in 2018, Law For Black Lives and Movement Law Lab partnered to offer an eight-month fellowship for legal innovators seeking to accelerate the impact, scale, reach, and depth of Movement Lawyering in Black communities. Innovators developed an early-stage idea or accelerated the scale/impact of an existing project with a proven track-record.
The fellowship provided 15 visionary legal innovators with financial support, training, mentorship, and other resources to turn their ideas into reality. In addition, fellows had the opportunity to advance their projects while being in a learning community with other legal innovators from the Law For Black Lives network.
Meet the Fellows
From law students to movement lawyering elders, nascent legal collectives to well-established legal service agencies, these 15 innovators have bold ideas about how law can better defend, support and embolden black communities. Our 2018 Fellows are working to address the range of critical issues impacting Black communities including housing rights, economic justice, criminal justice reform and prison abolition and were selected based on their commitment to their community, the boldness of their ideas, and the potential for immediate and sustainable impact in their work.
2018 Legal Innovators Fellowship Directory
