LEJI Clinic | NYU School of Law

seven people wearing professional clothing smiling — LEJI Clinic students accompany Professors Satterthwaite and Sydow to "Judges and Grassroots Advocates: Partnering for Legal Empowerment" at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice

Through the Legal Empowerment and Judicial Independence (LEJI) Clinic, JD and LLM students at NYU School of Law work to:

Document, investigate, and verify information concerning attacks on judges, lawyers, and community justice workers
Consult with affected communities, legal advocates, judges, and other key actors in the legal system
Research thorny issues related to judicial independence, access to justice, and legal empowerment

Recently, students have conducted research concerning the role of judicial personnel in resisting contemporary attacks on democracy; the improper influence of economic actors and corporations on justice systems; the challenges and barriers to recognition of the independence of Indigenous Peoples’ justice systems; and the human rights impacts of artificial intelligence in court systems and judicial decision making.

three people sitting down and smiling with 2 people standing behind them and also smiling at the camera — LEJI Clinic students traveled to Mexico with Professor Satterthwaite to meet with Indigenous justice experts