ON DEMAND: Brown Bag Lunch Series: Legal Aid as Racial Justice Work

Class recorded June 15, 2026.

This session will explore the intersection between legal services and racial justice. It will begin with a discussion of the role of racial justice in legal aid work historically and the evolution of that role, particularly during this recent period of racial reckoning. A panel of experts will then discuss how legal aid attorneys, law students, and pro bono attorneys can use the civil legal system to continue fighting to dismantle systemic racism.

Presented by:

Tyler Press (Staff - Public Law Center) Chief Legal Programs Officer, Public Law Center (Moderator)
Jeanne Nishimoto (Nishimoto, Jeanne | UCLA Law), Executive Director, Veterans Legal Clinic, UCLA Law
Jessica Mark, Supervising Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid (Homepage | Bay Area Legal Aid)
Ritu Mahajan Estes (Ritu Mahajan Estes | Public Counsel | Public Interest Law), Directing Attorney, Public Counsel
Taylor Brewer (Taylor C. Brewer, Housing Staff Attorney | California Women's Law Center), Housing Staff Attorney, California Women’s Law Center

Registration Fee: FREE

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