National Center for Law and Economic Justice

About National Center for Law and Economic Justice

The National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ) is a nonprofit with 501(c)(3) status that pursues economic, racial and disability justice for low-income people and communities across the United States. It works through impact litigation, policy advocacy and support for grassroots organizing. The organization traces its origins to 1965, when it was founded at Columbia University, and it was called the Welfare Law Center from 1997 to 2006.

Its work includes defending access to public benefits such as SNAP, TANF and Medicaid, advancing the rights of low-wage and incarcerated workers, and challenging abusive debt collection practices. NCLEJ says it litigates extensively in federal and state courts, often as lead counsel in class actions, and partners with grassroots groups, legal organizations and private attorneys. Its listed New York presence is a single office in Manhattan at 50 Broadway, New York, NY 10004.

Practice areas

Areas of work that National Center for Law and Economic Justice describes on its own website. They describe the organization as a whole, not the practice of any individual attorney listed below.

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