/PJCREBookTalk

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21201

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