LAWYERS FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

 
Funding
&
Fighting to Support Immigrant Rights with Class Action Cases

Our mission is to provide grants, advocacy and education to
support impact litigation on behalf of communities
seeking economic, environmental and social justice.

FIGHT FOR LEGAL CHANGE TO BENEFIT EVERYONE

Let's make Justice available to everyone, not just the wealthy.  Together we can end injustices like gender discrimination, LGBT discrimination, ableism, unfair worker compensation, racial discrimination, wage theft and environmental racism. Join this important movement today.

LtR; Jason Soto, Teddy Basham-Witherington, Jocelyn Larkin, Lynnette Miner, Sela Steiger, Zachary McCoy, Lindsay Nako, Robert Schug, and Amy Daniewicz

LtR; Jason Soto, Teddy Basham-Witherington, Jocelyn Larkin, Lynnette Miner, Sela Steiger, Zachary McCoy, Lindsay Nako, Robert Schug, and Amy Daniewicz

Who we are:

  • The Impact Fund is a passionate group of legal experts supporting cases that positively impact the day-to-day lives of communities fighting for justice.  

What we do:

  • Provide $6 million in grants to advance public interest litigation that benefits large numbers of people, leads to significant law reform and raises public consciousness.

  • Train the next generation of social justice warriors.

  • Take corporate America to court, fighting for worker's rights, civil rights, and social justice.  By winning these landmark cases we are able to establish a legal precedent for the future.

How we distribute funds by state and cause

How we distribute funds by state and cause

Landmark Cases

  • Ellis v. Costco Wholesale Corp. - Fighting for women's rights.  After years of legal battles, the court certified the case as a nationwide class action, finding that Costco had shown significant company-wide discrimination of women.

 

  • Estrada v. Bashas’ Inc. - Fighting for equal pay for hispanic workers.  After over a decade of litigation, the district court granted our motion for class certification, permitting over 12,000 Bashas' workers to challenge pay inequity.

 

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO WIN MORE CASES LIKE THESE.  DONATE NOW AND HELP US TO MAKE THE LEGAL SYSTEM WORK FOR THE 99%

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Cases

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Legal Training

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Impact Fund & AMICI Urge Sixth Circuit to Affirm Class Certification in Discriminatory Water Billing Case
Impact Fund & AMICI Urge Sixth Circuit to Affirm Class Certification in Discriminatory Water Billing Case

In October 2024, the Impact Fund and fellow amici Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Centro Legal de la Raza, Legal Aid at Work, and Public Counsel, filed a brief urging the Sixth Circuit to uphold the federal district court’s certification of a class of Black Cleveland residents who brought a lawsuit alleging discriminatory water billing practices by the City.   

Launching NoticeAssist: Software That Helps Litigators Draft Better Class Action Notices
Launching NoticeAssist: Software That Helps Litigators Draft Better Class Action Notices

Last month we launched NoticeAssist, the first-of-its-kind, free software tool to help practitioners draft clear and effective class notices.  In a moment, I’ll tell you what it can do for you.  But, some of you may be wondering - why software and why now? 

The Seventh Circuit Breaks with Eleventh, Allows Service Awards for Named Plaintiffs
The Seventh Circuit Breaks with Eleventh, Allows Service Awards for Named Plaintiffs

In 2020, a panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals stunned the class action bar when it ruled in Johnson v. NPAS Solutions., LLC, 975 F.3d 1244 (11th Cir. 2020), that service awards for class representatives are categorically unlawful. Service awards are financial payments to class representatives that have long been used to acknowledge their service to the class. In April of 2024, the Seventh Circuit split with the Eleventh Circuit when it allowed service awards.